Comprehension Test 阅读理解

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 化身博士

R. L. Stevenson （著）

1 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)? 判断以下句子正确（T）或错误（F）

a Mr Utterson knew the man who signed Mr Hyde’s cheque.
b Dr Jekyll and Dr Lanyon stopped talking after a scientific disagreement.
c Mr Hyde lived in a very rich part of London.
d Mr Hyde shot Sir Danvers Carew with a gun.
e Mr Guest discovered that the writing on the two letters was very similar.
f Dr Lanyon died very suddenly.
g Poole broke the door of Dr Jekyll’s study with an axe.
h Mr Utterson found Dr Jekyll’s body in the study.
i Dr Lanyon saw Mr Hyde change into Dr Jekyll.
j Dr Jekyll decided to leave his money to Mr Utterson.

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2 Which of these adjectives are used in the book to describe Dr Jekyll, and Mr Hyde?
inhuman, generous, evil, imaginative, kind, ugly, good, happy, violent, cruel. 用适当的词填
空。
Doctor Jekyll: ................., ................., ................., ................., .................
Mr Hyde: ................., ................., ................., ................., .................

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3 Why do you think Dr Lanyon died? 你认为 Lanyon 博士为什么死了？

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4 Complete the following sentences. 完成下面句子。

a Mr Utterson invited Dr Jekyll for a walk but ...
b When Dr Jekyll/Mr Hyde refused to open the door of his study Mr Utterson decided …
c Dr Jekyll made the drug because ...

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 d Dr Jekyll locked himself in his study because ...
e Mr Hyde hated Dr Jekyll but he didn’t kill him because ...

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5 When he realised that Hyde was starting to take control Dr Jekyll decided to stop taking
the drug. But after two months he took the drug again. Why? 根据文章内容回答问题。
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6 Imagine you are Mr Utterson. Write a letter to the police telling the story of Dr Jekyll and
Mr Hyde. 给警察写一封信。
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Multiple-choice Test 选择题

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 化身博士

R. L. Stevenson

Setting 故事背景

Choose the best answer. 选择合适的答案。

1 Mr Utterson was _____.
a [ ] Jekyll’s lawyer b [ ] Hyde’s friend c [ ] a detective d [ ] Dr Lanyon’s lawyer
2 One day, Richard Enfield told Mr Utterson about _____.
a [ ] a horrible house
b [ ] a horrible child
c [ ] a horrible man who had walked over a child’s body
d [ ] a horrible man who had hurt a woman
3 The man agreed to pay _____.
a [ ] one pound b [ ] ten pounds c [ ] one hundred pounds d [ ] a thousand pounds
4 He went into _____.
a [ ] the front of a house b [ ] a small hotel c [ ] a prison d [ ] the back of a house
5 The man said his name was Mr Hyde, but the name on the cheque was _____
a [ ] Doctor Lanyon b [ ] Richard Enfield c [ ] Henry Jekyll d [ ] Mr Utterson
6 Doctor Jekyll’s will said if he died, _____.
a [ ] only the laboratory should go to Mr Hyde
b [ ] the house should go to Mr Utterson
c [ ] nothing should go to Mr Hyde
d [ ] everything should go to Mr Hyde
7 Doctor Lanyon hadn’t seen Doctor Jekyll for a long time because _____.
a [ ] Jekyll had started to look strange b [ ] Lanyon was jealous of Jekyll’s ideas
c [ ] Jekyll had developed some strange ideas d [ ] Jekyll was jealous of Lanyon’s ideas
8 Mr Utterson needed to see _____.
a [ ] Doctor Jekyll’s face b [ ] Mr Hyde’s face c [ ] a doctor d [ ] a friend
9 Doctor Jekyll’s servants had orders to _____.
a [ ] not talk to Mr Utterson b [ ] do what Mr Hyde said
c [ ] do what Mr Utterson said d [ ] not talk to Mr Hyde

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 10 At a party, Mr Utterson promised Doctor Jekyll that _____ if Jekyll died.
a [ ] he’d sell his house b [ ] he’d cry
c [ ] he’d help Mr Hyde d [ ] he’d like Mr Hyde

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Characters 人物

Choose the best answer. 选择合适的答案。

11 Mr Utterson was _____ with strangers.
a [ ] confident b [ ] shy c [ ] angry d [ ] evil
12 Richard Enfield was Mr Utterson’s _____.
a [ ] best friend and cousin b [ ] half-brother c [ ] colleague d [ ] doctor
13 Hyde was _____.
a [ ] quite tall and slim b [ ] short, thin and
weak c [ ] overweight and tall d [ ] short, but strong and heavy
14 Mr Utterson and Doctor Lanyon _____.
a [ ] had been colleagues for many years b [ ] had disliked each other for years
c [ ] had known each other since school d [ ] didn’t know each other well
15 Jekyll was a tall, kind man _____.
a [ ] of about fifty b [ ] of about thirty c [ ] in his sixties d [ ] in his forties
16 Hyde’s home was _____.
a [ ] comfortable, but untidy b [ ] like a prison c [ ] cold and tidy d [ ] like a
laboratory
17 Doctor Lanyon looked thin _____ before he died.
a [ ] but content b [ ] and frightened c [ ] and ill d [ ] and sad
18 Poole saw his master’s murderer _____.
a [ ] wearing strange clothes in the side-street b [ ] wearing a mask in the laboratory
c [ ] killing Sir Danvers Carew d [ ] helping some poor people
19 Jekyll put mirrors _____ to see his body change.
a [ ] in every room b [ ] in his garden c [ ] in his kitchen d [ ] in his study
20 In the end, Hyde managed to _____.
a [ ] control his bad personality b [ ] be kinder
c [ ] destroy Jekyll’s personality d [ ] became an important scientist

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Dialogue 对话

Who said or wrote this? 谁说了或写了这些话？

21 ‘My prisoner was clearly a hard, cruel man.’
a [ ] a policeman b [ ] Richard Enfield c [ ] Mr Utterson d [ ] Doctor Jekyll
22 ‘He developed some strange, wild, unscientific ideas.’
a [ ] Jekyll b [ ] Mr Utterson c [ ] Richard Enfield d [ ] Doctor Lanyon
23 ‘He never told you! Don’t lie to me!’
a [ ] Hyde b [ ] Jekyll c [ ] Sir Danvers Carew d [ ] Mr Utterson
24 ‘I only ask you to help him, when I’m gone.’
a [ ] Sir Danvers Carew b [ ] Hyde c [ ] Jekyll d [ ] Doctor Lanyon
25 ‘So, Henry Jekyll wrote that letter for a murderer!’
a [ ] Mr Guest b [ ] Doctor Lanyon c [ ] Poole d [ ] Mr Utterson
26 ‘I shall not be here much longer – thank God.’
a [ ] Doctor Lanyon b [ ] Jekyll c [ ] Richard Enfield d [ ] Poole
27 ‘Eight days ago we heard his voice for the last time.’
a [ ] a servant girl b [ ] Poole c [ ] a doctor d [ ] Hyde
28 ‘As I watched, his whole body seemed to change.’
a [ ] Richard Enfield b [ ] Mr Utterson c [ ] Doctor Lanyon d [ ] Poole
29 ‘At last I had everything I needed except a special kind of salt.’
a [ ] Mr Utterson b [ ] Poole c [ ] Jekyll d [ ] Doctor Lanyon
30 ‘All the time he listens for the policeman’s knock on the door.’
a [ ] Poole b [ ] Hyde c [ ] Mr Utterson d [ ] Jekyll

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Vocabulary 词汇

Choose the best answer. 选择合适的答案。

31 to hit something solid by accident
a [ ] bump b [ ] fall c [ ] point d [ ] fetch
32 very bad, harmful
a [ ] strange b[ ] proud c [ ] black d [ ] evil
33 a legal document saying who will have your money, etc. after you die
a [ ] letter b [ ] prescription c [ ] will d [ ] note
34 to make something go away
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 a [ ] get rid of b [ ] murder c [ ] leave d [ ] finish
35 a heavy stick with sharp metal on the end
a [ ] cage b [ ] axe c [ ] dose d [ ] lock
36 strange, difficult to understand
a [ ] wild b [ ] cruel c [ ] feverish d [ ] mysterious
37 a sudden and very unpleasant surprise
a [ ] rock b [ ] lock c [ ] shock d [ ] knock
38 you send a letter in this
a [ ] paper b [ ] envelope c [ ] account d [ ] cage
39 something that can kill if it is eaten or drunk
a [ ] chemical b [ ] poison c [ ] passion d [ ] mixture
40 saying that you have done something wrong
a [ ] confession b [ ] appearance c [ ] reputation d [ ] mistake

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Plot 情节

Choose the best answer. 选择合适的答案。

41 Hyde killed Sir Danvers Carew _____.
a [ ] because of an insult b [ ] for no reason c [ ] because of love d [ ] for money
42 Mr Utterson realized that Hyde _____ Doctor Jekyll.
a [ ] was a friend to b [ ] had tried to rob c [ ] hated d [ ] had planned to murder
43 The lawyer’s clerk compared the two letters and _____.
a [ ] thought that the handwriting was very similar b [ ] preferred Jekyll’s writing
c [ ] thought they looked very different d [ ] preferred Hyde’s writing
44 For a short while, Jekyll was happier but then _____.
a [ ] Mr Utterson refused to visit him b [ ] nobody wanted to visit him
c [ ] he refused to see people d [ ] he decided to move away
45 Poole said that the person in the lab _____.
a [ ] stopped the servants from working b [ ] wanted certain chemicals
c [ ] was strange, but pleasant d [ ] was a visiting scientist
46 When they broke into the laboratory, _____.
a [ ] Hyde was drinking a glass of wine b [ ] they found Hyde’s dead body
c [ ] Jekyll was trying to kill Hyde d [ ] Hyde was trying to kill Jekyll

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 47 Doctor Lanyon died from _____.
a [ ] his extreme jealousy of Jekyll b [ ] his severe injuries
c [ ] the shock of the truth about Jekyll and Hyde d [ ] taking the chemicals
48 In his confession, Jekyll said that as a young doctor he had wanted to _____.
a [ ] give his fun-loving side more freedom b [ ] bring his two personalities together
c [ ] become more serious d [ ] help people
49 Hyde hated _____ most of all.
a [ ] the liquid b [ ] his clothes c [ ] being nice d [ ] the way Jekyll disliked him
50 In the end, Jekyll realized that _____.
a [ ] he needed to change the chemicals b [ ] lots of chemicals were bad for him
c [ ] the first chemicals were not pure d [ ] he should stop using chemicals

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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
1 a T
b T
c F
d F
e T
f F
g T
h F
i T
j T

2 Dr Jekyll: generous, imaginative, kind, good, happy

Mr Hyde: inhuman, evil, ugly, violent, cruel

3 Dr Lanyon died after he saw Mr Hyde turn into Dr Jekyll. This frightened him and made him
lose his faith in his own scientific beliefs. He was probably killed by the shock.

4 Possible content for students’ answers.

a … he said he couldn’t leave the house because he was ill.
b … they must break down the door.
c … he wanted to separate the two sides of his character and give freedom to his wilder side.
d … he had changed into Mr Hyde and he couldn’t change back.
e … he knew this meant killing himself.

5 Dr Jekyll took the drug again because his life seemed boring.

6 Students’ individual answers.

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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Setting

1 a
2 c
3 c
4 d
5 c
6 d
7 c
8 b
9 b
10 c

Characters

11 b
12 a
13 d
14 c
15 a
16 a
17 b
18 b
19 d
20 c

Dialogue

21 b
22 d
23 a
24 c
25 d
26 a
27 b
28 c
29 c

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 30 d

Vocabulary

31 a
32 d
33 c
34 a
35 b
36 d
37 c
38 b
39 b
40 a

Plot

41 b
42 d
43 a
44 c
45 b
46 b
47 c
48 a
49 d
50 c

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