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任务1 （2024·南京鼓楼区四校期中联考）阅读理解
Pip meets a stranger
My first name was Philip, but when I was a small child, I could only manage to say Pip. So Pip was what everybody called me. I lived in a small village in Essex with my sister, who was over twenty years older than me, and married to Joe Gargery, the village blacksmith (铁匠). My parents had died when I was a baby, so I could not remember them at all, but quite often I used to visit the churchyard, about a mile from the village, to look at their names on their gravestones(墓碑).
My first memory is of sitting on a gravestone in that churchyard one cold, grey, December afternoon, looking out at the dark, flat, wild marshes divided by the black line of the River Thames, and listening to the rushing sound of the sea in the distance.
“Don’t say a word!” cried a terrible voice, as a man jumped up from among the graves and caught hold of me. “If you shout, I’ll cut your throat(喉咙)!” He was a big man, dressed all in grey, with an iron chain(铁链) on his leg. His clothes were wet and torn. He looked tired, and hungry, and very fierce (凶狠的). I had never been so scared in my whole life.
“Oh! Don’t cut my throat, sir!” I begged in fear.
“Tell me your name, boy! Quick!” he said, still holding me. “And show me where you live!”
“My name’s Pip, sir. And I live in the village over there.”
He picked me up and turned me upside down. Nothing fell out of my pocket except a piece of old bread. He ate it in two bites, like a dog, and put me back on the gravestone.
“So where are your father and mother?” he asked.
“There, sir,” I answered, pointing to their graves.
“What!” he cried, and was about to run, when he saw where I was pointing. “Oh!” he said. “I see. They’re dead. Well, who do you live with, if I let you live, which I haven’t decided yet?”
“With my sister, sir, wife of Joe Gargery, the Blacksmith.”
“Blacksmith, you say?” And he looked down at his leg. Then he held me by both arms and stared(注视) fiercely down into my eyes.
“Now look here. You bring me a file. You know what that is? And you bring me some food. If you don’t, or if you tell anyone about me, I’ll cut your heart out.”
“I promise I’ll do it, sir,” I answered. I was badly scared and my whole body was shaking.
“You see,” he continued, smiling unpleasantly, “I travel with a young man, a friend of mine, who roasts boys’ hearts and eats them. He’ll find you, wherever you are, and he’ll have your heart. So bring the file and the food to that wooden shelter over there, early tomorrow morning, if you want to keep your heart, that is. Remember, you promised!”
I watched him turn and walk with difficulty across the marshes, the chain hanging clumsily around his leg. Then I ran home as fast as I could.
—Taken from Great Expectations
1. What does the writer want to tell us in Paragraph 1?
A. What Pip liked to do in the village at present.
B. How Pip’s parents lost their lives many years ago.
C. When Pip’s sister married to the village blacksmith.
D. Why the story happened in the churchyard near the village.
2. How might the man feel at first when Pip pointed to where his parents were?
A. Excited.
B. Afraid.
C. Relaxed.
D. Worried.
3. What does the underlined word “file” probably mean?
A. A coat that can keep the man warm.
B. A tool that can carry the man run away.
C. A tool that can break the man’s chain.
D. A knife that can help the man eat food.
Pip meets a stranger
My first name was Philip, but when I was a small child, I could only manage to say Pip. So Pip was what everybody called me. I lived in a small village in Essex with my sister, who was over twenty years older than me, and married to Joe Gargery, the village blacksmith (铁匠). My parents had died when I was a baby, so I could not remember them at all, but quite often I used to visit the churchyard, about a mile from the village, to look at their names on their gravestones(墓碑).
My first memory is of sitting on a gravestone in that churchyard one cold, grey, December afternoon, looking out at the dark, flat, wild marshes divided by the black line of the River Thames, and listening to the rushing sound of the sea in the distance.
“Don’t say a word!” cried a terrible voice, as a man jumped up from among the graves and caught hold of me. “If you shout, I’ll cut your throat(喉咙)!” He was a big man, dressed all in grey, with an iron chain(铁链) on his leg. His clothes were wet and torn. He looked tired, and hungry, and very fierce (凶狠的). I had never been so scared in my whole life.
“Oh! Don’t cut my throat, sir!” I begged in fear.
“Tell me your name, boy! Quick!” he said, still holding me. “And show me where you live!”
“My name’s Pip, sir. And I live in the village over there.”
He picked me up and turned me upside down. Nothing fell out of my pocket except a piece of old bread. He ate it in two bites, like a dog, and put me back on the gravestone.
“So where are your father and mother?” he asked.
“There, sir,” I answered, pointing to their graves.
“What!” he cried, and was about to run, when he saw where I was pointing. “Oh!” he said. “I see. They’re dead. Well, who do you live with, if I let you live, which I haven’t decided yet?”
“With my sister, sir, wife of Joe Gargery, the Blacksmith.”
“Blacksmith, you say?” And he looked down at his leg. Then he held me by both arms and stared(注视) fiercely down into my eyes.
“Now look here. You bring me a file. You know what that is? And you bring me some food. If you don’t, or if you tell anyone about me, I’ll cut your heart out.”
“I promise I’ll do it, sir,” I answered. I was badly scared and my whole body was shaking.
“You see,” he continued, smiling unpleasantly, “I travel with a young man, a friend of mine, who roasts boys’ hearts and eats them. He’ll find you, wherever you are, and he’ll have your heart. So bring the file and the food to that wooden shelter over there, early tomorrow morning, if you want to keep your heart, that is. Remember, you promised!”
I watched him turn and walk with difficulty across the marshes, the chain hanging clumsily around his leg. Then I ran home as fast as I could.
—Taken from Great Expectations
1. What does the writer want to tell us in Paragraph 1?
A. What Pip liked to do in the village at present.
B. How Pip’s parents lost their lives many years ago.
C. When Pip’s sister married to the village blacksmith.
D. Why the story happened in the churchyard near the village.
2. How might the man feel at first when Pip pointed to where his parents were?
A. Excited.
B. Afraid.
C. Relaxed.
D. Worried.
3. What does the underlined word “file” probably mean?
A. A coat that can keep the man warm.
B. A tool that can carry the man run away.
C. A tool that can break the man’s chain.
D. A knife that can help the man eat food.
答案
[文章大意]本文节选自《远大前程》。文章主要讲述了主人公皮普坐在教堂墓地的墓碑上时，遭遇了一个可怕男人的故事。这个男人威胁皮普，要求他提供食物和锉刀，否则就要割断他的喉咙。皮普被吓坏了，答应了他的要求。
1. D [解析]推理判断题。根据第一段中的“My parents had died when I was a baby, so I could not remember them at all, but quite often I used to visit the churchyard, about a mile from the village, to look at their names on their gravestones(墓碑).”可知，皮普的父母在他还是婴儿的时候就去世了，所以他根本记不起他们了，但他经常去离村庄大约一英里的教堂墓地，看看他们墓碑上的名字，所以第一段告诉我们为什么故事发生在村庄附近的教堂墓地。故选D。
2. B [解析]推理判断题。根据第十段中的“‘What!’ he cried, and was about to run, when he saw where I was pointing.”可知，他刚开始想要跑走，可见他很害怕。故选B。
3. C [解析]词义猜测题，根据第三段中的“with an iron chain(铁链) on his leg”和第十二段的内容以及第十三段中的“Now look here. You bring me a file.”可知，他的腿被铁链拴着，当他得知皮普的姐夫是一个铁匠时想让皮普带一个可以切断铁链的工具，故画线部分意为“一种可以切断这个人的铁链的工具”。故选C。
1. D [解析]推理判断题。根据第一段中的“My parents had died when I was a baby, so I could not remember them at all, but quite often I used to visit the churchyard, about a mile from the village, to look at their names on their gravestones(墓碑).”可知，皮普的父母在他还是婴儿的时候就去世了，所以他根本记不起他们了，但他经常去离村庄大约一英里的教堂墓地，看看他们墓碑上的名字，所以第一段告诉我们为什么故事发生在村庄附近的教堂墓地。故选D。
2. B [解析]推理判断题。根据第十段中的“‘What!’ he cried, and was about to run, when he saw where I was pointing.”可知，他刚开始想要跑走，可见他很害怕。故选B。
3. C [解析]词义猜测题，根据第三段中的“with an iron chain(铁链) on his leg”和第十二段的内容以及第十三段中的“Now look here. You bring me a file.”可知，他的腿被铁链拴着，当他得知皮普的姐夫是一个铁匠时想让皮普带一个可以切断铁链的工具，故画线部分意为“一种可以切断这个人的铁链的工具”。故选C。
