Question

Characters—Editor, Doctor, Scientist, Journalist, Traveller

Scene 9    The men sit down with drinks ,and the time traveller tells his amazing story.

Traveller: The time machine took me 150 years into the future. The word was… is … a very different place. There was two races（种类）of creatures: the Eloi and Morlocks. The Eloi are small, gentle creatures—people who lead peaceful lives. They do not work but play games, eat food, and sleep. They are afraid of dark.

Scientist: And the Morlocks?

Traveller: These are ape—like（似猿的）creatures who live underground. They are afraid of the light. They have machines. They provide the Eloi with everything they need.

Doctor: So the Morlocks are the Eloi’s slaves（奴隶）?

Traveller: Sadly, that is not so. The Eloi are the Morlock’s cattle（牲畜）.The Morlocks feed them and raise took them for food.

Editor: That is awful. How did the Eloi allow this to happen.

Traveller: They became lazy. At first, they allowed the Morlocks to provide them with everything they needed.

Journalist: Then, they slowly lost all their skills.

Traveller: Exactly. As the years passed, they became more and more dependent（依赖的） on the Morlocks. Finally, they could not take care of themselves. Then ,the Morlocks took control them.

Editor: There is a lesson for us in this.

Scientist: Only if his strange story is true.

1.When may the traveller’s story happen?

A. In the past.    B. At present.    C. In the future.    D. He didn’t tell us.

2.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The Eloi are afraid of the light.    B. The Morlocks raise the Eloi for food.

C. The Eloi could take care of themselves.    D. The Morlocks live a happy life without working.

3.What did the traveller think of the Eloi?

A. Clever    B. Hardworking    C. Creative    D. Lazy

4.Why did the scientist say “Only if his strange story is true.”?

A. He felt sorry for Eloi.    B. He was making a joke.

C. He was afraid to hear the story.    D. He didn’t believe the story.

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.D

【解析】这个故事讲述的是在未来的世界上，生活着两种生物—Eloi和Morlock，Eloi让Morlock为他们提供他们所需要的所有的东西，渐渐变得懒惰，对Morlock越来越依赖，从而失去了照顾自己的能力，Morlock控制了他们。

1.推理判断题。根据短文中The time machine took me 150 years into the future可知，这里提到时光机器花费了这个旅行者150年的时间进入了未来，由此可知，这个旅行者的故事发生在未来，故应选C。

2.细节理解题。根据短文中The Eloi are the Morlock’s cattle（牲畜）.The Morlocks feed them and raise took them for food.可知，Eloi是Morlock的牲畜，Morlock喂养他们，然后以他们为食物。由此可知应选B。根据And the Morlocks? Traveller: These are ape—like（似猿的）creatures who live underground. They are afraid of the light.可知A不对，害怕光的是Morlock；根据They became lazy. At first, they allowed the Morlocks to provide them with everything they needed. Finally, they could not take care of themselves可知C不对；根据The Eloi are small, gentle creatures—people who lead peaceful lives. They do not work but play games, eat food, and sleep可知D不对。

3.细节理解题。根据短文中They became lazy可知，这个旅行者觉得Eloi太懒了，他们让Morlocks给他们提供他们所需要的所有东西。由此可知应选D。

4.推理判断题。only if是固定短语，意思是：要是…多好啊，常用来表示不切实际的一个愿望，往往是实现不了的，或者是跟现实相反的。因此这句话说明科学家对这个故事是很怀疑的，他不相信这个故事。故应选D。

点睛：这篇短文是一个戏剧的节选，旅行者在讲述他的不可思议的故事。短文是节选，因此我们不清楚前因后果，只能从所给的这段文字中尽可能的搜集有用的信息，也许学生们在阅读的时候会觉得有些东西不是很明白，但是我们只要能根据短文给出的信息完成后面的题目就可以了。下面的四个题目中其实并不是像文章那么难，是比较简单的，前三个题目我们都可以在短文中寻找到做题的依据，例如第2小题，看似是推理题，其实也是根据文章的细节做出来的，我们可以先看选项，然后在原文中寻找依据，用排除法。第4小题中only if这个短语对我们做题是很有帮助的，它表示的是一种假设，跟现实情况是不符的，所以我们可以知道，科学家对这个故事并不相信。