Question

George Bernard Shaw(1856,07-1950,11) was an Irish dramatist, literary critic, and socialist. During his career Shaw wrote more than sixty plays. He was uniquely honored by being awarded both a Nobel Prize(1925) for his contribution to literature and an Oscar(1938) for Pygmalion. Shaw was a free-thinker, defender of women's rights, and advocate of equality of income.

George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin, where he grew up in something close to genteel poverty. His father, George Carr Shaw, was in the wholesale grain trade. Lucinda Elisabeth Shaw, his mother, was the daughter of a landowner. She was 16 years younger than her husband. George Carr was a drunkard -his example made his son become a teetotaler(禁酒主义者). When he died in 1885, his children and wife did not attend his funeral. Young Shaw and his two sisters were brought up mostly by servants. Shaw's mother eventually left the family to teach music, singing in London. When she died in 1913, Shaw confessed to Mrs. Patrick Campbell: "I must write to you about it, because there is no one else who hates his mother."

Boy and man, he was always bitterly opposed to schools and teachers, saying "Schools and schoolmasters, as we have them today, are not popular as places of education and teachers, but rather prisons and turnkeys in which and by whom children are kept to prevent them disturbing and chaperoning (陪伴) their parents."

1.What did Shaw do about his father’s behavior?

A. Shaw’s father set a good example to him

B. Shaw hated his father’s behavior and didn’t drink any wine.

C. Shaw followed his father and drank wine every day

D. His father’s behavior made Shaw think drinking was a good thing

2.By Shaw’s words according to the passage, we know ________.

A. he really hated his mother

B. his mother really loved her children

C. he really loved his mother

D. finally, he forgave his mother

3.The underlined word “turnkeys” in the last paragraph means ________.

A. someone who guards prisons

B. a prison house

C. a teaching house

D. someone who was put into prison

4.What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?

A. As a boy Shaw liked to go to school.

B. Shaw highly praised schools and teachers.

C. Shaw thought schools were prisons where children couldn’t be with their parents.

D. When Shaw grew up, he began to hate schools and teachers.

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.A

4.C

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1.细节理解题。根据第二段George Carr was a drunkard -his example made his son become a teetotaler(禁酒主义者).可知，萧伯纳对父亲酗酒的行为很厌恶，所以他终生不饮酒。故选B。

2.细节理解题。根据第二段Young Shaw and his two sisters were brought up mostly by servants. Shaw's mother eventually left the family to teach music, singing in London. When she died in 1913, Shaw confessed to Mrs. Patrick Campbell: "I must write to you about it, because there is no one else who hates his mother."可知，在很小的时候，萧伯纳的妈妈就到伦敦教音乐唱歌，萧伯纳和两个妹妹都是由仆人带大的，因此萧伯纳很痛恨自己妈妈。故选A。

3.词义猜测题。根据最后一段Schools and schoolmasters, as we have them today, are not popular as places of education and teachers, but rather prisons and turnkeys in which and by whom children are kept to prevent them disturbing and chaperoning (陪伴) their parents. "可知，萧伯纳把Schools比作prisons监狱，班主任比作turnkeys狱吏，也就是监管监狱的人。故选A。

4.主旨大意题。根据最后一段Schools and schoolmasters, as we have them today, are not popular as places of education and teachers, but rather prisons and turnkeys in which and by whom children are kept to prevent them disturbing and chaperoning (陪伴) their parents. "可知，萧伯纳把学校比作监狱，这个“监狱”把孩子们和家长阻隔开。故选C。