Bellawentofftothehomeofthebeast(野兽).Thefurniturewasfine...

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Bella went off to the home of the beast(野兽). The furniture was fine, the chairs were comfortable, the dinners were delicious ... but everything was very quiet. There was no one to chat to or laugh with. The beast did not come to greet her and the servants (仆人) were invisible . It was always still and silent.

Every day Bella played the piano. She painted pictures and read books. She had everything she needed, but she was very lonely. One evening, Bella was sitting by the fire, reading aloud. She read a sad poem and she thought she heard a sigh. She read a funny story and she heard a chuckle.

“Who’s there?” cried Bella. “Step out of the shadows (*影)!” Slowly, the beast tried to enter the light without being noticed. Bella was afraid. “Don’t be scared. I know I look ugly and scary, but I will not harm you,” he said. “Please carry on reading.” Bella was scared, but she returned to her reading and the beast sat and listened.

After their first meeting, the beast often came to listen to Bella read and sing. Slowly she began to be less afraid of him. “At least he is someone to talk to,” she thought. The beast told Bella stories of far away lands, he made her laugh by telling jokes, and he brought her beautiful flowers from his garden.

The weeks passed and Bella thought the beast was congenial to her. She began to look forward to his visits and they became friends.

She saw that he was often sad. He spent a lot of time in his garden, looking at his flowers and sighing. Once, she saw a tear fall down his face. Bella was sad too. “I miss my family,” she told the beast. The beast gave her a gift. “This is a magic mirror,” he told her. “It can show you anything you want to see.”Bella looked at the mirror: “Mirror, mirror show me clear, please show me my family dear.”

“Oh!” cried Bella. “My father is ill! Let me go to him,” she begged. The beast could not bear to see Bella so unhappy. So he let her go. As she left, he said, “If you want to return here, use the magic mirror.”Sadly, he watched her leave. Now he would be alone forever.  

from Beauty and the Beast

(    )1. Paragraph 1tells us that Bella lived a ______ life in the beast’s home.

A. colourful    B. noisy    C. quiet    D. busy

(    )2. What can we learn from the underlined sentence “Slowly, the beast tried to enter the light without

being noticed.” in Paragraph 3?

A. The beast couldn’t wait to meet Bella.

B. The beast had no choice but to meet Bella.

C. The beast was not interested in Bella at all.

D. The beast was not confident enough to meet Bella.

(    )3. Which of the following best explains the word “congenial” in Paragraph 5?

A. strange and make you worried B. pleasant and make you relaxed

C. different from each other    D. rude and dangerous

(    )4. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Bella cured his father with the magic mirror.  B. Bella liked the beast at first but then she hated him.

C. Bella didn’t leave the beast because she loved him very much.

D. Bella knew his father was ill with the help of the magic mirror.

【回答】

1C 2D 3B 4D

知识点：日常生活类

题型：阅读理解