Frankenstein is one of the world’s most famous horror stories. It’s about a doctor who creates a new man from the body parts of dead people and brings it to life. But the experiment goes wrong and the monster(怪獸) kills the doctor and many others. The story has been read by millions since it was first published and in the last hundred years it has been made into dozens of movies. Many people are surprised to learn its writer was a 19-year-old woman, called Mary Shelley.
Mary was born into a rich London family in August 1797. She was educated by her parents and when she was 13 decided to become a writer. In 1812, she met the famous writer Percy Shelley and they soon got married. Sadly for Mary, their first child died soon after birth in Italy. In her diary, Mary wrote about a dream: “I dreamt that my little baby came to life again—that it had only been cold and that we rubbed it before the fire and it lived.”
In 1816, Percy Shelley and 19-year-odl May visited the poet Lord Byron at his home in Switzerland. Because of the bad weather they stayed indoors reading horror stories. One night, Byron asked everyone to write their own story. Mary thought of her dream and wrote the story Frankenstein.
Frankenstein was published when Mary was 21, and became a huge success. Many people didn’t think a 19-year-old woman could write so well and believed her husband was the real writer.
Although famous, Shelley’s life was full of sadness. Only one of her four children lived and in 1822 her husband died in a swimming accident. Mary was broken-hearted and decided not to marry again. She devoted herself to her child and continued to write until her death in 1851.
小題1: What do we know about he story Frankenstein?
A．It was really written by Mary Shelley’s husband.
B．It was been read by millions of people.
C．It was written to remember Shelley’s husband.
D．It is the most famous story in the world.
小題2:Where was Mary Shelley when she wrote the story Frankenstein?
A．In England.B．In Italy.C．In Switzerland.D．In France.
小題3: In which order to the following take place?
a. Bad weather made everyone stay indoors reading horror stories.
b. The story Frankenstein was first published.
c. Mary wrote about a dream in her diary.
d. Mary met the famous writer Percy Shelley.
e. Movies based on the story of Frankenstein were made.
A．a(chǎn), c, b, e, dB．d, c, a, b, eC．c, a, b, d, eD．b, a, d, c, e
小題4: How old was Mary Shelley when she died?
A．43B．48C．51D．54
小題5:What can we learn about Mary Shelley from this passage?
A．She experienced a lot of sadness in her life.
B．She wasn’t considered a good writer during her life.
C．She was educated at her local school.
D．She became very rich because of the story Frankenstein.

小題1:B
小題1:C
小題1:B
小題1:D
小題1:A

小題1:事實(shí)判斷題。通讀全文理解，分析四個選項(xiàng)，只有B項(xiàng)與文中所述事實(shí)相符。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。讀文中第三段所述可知，雪萊是瑞士寫這部小說的，故選C項(xiàng)。
小題1:邏輯推理題。通讀全文所述，分析這部科幻小說的創(chuàng)作過程，可知選B項(xiàng)。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)推理題。讀文中第二段第一句可知，瑪麗出生于1797年，讀文中最后一句可知，瑪麗去世時是1851年可知，她去世時54歲，故選D項(xiàng)。
小題1:主旨大意題。通讀全文理解，瑪麗的人生經(jīng)歷可知，她經(jīng)歷了太多的苦難，故選A項(xiàng)。
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