Ⅰ.阅读理解
First published in 2001, the book Life of Pi written by Canadian author Yann Martel won the Man Booker Prize and an Asian American Prize for Literature. It is the story of a young boy named Pi who spends 227 days at sea with a small group of animals after disaster strikes their ship and is an account of his journey of survival and hardship.
Piscine“Pi”Molitor Patel, on whom Life of Pi is based, is a young boy living in Pondicherry, India, where his father owns a zoo. The story starts when Patel's family decide to move to Canada, along with their zoo animals for their new home.
However, because of the bad weather, the ship sinks. Pi along with an orangutan (猩猩), an injured zebra, a hyena (鬣狗) and a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker are the only survivors who take shelter in a small lifeboat.Both the injured zebra and the orangutan are soon killed and eaten by the hyena.The tiger in turn kills and eats the hyena, leaving just the two of them alone on the boat now.
In an effort to avoid being eaten by Richard Parker, Pi acts himself as the head of the group and remains safe from harm.Since he does not want the tiger to die for fear of going mad by being alone on the boat, he fishes and feeds the two of them in order to stay alive.
The life of Pi then enters its third stage when their lifeboat washes up on the shores of Mexico and the tiger escapes into a nearby forest leaving Pi alone. After the Mexicans refuse to believe Pi's story, he changes his tale by replacing the animals with his mother, a cook and a sailor and asks the Mexicans which one they prefer. They prefer hearing the first story though they do not believe a word of it.
In my view, Life of Pi is a must read book for all those who love reading.
语篇解读：本文介绍了加拿大著名作家Yann Martel的小说Life of Pi。
1．We can learn that the book Life of Pi .
A．was written in 2001
B．was awarded two prizes
C．tells a story about friendship
D．is based on the author's personal experience
解析：选B 细节理解题。根据第一段的“...won the Man Booker Prize and an Asian American Prize for Literature.”可知这本书被授予两项大奖，故选B项。
2．In the book Life of Pi, the hyena is killed by .
A．Pi B．the zebra
C．the orangutan D．Richard Parker
解析：选D 细节理解题。从第三段的“The tiger in turn kills and eats the hyena”可知老虎把鬣狗吃掉了，同时根据“a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker”可知这只老虎名叫Richard Parker，故选D项。
3．How does Pi escape being eaten by the tiger?
A．By catching fishes for the tiger.
B．By locking the tiger in a cage.
C．By being the leader of the two of them.
D．By fighting with the tiger.
解析：选C 推理判断题。从第四段的“Pi acts himself as the head of the group and remains safe from harm”可知，为了避免被老虎吃掉，Pi处处表现为他们两个的首领。故选C项。
4．What is the author's attitude towards the book Life of Pi?
A．Disappointed. B．Supportive.
C．Unconcerned. D．Doubtful.
解析：选B 观点态度题。根据最后一段作者极力推荐这本书，可推知作者对该书是持赞赏态度的。
Ⅱ.阅读七选五
