2014-2015年选修6-Module-2-Fantasy语篇提能练习题及答案解析6份2-3.doc

语 篇 提 能阅读理解APerhaps only a small boy training to be a wizard at the Hogwarts school of magic could cast a spell so powerful as to create the biggest book launch ever. Wherever in the world the clock strikes midnight on June 20th，his followers will flock to get their paws on one of more than 10m copies of “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”. Bookshops will open in the middle of the night and delivery firms are drafting in extra staff and bigger trucks. Related toys, games, DVDs and other merchandise will be everywhere. There will be no escaping Pottermania.Yet Mr. Potters world is a curious one, in which things are often not what they appear. While an excitable media(hereby including The Economist, happy to support such a fine example of globalization)is helping to hype the launch of JK. Rowlings fifth novel, about the most adventurous thing that the publishers (Scholastic in America and Britains Bloomsbury in English elsewhere)have organized is a reading by Ms Rowling in Londons Royal Albert Hall, to be broadcast as a live webcast. Hollywood, which owns everything else to do with Harry Potter, says it is doing even less. Incredible as it may seem，the guardians of the brand say that，to protect the Potter franchise, they are trying to maintain a low profile. Well, relatively low.Ms Rowling signed a contract in 1998 with Warner Brothers，part of AOL Time Warner, giving the studio exclusive film, licensing and merchandising rights in return for what now appears to have been a steal: some $500 000. Warner licenses other firms to produce goods using Harry Potter characters or images, from which Ms Rowling gets a big enough cut that she is now wealthier than the queen if you believe Britains Sunday Times rich list. The process is selfgenerating：each book sets the stage for a film, which boosts book sales, which lifts sales of Potter products.Globally，the first four Harry Potter books have sold some 200m copies in 55 languages; the two movies have grossed over $1.8 billion at the box office. This is a stunning success by any measure, especially as Ms Rowling has long demanded that Harry Potter should not be over commercialized. In line with her wishes，Warner says it is being extraordinarily careful, at least by Hollywood standards，about what it licenses and to whom. It imposed tough conditions on Coca Cola，insisting that no Harry Potter images should appear on cans, and is now in the process of making its licensing programme even more restrictive. Coke may soon be considered too mass market to carry the brand at all.1When the author says “there will be no escaping Pottermania”， he implies that _.AHarry Potters appeal for the readers is simply irresistibleBit is somewhat irrational to be so crazy about the magic boyCcraze about Harry Potter will not be over in the near futureDHogwarts school of magic will be the biggest attraction world over2Ms Rowlings reading in Londons Royal Albert Hall is mentioned to show _.Apublishers are really adventurous in managing the Potters businessBbusinesses are actually more credible than media in Potters worldCthe media are promoting Pottermania more actively than HollywoodDbusinesses involved with Potter are moving along in an unusual way3The author believes that _.ABritains Sunday Times rich list is not very convincing as it soundsBTime Warners management of licenses is a bit over commercializedCother firms may produce goods using Harry Potter images at willDwhat Ms Rowling got in return for her offering to Warner is a real bargain4Paragraph 4 intends mainly to show Warners _.Adetermination to promote PotterBconsistence in conducting businessChigh regard for Ms Rowlings requestDcareful restrictions on licensing to CocoCola答案与解析：1解析：这是一道句意题。第一段描述了波特迷们的世界性狂热，由此可知A项为答案。答案：A2解析：这是一道例证题。文章说到Rowling应邀朗读一事是为了说明此次商家的行为不同往常，故此答案为B项。答案：B3解析：这是一道作者观点题。依据第三段首句，可知答案为D项。答案：D4解析：这是一道主旨题。段落的主要意思是华纳按Rowling的要求做了，严禁过分的商业化。故答案为C项。答案：CBThe seven Harry Potter novels are to be sold as ebooks for the first time in October. Author J. K. Rowling announced the series would also be available as audio books through a new website，Pottermore.The website will also feature new material which Rowling says she has been collecting for years. “This is such a great way to give something back to the fans who made Harry Potter such a huge success，” the author said.The Harry Potter novels have sold more than 450 million copies through Bloomsbury in Britain, and Scholastic in the United States. However，the ebooks, which will be available in several languages, will be published through Rowlings Pottermore Publishing, rather than her print publishers which do not own the digital rights.Pottermore went live on 31 July, Harry Potters birthday. Rowling told the BBC that the new material was being released online, rather than in a new book, because she did not have “a new story”“Most of this writing is material I generated(创作) while I was writing the books earlier，” she said. “Its background, and lots of details. Some of it is new stuff in reply to things fans have asked me over the years.”The site, which Rowling said she had been working on for two years, promises to immerse(使沉浸于) users in the boy wizards world, offering opportunities for computer gaming, social networking and an online store. One million users will be chosen to help develop the online world, before it is open to all users from October.Rowling told reporters at the London Pottermore launch she had no intention of writing an eighth Harry Potter book.5What would be the best title for this text? AHarry Potter Series to Be Sold as Ebooks BJ. K. Rowling to Create Even Brighter Future CPottermore to Offer New Material to Users DThe Online World to Take on a New Look6Which of the following is NOT included in J. K. Rowlings new material? AThe details about Harry Potter novels. BThe background of Harry Potter novels. CThe plots of her future Harry Potter novels. DThe answers to some questions from her fans.7The users can do all the following on the new website Pottermore EXCEPT _. Amake friends online Bdo the shopping online Cplay computer games Dwatch Harry Potter films8What can be inferred from the text? AMore Harry Potter novels were sold in the US than in Britain. BMost of J. K. Rowlings new materials were written years ago