Tim Burton attempts to work his gothic magic over one of the best loved stories

Tim Burton attempts to work his gothic magic over oneof the best loved stories of all time—Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures inWonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.

Alice, now 19, attends a party at a Victorian estate,only to find she is about to be proposed to by a rich suitor（求婚者）in front of hundreds of snooty（傲慢的）society types. She runs off, following a white rabbitinto a hole and ending up in Wonderland—a place she visited many years before,yet she doesn’t remember. The white rabbit claims to have come back for Alicebecause she is the only one who can slay（杀死)theJabberwock, the beast who guards the Red Queen’s empire. Alice remains completelyunaware of why she is in Wonderland, and is confused about the fact that shehad once visited Wonderland years before.

Now, Wonderland has changed into a dark, scarier placethan it used to be. Alice then embarks on an adventure of selfdiscovery, and to save Wonderland from the Red Queen’s reign（统治）of terror with the help of her Wonderland friends.

1.The story Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland waswritten by____________.

A. Tim Burton             B.Lewis Carroll   C. Alice D. the passage doesn’t tell us

2. Alice runs off because maybe___________.

A. she doesn’t like that party

B. she is too snooty

C. she doesn’t like the suitor

D. she wants to get married

3.In the last paragraph, the phrase “embarks on” means_________.

A. starts to do something

B. gets onto a ship

C. refuses to do something

D. finds something

4.This passage would most likely to be found__________.

A. on a film poster

B. in a government document

C. in a novel

D. in an entertainment magazine

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【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D  

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