Question

    Robin Hood is a story to which more details have been added for nearly nine hundred years, and that has kept little of its original elements. The early folk tales of Robin Hood have nothing in them to suggest that the people are unfairly taxed, or that Robin Hood gave them his robbery for that matter.

    Robin Hood is not a liberator of oppressed (被壓迫的) people; he is simply a thief and murderer. He may have started out with lofty (崇高的) ideals, but eventually failed to resist greed (貪婪) , and would do anything to get money. The early tales of Robin Hood contain graphic violence and cold murders. These casual killings decide the folk tales, making them bloodier than any twenty-first century movie.

    In one example, Robin meets a knight whose son has killed a fellow competitor in a match. The unlucky knight is forced to pay a bill of four hundred pounds, which he must borrow from the Abbot (修道院院長) of St. Mary’s in York. Neither Robin nor the knight seems to mind much that someone has been killed. Instead the focus is on the money. This is a theme that runs throughout the stories of Robin Hood. It seems that Robin Hood has drifted away from his original idealistic beliefs by the thought, of shiny gold coins in his own pocket jingling (發(fā)出叮當聲) instead of the pockets of those for whom the gold was intended the poor. There is a saying: “He who seeks to destroy the monster must be careful not to become a monster in the process.” Apparently Robin never heard this proverb.

51. Robin Hood became greedy because _________.

   A. he needed much more money for the oppressed people

   B. he was forced to pay a bill for the murder he did

   C. he couldn’t resist the temptation (誘惑) of more money

   D. he wanted to have more power

52. According to the text, maybe the original idealistic belief of Robin Hood was ______.

   A. to lead the oppressed people to struggle against the rich

   B. to help the poor with the money he robbed the rich of

   C. to provide foods to the homeless

   D. to help kids unable to go to school

53. The proverb in the last paragraph most probably means that __________.

   A. if we want to succeed, we must work hard

   B. we should never chase after something one is not worthy of

   C. to be a great man, we must do what we should do

   D. to be a fair man, we must fight against unfair behavior

54. The text is written to _________.

   A. give readers a brief introduction to Robin Hood

   B. tell us about the cultural background of a book

   C. sing high praise of the knights during the Middle Age

   D. tell us about the real stories about Robin Hood

Answer 1

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