You must have heard of me. I’m Li Bai. I’m famous for my poems, but looking back on my fall and exciting life, I’d say friendship has been just as important as poetry.

　　  One of my friends is He Zhizhang who is forty-two years older than me. Once we were having such an interesting conversation that we decided to continue it over dinner. After finishing the meal, we realized that neither of us had brought any money. He immediately took off the golden tortoise (龜) decorated on his waist and used it to pay for our dinner. I knew the golden tortoise was given to him by the Emperor. His generosity touched me. This showed how much he valued our friendship.

　　  A letter started another of my friendships. The letter was from Wang Lun. He wrote to invite me to enjoy the ten-li peach blossom (桃花) scenery and the ten thousand restaurants in his area. I was expecting to see the special scenery and taste all kinds of food and wine so that I accepted this invitation at once.

　　  But when I arrived, to my surprise, I found that this clever man had used word-play to trick me into visiting him! The ten-li peach blossom referred to a lake named Peach Blossom Lake, which was about ten li away. The ten thousand restaurants were just a restaurant named Wan Jia, meaning “owned by Mr. Wan”! I was impressed by his cleverness, and we enjoyed a good laugh together.

　　  Although my friends and I don’t have many opportunities to get together, we keep one another in mind.

　　8. What is as important as poetry in Li Bai’s heart?

　　A. Handwriting.

　　B. Art

　　C. Friendship.

　　9. What does the underlined word “generosity” probably mean in Paragraph 2?

　　A. 慷慨

　　B. 自私

　　C. 無奈

　　10. How did Wang Lun invite Li Bai?

　　A. By sending him peach blossoms.

　　B. By playing a word trick in a letter.

　　C. By reading a poem about restaurants.

　　11. What might be the best title of the text?

　　A. Li Bai and His Friends

　　B. Poets and Their Poetry

　　C. He Zhizhang and Wang Lun

　　答案解析：

　　8. C

　　  文章開頭提到“but looking back on my fall and exciting life, I’d say friendship has been just as important as poetry.”，明確指出在李白心中，友誼和詩歌一樣重要，所以答案選 C。

　　9.A

　　   第二段中提到賀知章解下皇帝賜予的金龜來付飯錢，這種行為體現了他的大方、不吝嗇，“generosity”意思是“慷慨”，A 選項符合；B 選項“自私”與他的行為不符；C 選項“無奈”也不符合語境，所以選 A。

　　10. B

　　  文章中說“A letter started another of my friendships. The letter was from Wang Lun. He wrote to invite me...”，并且后面具體說明了信中的內容是關于十里桃花和萬家酒店的文字游戲，所以汪倫是在信中玩文字游戲邀請李白的，答案選 B。

　　11. A

　　  這篇文章主要講述了李白和他的朋友賀知章、汪倫之間的故事，突出的是李白和他朋友們的情誼，A 選項“李白和他的朋友們”最能概括文章主旨；B 選項“詩人們和他們的詩歌”，文章重點不在詩歌；C 選項“賀知章和汪倫”沒有涵蓋文章主要人物李白，所以選 A。


 

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