高二英語Unit 19 The Merchant of Venice教案
king lear (奧賽羅) twelfth night 威尼斯商人hamlet （麥克白） the merry wives of windsor 仲夏夜之夢 othello （李爾王） the merchant of venice 溫莎的風流婦人fast reading
read the text and choose the best answer.
1. shylock was a moneylender, who ____.
a. as glad to lend money to others without conditions
b. worked hard to make a lot of money
c. was cruel and hated antonio d. feared nothing
2. shylock lent antonio three thousand ducats on condition that _____.
a. antonio would return the money within two months
b. antonio would return the money with a pound of flesh
c. antonio would let shylock have a pound of flesh if he failed to repay the money in time
d. shylock would not ask the money back
3. shylock refused to have mercy on antonio because _____.
a. he hated antonio and intended to kill him
b. he had done nothing wrong and feared no judgement
c. he trusted the laws of venice and refused to change his mind
d. he thought his money had gone
4. the phrase “so young a body with so wise a head” means ________.
a. “such a young man with so much wealth”
b. “such a young man with such great wisdom”
c. “a man who increases in wisdom with his increase of age’
d. “a man who is clever”
5. antonio was not able to pay the money back to shylock because _____.
a. he lost all his ships at sea b. he didn’t want to pay the money back
c. shylock asked too much money back d. he needn’t pay the money back
6. what did shylock really want?
a. he wanted three times money that he was owed
b. he wanted a pound of antonio’s flesh
c. he wanted justice d. he wanted to kill antonio
7. the main idea of this play most probably is ____.
a. how shylock was punished b. how antonio was saved
c. how a judgment between two merchants of venice
d. how portia helped with the case
8. from the story we can conclude that antonio was ________.
a. a merchant who was always happy to give others advice
b. a moneylender who was always ready to lend money to others
c. a merchant who never refused to help others
d. a moneylender who was greedy and cruel
9. according to the story, portia was ___.
a. a beautiful lady without money b. a learned young judge