Knowledge Focus（第1页）

KnowledgeFocus

1。Discussthefollowiions。

1）ortantaboutthetitle?

2）HowdoesEdgarAllanPoerevealcharaTheBlackCat?

3）Whatarethethemesiory?Howdotheyrelatetotheplotandcharacters?

4）WhatarethesymbolsinTheBlackCat?Howdotheyrelatetotheplotandcharacters?

5）Doyouthiwoblackcats，orjustone?

6）Doesthestiveaohoworbywhomthefirewasstarted?Ifso，whatarethey?

7）Dotheuseofcapitallettershelpsetthetoory?Ifso，how?Wouldthestoryhavebeeerorworsewithoutthesetouches?

8）Isthisstoryrelevanttoyou，andyourlife?Whyorwhynot?

9）Howdoyoufeelaboutcats?Didthesteys?Ifso，how?

10）DoesTheBlackdyouofaoriesyou’veread，ormoviesyou’veseen?Whatarethesimilaritiesanddifferences?

&herthefollowirue（T）orfalse（F）。

1）TheBlackCatisasirayalofanimal。（）

2）Hangingandaxingareexamplesofthetheme“violence”。（）

3）Thenarratorwritesfromhisbedroom。（）

4）Thenarrator’sfriendshipwithPlutolastsforseveralyears。（）

5）Thealcoholpushesthenarratorintofitsofintemperandviolence。（）

6）Thenarratorisuransformatiohasledhimtobeurderer。（）

7）Plutoneverrecoveredfromhisinjuryahefire。（）

8）ThesedcatisthesamesizeandcolorasPlutoandisevenmissinganeye。（）

9）Thesedcaturthelandlordofatavern。（）

10）TheBlackmanywaysamoraltalethatdealswiththeteweeeandthatwarnsofthedangersofalcohol。（）

3。SoloWork:Filliopletethesummaryofthestory。

&ortellsusthatfrehehaslovedanimals。Heandhisets，ingalargeblaamed1）。Althoughhiswifeoftehesuperstitionthatblackcatsareactuallydisguised2），thenarratorisparticularlyfondoftheunusuallyi。

Iyears，thenarratorbeesinglymoodyandirritabledueto3），aoverballyabuseaenhiswifeasets。Oneday，whenheedrunkand，imaginingthatPlutoisavoidihecat，which4）himonthehandinfear。IhenarratorlosesdeofPluto’s5）outeersupthem，hefeelsremorsefulbutreturnst。Thecatrecovers，butitspicuouslyavoidsitsowner，whoisatfirstgrievedandlaterannoyedandprovoked。Hedescribesitasaprimitiveimpulseof6）thatdriveshimtopletehisattaPlutoby7）theatree，althoughhecriesashedoesthedeed，awarethathehasittedadeadlysinonananimalthaton。

Thesamenightasthecat’sdeath，thehouseisseton8），aor，hiswife，abarelyescape。Peculiarly，onthesihatdidnotfallinthefireisanimageofagigantic9）earouhehephenomenthatsomeohavethrowohiswindowtotrytoiasotherwallsfell，theymusthavepressedtheanimalier，wherethelime，theheat，andtheammoniafromthebioformthe10）。However，heremainsdisturbedandfeelsasefallsjustshortofremorse。