adventure

biography

history

thriller

fantasy

Name ______________

Born __________

Nationality __________

Jobs__________________

Subject of books___________________

Philip Pullman

1946

English

teacher & writer

adventure stories

His Dark Materials

The Trilogy of His Dark MaterialsThe Trilogy of His Dark Materials

The Golden Compass <<黄金罗盘 >>

The Subtle Knife <<精工小刀 >>

The Amber Spyglass <<琥珀望远镜 >>

Author

Hero

Heroine

Why do people love the novel?

Type of the book

Philip Pullman

Will

Lyra

It’s an exciting and philosophical novel.

Fantasy

Discussing

How do you know it is a fantasy story?The story takes place in several different worlds.A war that could destroy the universe.Witches, talking bears and other strange creatures.

Main Idea of the Passage

The passage is about Will and a cat. The cat acts as Will’s guide and goes to another world through the patch in the air. Will follows her and decides not to return to his world.

Part 1:

(Para.1)

Part 2:

(Para.2 - Para.7)

When and where the story happened

What the cat did and how the cat vanished

Part 3:

(Para.8 - Para.12)

Part 4:

(Para.13 to Para.15)

What Will found and how he entered another world

What Will saw and how he

felt after entering another

world.

Will was very tired when he saw a cat.

The cat comes up to Will.The cat behaves in a strange way.

The cat vanished.

Will saw a square patch .

Will climbs through a hole .

Will decides not to return to his world .

1. Will can’t think clearly because ___.

A. He was very frightened in the dark at

night

B. He was excited when he saw a cat.

C. He was worn out.

Into the text:

2. Why did the cat behave strangely?

A. Because the cat put out a paw to pat

something invisible in the air in

front of her.

B. Because the cat came up to Will

when he held out his hand.

C. Because the cat approached the

patch of grass and then left back.

3. Which of the following is TRUE

about the patch according to the

text?

A. Will had cut the patch out of air.

B. The patch was almost square in

shape and less than a meter across.

C. From the most positions, the patch

was completely visible.

4. According to the text, we can know that

Moxie was ___________.

A. the cat that vanished

B. a friend of Will

C. a tabby Will once fed

D. a homeless cat

5. The phrase “be laden with” in the

text means “___________”.

A. be burdened with

B. be full of

C. be covered with

D. be responsible for