Firstpublishedin2001thebookLifeofPiwrittenbyCanadianauthorYannMartelwontheManBookerPrizeandanAsianAmericanPrizeforLiterature.ItisthestoryofayoungboynamedPiwhospends227daysatseawithasmallgroupofanimalsafterdisasterstrikestheirshipandisanaccountofhisjourneyofsurvivalandhardship.

Piscine“Pi”MolitorPatelonwhomLifeofPiisbasedisayoungboylivinginPondicherryIndiawherehisfatherownsazoo.ThestorystartswhenPatel’sfamilydecidetomovetoCanadaalongwiththeirzooanimalsfortheirnewhome.

Howeverbecauseofthebadweathertheshipsinks.Pialongwithanorangutan(猩猩)aninjuredzebraahyena(鬣狗)andaBengaltigernamedRichardParkeraretheonlysurvivorswhotakeshelterinasmalllifeboat.Boththeinjuredzebraandtheorangutanaresoonkilledandeatenbythehyena.Thetigerinturnkillsandeatsthehyenaleavingjustthetwoofthemaloneontheboatnow.

InanefforttoavoidbeingeatenbyRichardParkerPiactshimselfastheheadofthegroupandremainssafefromharm.Sincehedoesnotwantthetigertodieforfearofgoingmadbybeingaloneontheboathefishesandfeedsthetwooftheminordertostayalive.

ThelifeofPithenentersitsthirdstagewhentheirlifeboatwashesupontheshoresofMexicoandthetigerescapesintoanearbyforestleavingPialone.AftertheMexicansrefusetobelievePi’sstoryhechangeshistalebyreplacingtheanimalswithhismotheracookandasailorandaskstheMexicanswhichonetheyprefer.Theypreferhearingthefirststorythoughtheydonotbelieveawordofit.

InmyviewLifeofPiisamustreadbookforallthosewholovereading.

1.WecanlearnthatthebookLifeofPi_____.

A.waswrittenin2001

B.wasawardedtwoprizes

C.tellsastoryaboutfriendship

D.isbasedontheauthor’spersonalexperience

2.InthebookLifeofPithehyenaiskilledby_____.

A.Pi

B.thezebra

C.theorangutan

D.RichardParker

3.HowdoesPiescapebeingeatenbythetiger?

A.Bycatchingfishesforthetiger.

B.Bylockingthetigerinacage.

C.Bybeingtheleaderofthetwoofthem.

D.Byfightingwiththetiger.

4.Whathappensa