1、Module 2 Fantasy literature,reading comprehension,The cat that vanished,The story is written by a famous author named Philip Pullman. And the text is an excerpt from the book His Dark Material .there are three books in the series, including Northern Lights, the Subtle Knife,and the Amber Spyglass. T
2、he passage we learn today is from the second one.,菲利普普尔曼（Philip Pullman，1946- ），英国当代著名作家，毕业于牛津大学，目前与家人住在英国，专事写作。 除了小说，普尔曼也撰写剧本与图画书。黑暗物质三部曲出版后，畅销不坠，风靡欧美，皆认为其深度与文学性足可列入世界文学史。 菲利普普尔曼赢得2005年第三届林格伦儿童文学奖。,魔法神刀简介 宇宙由无数平行的世界组成、借助奇妙的魔法神刀的切割可以彼此穿行。 生活在牛津的少年威尔，遭遇着莫名追杀；在一只神秘的猫的指引下，他跨过一个秘密的窗口，来到另一个横行着吞噬成人精灵的妖怪的世
3、界。 出于对母亲深沉的爱，威尔决定去寻找失踪多年的探险父亲。殊不知这对父子的命运早已与关系宇宙生死的巨大阴谋密不可分了。亡命天涯的威尔遇到了继续在朝自己使命的莱拉，并偶然得到那把可以切开宇宙从而在不同世界穿梭的魔法神刀；其实，这并非偶然，许多世纪前，就有了关于他和莱拉的神秘预言：他们即是亚当与夏娃，必须联合女巫和天使，以及所有正义的力量，帮助阿斯里尔勋爵，才能对抗强大的宗教和政治势力，揭开“尘埃”的秘密，拯救宇宙。,As Will stood trying to _, he saw _. And the cat _rub her head _. Then this cat _. Will wa
4、s still watching it, and he found the cat _a paw to _ something _.Next, she _.To his surprise, the cat patted the air _. Then, the cat _ ,and _ .,clean his head,a cat,come up to,against his knuckles,turned away,reached out,pat,in the air,leapt backwards,once more,stepped forward,vanished,Will went t
5、here to look carefully. It looked as if _.If you were _with the patch so that you near-ly cant _ it. You could only see it from_,and it is _to see, because all you could see through it was _ the _ kind of thing. But Will knew _ that there was a _ world. At last, Will dec- ided to _ through_.,sb cut
6、a patch out of the air,level,see,the side nearest the road,difficult,exactly,same,without the slightest doubt,different,go into another world,the hole,standing under a row of trees,He found himself_ And there existed_,_,_ _,_,_,_, _,_,_,and _.Will bent _,he still saw _in Oxford, _,but Will thought the new world was _than the old one. Finally, he decid-ed to _here and _the cat.,palms,the grass,a boulevard,cafes,small shops,a sky with stars,the moon,hills,houses,a parkland,a temple,to look through,the road,his own world,better,stay,look around for,
