Bakhnov

Anabel Herizan praised Sumova for being in the golden age of marriage, and she knew this very well, so she married quite frequently.

Every husband has left a trace in her life. The first husband left her a single room; The second husband left her a child and a Cha Poros car. The third husband left her a note saying that he couldn't live like this any longer, and he wanted to be a bachelor.

Anabel sold the car, tore up the note, gave the child to his mother and left the house by himself. Now, this beautiful woman with long eyelashes, low voice, high chest and high education is getting married again. It's just that she can't decide who to choose as her lover at the moment.

There are three candidates: the teacher of the Opera and Ballet Theatre, Balmakov, a meritorious actor of the Republic of China, Randelin Novo, acting director of the domestic water utilization laboratory of the Institute of Irrigation and Land Improvement, and Zarubayev, an Olympic medal winner and meritorious athlete. As Anabel is a serious and thoughtful woman, she certainly understands that titles don't mean everything. People want to live together, not titles. However, since you have a title, wouldn't it be better to live with someone with a title? Therefore, Anabel believes that it is impossible to determine what title is more affordable. Anabel had to rely on her feminine intuition. She has been married several times and received higher education, and her intuition has been tempered.

Whenever the three candidates get together, the meritorious actor jokes, the assistant doctor shows off his erudition, and the meritorious athlete Zarubayev silently stares at Anabel with spoony eyes.

The ballet teacher never forgets to seize the opportunity to mention that the acting director of the domestic water utilization laboratory of the Institute of Irrigation and Soil Improvement is only a temporary position. However, not to be outdone, Randelin refuted him one after another: instead of endlessly dancing duets in opera and ballet theaters, he should be an acting director.

Balmakov told a joke to make it disappear. Anabel smiled; Zarubayev stared at her with spoony eyes and said nothing.

Anabel is just putting on a show, pretending to be carefree and cheerful. In fact, she can't decide which one to choose.

She must weigh everything carefully.

Balmakov has a brand-new Volga car, but he has high blood pressure; Randelin's owns a villa that is about to be completed, but he suffers from liver disease; Zarubayev has neither a car nor a villa, but he has an enviable healthy physique. This is about to calculate which condition is more important!

Each candidate has other advantages. For example, Balmakov, who is connected with the literary world, often writes some articles. He is a famous doer. Zarubayev is beautiful and often goes abroad to take part in competitions. Randelin not only diligently writes his doctoral thesis, but also has a brother who is the manager of a big department store.

As a thoughtful woman, Anabel understands that Zarubayev can't go abroad forever, and the position of manager can't be kept for life, and the doer is always a doer, which is also an advantage.

What is better?

Or, to be clear, take "Volga" to offset going abroad and diligence? Take the manager's brother against his health and his association with the literary world? So, what about Randelin's liver disease? Can Balmakov's fighting spirit and Zarubayev's beauty balance liver disease? Take high blood pressure to offset doctoral thesis? Take Zarubayev's lack of cars to offset Balmakov's brand-new Volga?

Yes, the more Anabel thinks about it, the more complicated the problem becomes. Time goes by day ... often with the passage of time, all problems will be solved naturally.

A year has passed. The meritorious actor won the title of People's Actor. As a doer, he immediately moved to Moscow. The associate doctor of engineering somehow quietly built a villa, finished his thesis, and proposed to the female experimenter in his laboratory on impulse.

In this way, only excellent athletes are left in Anabel. As usual, he still stared at her with infatuated eyes and said nothing ... However, when he finally broke the silence and spoke, the truth came out: he was already married and had no intention of divorce.

16. What kind of image is Anabel in the novel? Please analyze it briefly. (4 points)

Quantify love and play with marriage; Half-hearted, indecisive; Shallow vanity and no sense of responsibility.

17. What is the function of the novel with the title "A problem with three unknowns"? (5 points)

(1) Metaphorically, Anabel's finding an object is as difficult as solving an arithmetic problem, which is humorous and fascinating.

② It shows that the three candidates for marriage in Anabel have their own merits and are hard to choose.

③ It shows Anabel's ambivalence in choosing a marriage partner.

18. It was written many times in the novel that Zarubayev, a meritorious athlete, stared at Anabel with fascination, but in the end he admitted that "he was married and had no intention of getting divorced". What is the significance of the author's arrangement? (6 points)

A: (1) The author wrote many times that Zarubayev was infatuated with Anabel, just to establish an affectionate image of Zarubayev, which was in sharp contrast with the hypocrisy of Zarubayev at the end and achieved a strong comic effect. The last one is not necessarily the one who loves you the most; People who don't want to give their true feelings can't get true love either. (3) The ending of the novel is also a bitter satire on Anabel's utilitarian love, which sublimates the theme. (2 points per point)