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Alone in the wilderness. Nothing but jungle. A world of shadow with the rays of light falling like blonde hair from the crowns of the giant trees. Jungle in the midday sun. Everything motionless. Not a sound from sky or earth. Complete silence. Only some coconuts falling, at long intervals, very far away. The world reduced to the soft touch of cool grass along my naked back, and a sweet smell of rich soil and vegetation. Stretched out with closed eyes beside my heavy burden of fruit and firewood, I enjoyed the feeling of fresh blood streaming through every part of my body and fresh jungle air filling every corner of my lungs.

???? Resting motionless, I could see the sun through my closed eyelids, alone in the sky, as lonely as I, and as motionless and silent as everything else. The earth had surely stopped turning and somewhere on this planet there was supposed to be roaring traffic in busy streets. What a crazy, unbelievable thought!

????????????? Another coconut fell, to make the world come to a complete standstill. I had to roll over onto my stomach to feel that at least I could move and make noises. Then I found company. A little brown ant was struggling to find its way with a bit of dry straw through the jungle of leaves and grass below my nose. I wondered if I could give the little fellow a lift with its burden, but it showed not the slightest sign of tiredness and struggled on with all six legs, head first or head last, waving its feelers energetically as if the trip had just started. Who ever saw a tired ant? Tiredness, disagreeable tiredness, is restricted to hunted animals, slaves and modern man. It is as great an effort for an office clerk to walk five blocks with a loaded brief-case as it is for a jungle-dweller to cross a valley with a goat on his back. It is as hard to get up and climb or run when you have been seated for years as it is to get up and walk when you have been in bed for months. The body is strange. Spare it, and you get really tired for almost nothing; use it, and almost nothing makes you really tired.

????????????? I rose to my feet. I had heard a horse neighing down in the valley. Above me, on the open highland plains, there were wild horses. But down in the valley there was never a horse unless there was a man on it. Somebody was making his way up the valley and my wife was alone.

1.What’s the right order of the following events?

① I heard a horse neighing down in the valley.

② I went to the jungle.

③ I found an ant carrying a bit of dry straw.

④ I lay on the ground to have a break.

⑤ I picked fruits and chopped firewood.

A. ②③⑤①④????????????? ????????????? B. ⑤③②④①????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. ②⑤④③①????????????? ????????????? D. ⑤④③②①

2.How does the author feel about the ant?

A．He admired its attitude toward work.

B．He was amazed at its tireless efforts.

C．He showed sympathy for the little ant.

D．He was content to have it as a companion.

3.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that the author would probably ???????? .

A．work harder than before????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B．talk to the man on the horse

C．make his way home????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．stay in the valley

4.We can learn from the passage that the author ???????? .

A．enjoyed being alone?????????????

B．experienced a world of quietness

C．missed his busy life in the city

D．had an unforgettable adventure

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：作者在去樹(shù)林采摘水果、收集柴火后躺在樹(shù)林中休息，聽(tīng)著森林中偶爾掉落的椰子，獨(dú)自感受著正午靜謐的世界，享受著思想和身體的放松。然而這時(shí)作者感到了一只螞蟻爬過(guò)，看著螞蟻的辛勤，作者不由自主得對(duì)螞蟻心生敬佩之情。

1.C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。作者在文章開(kāi)頭采用倒序的手法描寫(xiě)了自己在樹(shù)林中休息的情況，提到了自己身邊采摘的水果和柴火，由此判斷作者是先去灌木叢中勞動(dòng)，然后才去休息，根據(jù)首尾定位法可知B、D選項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤，再根據(jù)文章末段察覺(jué)到有馬在山谷里奔跑的聲音判斷C為正確選項(xiàng)。

2.A 推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第三段作者對(duì)螞蟻的描述but it showed not the slightest sign of tiredness and struggled on with all six legs, head first or head last, waving its feelers energetically as if the trip had just started. 以及作者發(fā)出的感慨Who ever saw a tired ant?可以推斷作者非常敬佩螞蟻對(duì)工作的態(tài)度，選A。

3.C 推理判斷題。從文章第二段Stretched out with closed eyes beside my heavy burden of fruit and firewood,可知作者是勞動(dòng)后在休息，再由文章末段Somebody was making his way up the valley and my wife was alone.可以推斷作者認(rèn)為有人上山來(lái)了，而他妻子一人在家，所以出于對(duì)妻子安全的考慮，作者很可能會(huì)回家，答案選C。

4.B 推理判斷題。整篇文章的大量篇幅都是描寫(xiě)周?chē)�環(huán)境的靜謐，用感受到血液的流動(dòng)以及對(duì)螞蟻的注意都襯托了這一點(diǎn)，故B選項(xiàng)內(nèi)容正確，其他選項(xiàng)在文中沒(méi)有涉及。

考點(diǎn)：考查故事類短文閱讀。