Here in the hills were buffaloes (野牛). I had even, in my very young days — when I could not live till I had killed one of each kind of African animal — shot a bull out there. Later on, when I was not so interested to shoot as to watch the wild animals, I had been out to see them again. But twice I had to go back without success.
But one afternoon as I was having tea with some friends outside the house, Denys came flying from Nairobi and went over our heads westwards; a little while after he turned and came back and landed on the farm. I drove down to the plane to bring him back, but he would not get out of his plane.
“The buffaloes are out feeding in the hills,” he said, “come out and have a look at them.”
“I cannot come,” I said. “I have got a tea-party up at the house.”
“But we will go and see them and be back in a quarter of an hour,” he said.
This sounded to me like the suggestions which people make to you in a dream. So I went up with him. It did not take us long to see the buffaloes from the air; we counted them as they peacefully mixed and separated on the open ground closed in by bushes. There was one very old big black bull, and a number of young ones; if a stranger had come near to them they would have heard or smelt him at once, but they were not prepared for something from the air. They heard the noise of our machine and stopped feeding, but they did not seem to be able to look up. In the end they realized that something very strange was about; the old bull first walked out in front of the others. Suddenly he began to go down the valley side and after a moment he broke into a run. The whole group now followed him, rushing hurriedly down into the buses. In a small wood of low trees they stopped and kept close together. Here they believed themselves to be out of sight. We flew up and away. It was like having been taken there by a secret unknown route.
When I came back to my tea-party the teapot on the stone was still so hot that I burned my fingers on it.
小題1:The writer drove to the plane ________.
A．to pick Denys up and take him back to the tea-party
B．to have a talk with Denys
C．to do some repairs for Denys
D．because they wanted to go up in the plane
小題2: Denys said it would only take a quarter of an hour to go and see the buffaloes ________.
A．but it took much longer than that B．a(chǎn)nd he was right
C．if they went by a secret routeD．but it wasn’t a serious suggestion
小題3:When the buffaloes heard the noise of the plane, they ________.
A．looked up at itB．ran away immediately
C．continued feedingD．were uncertain what to do

小題1:A. I drove down to the plane to bring him back,
小題2:B
小題3:D

小題1:A.細節(jié)題：從第二段的內(nèi)容和句子： I drove down to the plane to bring him back,可知答案是A。
小題2:B 推理題：從文章最后一段的句子：When I came back to my tea-party the teapot on the stone was still so hot that I burned my fingers on it.說明茶還很燙，他們很快就回來了。
小題3:D 推理題：從第六段的句子：They heard the noise of our machine and stopped feeding, but they did not seem to be able to look up.說明這些野牛不知所措。
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He says our relation with others often become clearly defined when money enters the picture．You might have wonderful friendship with somebody and you think that you are very good friends．But you’ll know him only when you ask to lend you some money．If he does, it brings something to the relationship that seems stranger than ever before．Or it can suddenly weaken the relationship if he doesn’t．This person may say that he has a certain feeling, but if it is not carried out in the money world, there is something less real about it．
Since money is important to us, we consider those who possess a lot of it to be very important．The author interviewed some millionaires in researching his book．
Answer: The most surprising thing is why people give me so much respect．I’m nothing．I don’t know much．All I am is rich．
People just have an idea of making more and more money, but what is it for? How much do I need for any given purposes in my life? In this book, the professor uncovered an important need in modern society; to bring back the idea that money is an instrument rather than the end．Money plays an important role in the modern world, but expecting money to give happiness may be missing the meaning of life．
小題1:According to the first paragraph, people haven’t realized __________．
A．how important money is in their day-to-day life
B．how one spends money shows what is important to him
C．that money is more important than their philosophy of life
D．that their understanding of life is more important than money
小題2:What can we learn about the millionaire from his answer in the interview is that         .
A．he does not feel that he is well -educated
B．he does not consider himself to be very successful
C．he does not think that he is a very important person
D．he does not think being rich deserves so much attention
小題3:What does the American professor of philosophy want to explain in his book?
A．Money is a means．B．Money is everything．
C．Money is an end．D．Money is unimportant．
小題4:Which of the following might the author disagree?
A．Money is important in modern society．
B．Wealth will surely bring the owner happiness．
C．The meaning of life doesn’t completely lie in money．
D．Happiness is not necessarily the result of wealth．

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