Question

 

One very cold day，a snowstorm blew into our area. Needing firewood，I quickly set out with my best friend，Bruce，to look for a tree to cut down. I was glad to have Bruce along with. Cutting down a tree in a snowstorm can be dangerous. So it was important to have a friend who could warn me of danger.

When I chose a big tree about 23 meters tall and prepared to cut it down，my best friend suddenly warned me，“Don’t cut down that tree！It’s too close to the power line！﹙電線﹚”I wasn’t sure about it. So I decided to disregard his warning. I wanted to finish the job quickly and go home. So I began cutting down the tree. When the tree fell，there was no longer any doubt that my friend was right.

The tree caught the power line，bringing it to the ground. I considered cutting the tree off the line. After all，electricity can’t travel through wood，so I could safely remove the tree. As I reached out my finger to touch the tree，pain ran up my arm and through my head. I was shocked!

After I returned home and told my mother what had happened，she quickly called the power company. The workers from the power company soon arrived on the scene. One of them asked if I had touched the tree，and when I told him I had，his face turned pale.

“You should have been killed，” he said.

So why am I still alive？It was my boots that saved my life.

Within two hours，the workers removed the tree. Soon the snowstorm calmed down—but not my mother.

Even though she was glad I wasn’t hurt，my mother was still serious. After all，I shouldn’t have brushed off my friend’s warning.

Through this experience，I learn it’s important to listen to people who offer a different perspective. Taking time to listen might actually save a lot of time and trouble. It certainly would have kept me from getting the “shock” of my life.

1.The underlined word “disregard” in the second paragraph means “________”．

A．pay no attention to             B．take notice of      C．consider              D．follow

2.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A．But for his boots，the author would have died.

B．The author regretted having brushed off his friend’s warning.

C．The author knew nothing about electricity.

D．When the tree was cut down，the author realized his friend was right.

3.The underlined part “the snowstorm calmed down—but not my mother” means “________”．

A．my mother was still angry with me for not listening to my friend’s warning

B．my mother was still in fear of the terrible accident

C．my mother was still comforting me

D．my mother was still worried about my safety

4.The author wrote the passage mainly to________.

A．give an account of one of his terrible experiences

B．make us know it’s important to listen to people who offer a different perspective through his experience

C．tell us not to cut trees down any more

D．remind us to be careful while we are working

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：

1.推斷題。第二段I wasn’t sure about it. So I decided to disregard his warning. I wanted to finish the job quickly and go home.可知，作者并沒(méi)有在意，想盡快做完回家，所以選A。pay no attention to不重視

2.判斷題。從文章第三段After all，electricity can’t travel through wood可知，作者還是知道電的相關(guān)知識(shí)，并非一無(wú)所知，故選C。A可從It was my boots that saved my life.可知正確，B可從I shouldn’t have brushed off my friend’s warning.可知正確。D可從第二段When the tree fell，there was no longer any doubt that my friend was right.可知。

3.推測(cè)題。從倒數(shù)第二段可知，作者的母親仍然對(duì)這場(chǎng)事故很害怕，故選B.文中并沒(méi)有講到母親很生氣，只講到母親對(duì)這場(chǎng)事故很在意。

4.推斷題。從最后一段Through this experience，I learn it’s important to listen to people who offer a different perspective.可知，作者寫(xiě)作的主要目的是使我們知道聽(tīng)取不同的意見(jiàn)是很重要的。故選B。

考點(diǎn)：記敘文

點(diǎn)評(píng)：文章講了作者在一次砍伐樹(shù)木時(shí)不聽(tīng)朋友的勸告，差點(diǎn)被電擊的事情，從而告訴我們要虛心聽(tīng)取別人不同的意見(jiàn)，對(duì)于這類記敘文，應(yīng)將題目帶到文章中進(jìn)行找答案，通過(guò)上下文得出正確的答案