Bringing a giraffe into the world is a tall order. A baby giraffe is born 10 feet high and usually lands on its back. Within seconds it rolls over its legs under its body. Then the mother giraffe rudely introduces its children to the reality of life.

In his book, A View from the Zoo, Gary Richmond describes how a new-born giraffe learns its first lesson.

The mother giraffe lowers her head long enough to take a quick look. Then she puts herself directly over her child. She waits for about a minute, and then she does the most unreasonable thing. She throws her long leg and kicks her baby, so that it’s sent sprawling(四腳朝天).

When it doesn’t get up, the process is repeated again and again. The struggle to rise is important. As the baby giraffe grows tired, the mother kicks it again. Finally, it stands for the first time on its shaky legs. Then the mother giraffe kicks it off its feet again. Why? She wants it to remember how it got up. In the wild, a baby giraffe must be able to get up as quickly as possible to stay with its group, where there’s safety.

Another writer named Irving Stone understood this. He spent a lifetime studying greatness, writing stories about such men as Michelangelo, Vincent van Gogh, Sigmund Freud, and Charles Darwin.

Stone was once asked if he had found something that runs through the lives of all these great people. He said, “I write about people who sometime in their life have a dream of something. They’re beaten over the head, knocked down and for years they get nowhere. But every time they stand up again. And at the end of their lives they’ve realized some small parts of what they set out to do .”

1.What does the underlined part “a tall order” in Paragraph 1 mean?

A.A happy thing.                          B.A difficult task.

C.A big dream.                           D.A beautiful scene.

2.Which of the following statements is True according to the passage?

A.This passage is a description of giraffes’ living habits.

B.Baby giraffes can’t stand up until three months old.

C.Irving Stone spent a lifetime studying and writing stories about great people.

D.The great people can’t stand up after they’re knocked down for years.

3.What would be the best title for the passage?

A.How to keep a baby giraffe.

B.Learning to Get Back Up.

C.Stories about the great people.

D.A mother giraffe and its baby giraffe.

 

【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.B

【解析】

試題分析:把小長(zhǎng)頸鹿帶到這個(gè)世界上來是非常艱巨的工作。長(zhǎng)頸鹿媽媽是通過踢打的方式讓小長(zhǎng)勁鹿學(xué)會(huì)站起來。許多偉人也是在不斷的失敗中才有所建樹。

1.詞義理解題,縱觀文中語句理解可知。把長(zhǎng)頸鹿帶到這個(gè)世界上是件非常艱巨的任務(wù),故選B。

2.理解判斷題,根據(jù)文中語句“Another writer named Irving Stone understood this. He spent a lifetime studying greatness, writing stories about such men as Michelangelo, Vincent van Gogh, Sigmund Freud, and Charles Darwin.”理解可知。Irving Stone寫了一些有關(guān)偉人的書籍,故C是錯(cuò)誤的

3.標(biāo)題理解題,根據(jù)文中語句理解可知,本文主要介紹了讓人們學(xué)會(huì)面對(duì)困難,要用不怕吃苦的精神,故選B。

考點(diǎn):人生百味類的閱讀

點(diǎn)評(píng):閱讀中注意短文后面的問題.然后帶著問題再讀短文,找出與答題內(nèi)容相關(guān)語句,反復(fù)閱讀,反復(fù)分析,然后確定答案.閱讀中要善于從短文信息中總結(jié)推測(cè)出所需答案,注意所填答案與短文中相關(guān)語句的關(guān)系,與相關(guān)單詞短語的關(guān)系.

 

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