Question

【題目】 Only a few Europeans lived in North America in the 16th century. Most of them settled (定居) on the northeast coast. In 1587, a small group of about 100 people decided to go south. They moved to the small island of Roanoke. That area later became part of the state of North Carolina.

Unfortunately, the Roanoke settlers weren’t well prepared. They didn’t have enough food for the winter, and there wasn’t enough grain for future crops. Their leader, Captain White, decided to sail back to England to get supplies. However, there was a war in Europe, and three years passed before he returned to North America.

When Captain White came back to Roanoke in 1590, he was eager to see the settlers. He looked out from his ship, but no one was there to meet him. There were no signs of life. The settlement was empty.

No one knows why the Roanoke settlers disappeared. Many people thought that hostile Native Americans killed them, but there were no signs of a fight. Some thought that the settlers died from hunger or disease, but they couldn’t explain the absence of bodies.

Many years later, more settlers came to North Carolina. One of them met a Native American group called the Lumbee. They were unusual looking compared to the black-haired, brown-eyed Native Americans in the north. Some Lumbee had blonde hair and gray eyes. Then he listened to their speech and almost fell off his horse. They seemed to speak an unusual kind of English.

He asked where they were from. None of them knew, but they said that their grandparents “talked from a book.” Did they mean that their grandparents were able to read? As he rode back home, he asked himself a question: Were the Lumbee people the descendants(后裔)of the Roanoke settlers?

People are still asking the same question. Because there are no written records, we can’t be certain. However, there is one interesting fact. Today, some of the Lumbee people have names like Sampson, Dare, and Cooper. They are the same as the names of the vanished settlers of Roanoke Island.

【1】Captain White returned to Roanoke after three years because ______________.

A.there was a war in Europe.B.they didn’t have enough food.

C.there were no signs of life in the settlement.D.the area became part of the state of North Carolina.

【2】According to the following signs EXCEPT ___________, the Lumbee may be the descendants of the Roanoke settlers.

A.They had the same names as the disappeared settlers

B.They seemed to speak an unusual kind of English.

C.Their grandparents might be able to read.

D.They had black hair and brown eyes.

【3】What does the underlined word hostile in paragraph 4 mean?

A.braveB.strongC.unfriendlyD.unlucky

【4】According to the fifth paragraph, why did one of the settlers almost fall off his horse?

A.Because some Lumbee’s looking was so unusual that it frightened him.

B.Because some Lumbee spoke an unusual English just like the disappeared settlers.

C.Because some Lumbee’s English was so unusual that he couldn’t understand them.

D.Because the Lumbee told him that they were the descendants of the Roanoke settlers.

【5】What’s the best title of the passage?

A.The brave EuropeansB.The unusual Lumbee

C.The disappeared settlersD.The small island of Roanoke

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】C

【4】B

【5】C

【解析】

本文主要講解了16世紀(jì)只有少數(shù)歐洲人住在北美。他們大多數(shù)定居在東北海。1587年他們搬到了羅阿諾克小島。但是因?yàn)楦鞣N資源不足，頭領(lǐng)想回去拿一些過來，但是回去之后遇到了戰(zhàn)爭，三年之后他再回到這個島的時候卻發(fā)現(xiàn)那些人已經(jīng)不見了，不知什么原因搬來的人莫名的失蹤了的故事。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中Their leader, Captain White, decided to sail back to England to get supplies. However, there was a war in Europe, and three years passed before he returned to North America.可知，是由于那里有戰(zhàn)爭，所以被困在那里，所以這里填A.

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中They were unusual looking compared to the black-haired, brown-eyed Native Americans in the north. Some Lumbee had blonde hair and gray eyes.與北方黑頭發(fā)、棕色眼睛的印第安人相比，他們的長相不同尋常。一些Lumbee有金色的頭發(fā)和灰色的眼睛�？芍�，他們和印第安人長相不同，所以這里應(yīng)該選擇D。

【3】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)文中No one knows why the Roanoke settlers disappeared. Many people thought that hostile Native Americans killed them, but there were no signs of a fight.許多人認(rèn)為敵對的美洲原著民殺死了他們，但沒有戰(zhàn)斗的跡象�？芍�，人們認(rèn)為是原著居民殺死了他們，這里就表現(xiàn)出原著居民在別人眼中是兇殘的，不友好的，所以這里選擇C。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文中Some Lumbee had blonde hair and gray eyes. Then he listened to their speech and almost fell off his horse. They seemed to speak an unusual kind of English.它們的長相非同尋常一些伐木人有金色的頭發(fā)和灰色的眼睛然后他聽了他們的演講，差點(diǎn)從馬上摔下來。他們似乎說了一種不同尋常的英語�？芍�，他聽到了消失的定居者的聲音，所以他會感到詫異，所以這里選擇B。

【5】標(biāo)題歸納題。根據(jù)整篇文章的理解可知，文章主要講述的就是住在北美的歐洲人想遷移到南邊去，后來那些人不知名的就消失了的故事，所以這里應(yīng)該選擇C答案消失的定居者比較貼近主題。