A 37-year-old man in Australia’s Northern city Darwin ,Norm Pethrick, was praised for jumping onto a crocodile’s back to save his wife Wendy at Litchfield National Park, a popular tourist spot southwest of Darwin, a local newspaper reported.
Ms Pethrick was standing on a river bank Wednesday afternoon when the saltwater crocodile lunged (撲), locking its jaws on both her legs as it tried to drag her underwater. Norm Pethrick, who with his wife had been collecting water, immediately went to help her. He jumped onto the back, poked (戳) the eyes of the crocodile and finally got his wife free. Ms Pethrick was later taken to Hospital for a medical treatment. The doctors said she was suffering eight puncture wounds (傷口) in her right leg, a puncture wound in her left leg and a serious cut to one of her fingers.
“This could have been a fatal and tragic situation,” said Dr Len Notaras, according to a local report. He said Ms Pethrick was saved by her husband’s “quick and diligent actions”. Dr Notaras also said she would remain in hospital for three more days and have an operation to clean the wounds, which are easy to get infected because of bacteria (細(xì)菌) on the teeth of the crocodile.
小題1: This passage is most likely to be found in _____.
A．a(chǎn) newspaper B．a(chǎn) travel guideC．a(chǎn) textbook D．a(chǎn) novel
小題2:The crocodile attacked Ms Pethrick when she was ______.
A．swimming in the river B．watching the crocodile
C．standing on the river bankD．fishing in the water
小題3:According to the passage, Norm Pethrick can be described as following EXCEPT ______.
A．braveB．diligent（勤勉的）C．quickD．humorous
小題4:Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?
A．The husband should save the wife
B．A man saves wife’s life from crocodile’s jaws
C．A crocodile is not so dangerous as people imagine
D．Human beings can beat crocodiles sometimes

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:B

試題分析：
小題1:A 推理題。根據(jù)最后一段1,2行“This could have been a fatal and tragic situation,” said Dr Len Notaras, according to a local report.說明這是一個新聞報道，最有可能出現(xiàn)在報紙上。故A正確。
小題2:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段1,2行Ms Pethrick was standing on a river bank Wednesday afternoon when the saltwater crocodile lunged (撲),說明她站在河岸上，C正確。
小題3:D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)2,3段He said Ms Pethrick was saved by her husband’s “quick and diligent actions”和He jumped onto the back, poked (戳) the eyes of the crocodile and finally got his wife free.說明他很勇敢，也很聰明和迅速，但是沒有提及幽默。故D正確。
小題4:B 主旨大意題。文章簡述了一個丈夫從鱷魚的嘴里把妻子救了下來的故事。故B正確。
點評：文章簡述了一個丈夫從鱷魚的嘴里把妻子救了下來的故事。本文集中考查了細(xì)節(jié)題以及主旨大意題，要求考生在審題的時候，準(zhǔn)確定位考點，合理的推測理解。
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