Something roared like thunder. The earth shook a little and we heard the rat-a-tat-tat of gunfire. ‘‘Father!” Hassan cried. We sprung to our feet and raced out of the living room.
“Father! What’s that sound?” Hassan screamed, his hands outstretched toward Ali. Ali wrapped his arms around us. A white light flashed and lit the sky in silver. It flashed again and was followed by rapid sharp sounds of gunfire.
“They’re hunting ducks, ” Ali said in a hoarse voice. “They hunt ducks at night, you know. Don't be afraid.”
A siren(汽笛）went off in the distance. Somewhere glass broke and someone shouted. I heard people on the street, woken up from sleep. Hassan was crying. Ali pulled him close and held him with tenderness.
We stayed huddled (蜷縮）that way until the early hours of the morning. The shootings and explosions had lasted less than an hour, but they had frightened us badly, because none of us had ever heard gunshots in the streets. They were foreign sounds to us then. The generations of Afghan children whose ears would know nothing but the sounds of the bombs and gunfire were not yet born. Huddled together in the dining room and waiting for the sun to rise, none of us had any idea that a way of life had ended. The end came when Russian tanks were rolling into the very same streets where Hassan and I played, bringing the death of the Afghanistan I knew and marking the start of a still ongoing era of bloodletting.
Just before the sunrise, Baba’s car pulled into the driveway. His door slammed shut and his running footsteps pounded the stairs. Then he appeared in the doorway and I saw something on his face. Something I didn’t recognize right away because I’d never seen it before: fear. “Amir! Hassan!” He cried as he ran to us, opening his arms wide. “They blocked all the roads and the telephone didn’t work. I was so worried!”
We let him wrap us in his arms and, for a brief moment, I was glad about whatever had happened that night.
小題1:Who is the author of this passage?
A．Amir.B．Ali.C．Baba.D．Hassan.
小題2:By saying “They’re hunting ducks”, Ali _______.
A．told the children the truthB．played a joke on the children
C．tried to calm the childrenD．cheered the children up
小題3:We can infer from the passage that  _______.
A．there were thunderstorms that night
B．Afghan children were used to the war
C．people on the street shouted and broke the windows
D．that night was the end of people's peaceful life
小題4:From the last sentence of the passage, we know _______.
A．Baba's arms gave the author temporary comfort and joy
B．there was a chance that a world in peace was to come
C．what happened that night seemed nothing to the author
D．the author was glad to see his father come home safe

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:A

試題分析：耳畔是噠噠噠的槍聲和轟隆轟隆的爆炸聲，大地都在顫抖著，Amir和 Hassan蜷縮在房間里等著噩夢的結(jié)束，盡管不到一個小時的時間，但是他們處于極度恐懼中，從此和平寧靜消失了，取而代之的是血腥和殺戮，本文是一個阿富汗兒童對于戰(zhàn)爭的描述。
小題1:A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中where Hassan and I played….和  “Amir! Hassan!” He cried as he ran to us,可以推測作者是Amir。
小題2:C推理判斷題。根據(jù)Ali說的話Don't be afraid，以及情理的推測可知這是父親在危險時刻為了安慰孩子的話，故答案選C。
小題3:D推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第三段The end came ….. I knew and marking the start of a still ongoing era of bloodletting.可知從那天晚上后和平寧靜的生活結(jié)束了，血腥的殺戮就開始了，故答案選D。
小題4:A由文章末段for a brief moment, I was glad about whatever had happened that night.可以推測作者在父親的臂彎中得到了暫時的安全感，故答案選A。
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