Eight-year-old Jesse Abrogate was playing in the sea late one evening in July 2001 when a 7-foot bull shark attacked him and tore off his arm. Jesse’s uncle jumped into the sea and dragged the boy to the store. The boy was not breathing. His aunt gave him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation while his uncle rang the emergency services. Pretty soon, a helicopter arrived and flew the boy to hospital. It was a much quicker journey than the journey by road.
Jesse’s uncle, Vance Folsenzier, ran back into the sea and found the shark that had attacked his nephew. He picked the shark up and threw it onto the beach. A coastguard shot the fish four times and although this didn’t kill it, the shark’s jaws relaxed so that they could open them, and reach down onto its stomach, and pull out the boy’s arm.
At the Baptist hospital in Pensacola, Dr Lan Rogers spent eleven hours reattaching Jesse’s arm. “It was a complicated operation,” he said, “but we were lucky. If the arm hadn’t been recovered in time, we wouldn’t have been able to do the operation at all. What I means is that if they hadn’t found the shark, well then we wouldn’t have had a chance.”
According to local park ranger (園林管理者) Jack Tomosvic, shark attacks are not that common. “Jesse was just unlucky” he says, “Evening is the shark’s feeding time. And Jesse was in the area without lifeguards. This would never have happened if he had been in the area where swimming is allowed.” When reporters asked Jesse’s uncle how he had had the courage to fight a shark , he replied, “I was mad and you do some strange things when you’re mad.”
小題1:What was the boy doing when the accident happened?
A．Feeding a hungry sharkB．Jumping into a rough sea
C．Dragging a boy to the shoreD．Swimming in a dangerous area
小題2:In which way did the boy’s uncle help with the operation?
A．By finding his lost armB．By shooting the fish
C．By flying him to hospitalD．By offering his blood
小題3:How was his uncle in time of danger ?
A．CarefulB．BraveC．OptimisticD．Patient

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:B

試題分析：本文是篇新聞報道，講了八歲的Jesse因為在不允許游泳的大海區(qū)域游泳，被鯊魚咬掉一條胳膊，他的叔叔勇敢的同鯊魚搏斗，取回了Jesse被鯊魚咬掉的一條胳膊。Jesse及時手術，手術很成功。
小題1:根據(jù)he says, “Evening is the shark’s feeding time. And Jesse was in the area without lifeguards. This would never have happened if he had been in the area where swimming is allowed.”，故選D。
小題2:根據(jù)He picked the shark up and threw it onto the beach. A coastguard shot the fish four times and although this didn’t kill it, the shark’s jaws relaxed so that they could open them, and reach down onto its stomach, and pull out the boy’s arm，故選A。
小題3:根據(jù)When reporters asked Jesse’s uncle how he had had the courage to fight a shark , he replied, “I was mad and you do some strange things when you’re mad.”故選B。
點評：這篇文章非常簡單，先看問題，再帶著問題仔細閱讀短文，理解了全文內(nèi)容，很容易選出正確答案。閱讀注意事項：1、關注連詞，分析文章邏輯結構。2、聚焦代詞，明辨指代關系。3、抓住關鍵詞語，利用平行結構、上下文（包括定義、釋義、舉例、對比、標點）進行判斷與推理。4、了解一些構詞法，從詞根的特殊含義入手。
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