Alex felt restless．Along with his sister Rosita and his friend Hugo, Alex had been waiting in the cave for nearly three hours expecting either an attack from the returning robbers or the arrival of a rescue party, but nothing had happened．He and Rosita had some food and a sleep, and now it was Hugo’s turn to sleep after his meal．Rosita was lying in the entrance to the cave keeping watch on the valley below．Alex threw himself down beside her．

　　“I do hope Ruark is all right,” she said, her eyes on the view outside．“I keep hoping I will see him somewhere．”

　　“I’m sure he is okay,” answered Alex．“I’m pretty certain the enemy thought it was a ground attack．Anyway, they were too busy rushing to get away in their land rover to waste time firing at the condor(神鷹)．I’m not worried about him．What I’m worried, though, are the words on that tape that was attached to Ruark’s leg．I keep saying the words to myself：

　　What about the cave?There’s a two-meter hole at the back of it．No one will find it．There are so many caves…．

　　The money they stole is hidden somewhere out there and I should hate them to come back and take it from under our noses．”

　　“Well,” replied his sister, “you heard what the man said．There are so many caves．At a guess, I can see about two hundred of them dotted about．It could take a week to look in them all．

　　“Yes．It’s a clever hiding place, but I think we have one clue that might help us．Ruark settled somewhere near enough from the tape to pick up their voices．He was probably situated just above the entrance．Condors are not exactly tiny birds so he may have been on a shelf or a overhanging rock large enough to take his big feet and body,” He half closed his eyes against the strong light outside and tried to examine the opposite side of the valley．

(1)

What’s the relationship between Rosita and Alex?

[　　]

A．

Brother and sister

B．

Officer and guard

C．

Nephew and uncle

D．

Explorer and guide

(2)

What Alex said in the 3rd paragraph meant that ________．

[　　]

A．

he wondered whether Ruark was alive or dead．

B．

he didn’t need to be worried about Ruark’s safety．

C．

he was sad because he had lost Ruark．

D．

he was sure that Ruark could defeat the robbers．

(3)

What was Alex doing according to the italics(斜體)________?

[　　]

A．

Ruark was praying to God for Alex’s safety．

B．

Alex was whispering his heartfelt wish．

C．

Alex was saying what another person had said．

D．

These words were overheard outside the cave by them．

(4)

The underlined phrase “dotted about” in this story probably means ________．

[　　]

A．

dug through

B．

spread here and there

C．

marked clearly

D．

explored by someone．

(5)

Who was Ruark according to the passage?

[　　]

A．

He was one of Alex’s friends

B．

He was a large bird

C．

He was a robber

D．

He was a wounded soldier

答案：1．A;2．B;3．C;4．B;5．B;
解析：

(1)

從第六段第一句可以知道兩個人的關(guān)系。

(3)

從第三段最后一句I keep saying the words to myself可知Alex在重復別人的話。

(4)

這里指山上布滿了山洞。

(5)

從第三段可知Ruark的身份。


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