Question

(2007年普通高等學校夏季招生考試英語（北京卷）)C

 Lying in the sun on a rock, the cougar （美洲獅） saw Jeb and his son, Tom, before they saw it. Jeb put his bag down quickly and pulled his jacket open with both hands, making himself look big to the cougar. It worked. The cougar hesitated, ready to attack Jeb, but ready to forget the whole thing, too.

 Jeb let go of his jacket, grasped Tom and held him across his body, making a cross. Now the cougar’s enemy looked even bigger, and it rose up, ready to move away, but unfortunately Tom got scared and struggled free of Jeb.

 “Tom, no!” shouted his father.

  But Tom broke and ran and that’s the last thing you do with a cougar. The second Tom broke free, Jeb threw himself on the cougar, just as it jumped from the rock. They hit each other in mid-air and both fell. The cougar was on Jeb in a flash, forgetting about Tom, which was what Jeb wanted.

  Cougars are not as big as most people think and a determined man stands a chance, even with just his fists. As the cougar’s claws（爪子）got into his left shoulder, Jeb swung his fist at its eyes and hit, hard. The animal howled（吼叫）and put its head back. Jeb followed up with his other fist. Then out of the comer of his eye, Jeb saw Tom. The boy was running back to help his father.

 “Knife, Tom,” shouted Jeb.

  The boy ran to his father’s bag, while Jeb started shouting as well as hitting, to keep the cougar’s attention away from Tom. Tom got the knife and ran over to Jeb. The cougar was moving its head in and out, trying to find a way through the wall Jeb was making out of his arms. Tom swung with the knife, into the cougar’s back. It howled horribly and ran off into the mountains.

  The whole fight had taken about thirty seconds.

63. Why did Jeb pull his jacket open when he saw the cougar?

A. To get ready to fight.              B. To frighten it away.   C. To protect the boy.    D. To cool down.

64. What do we know about cougars?

A. They are afraid of noises.                                     B. They hesitate before they hit.

C. They are bigger than we think.                             D. They like to attack running people.

65. How did Jeb try to hold the cougar’s attention?

A. By keeping shouting and hitting.                          B. By making a wall out of his arms.

C. By throwing himself on the cougar.                      D. By swinging his fists at the cougar’s eyes.

66. Which of the following happened first?

A. The cougar jumped from the rock.                        B. Tom struggled free of his father.

C. Jeb asked Tom to get the knife.                                   D. Jeb held Tom across his body.

Answer 1

BDZD

解析:

63. B

解析:這是一道推斷題。根據(jù)第一段“Jeb put his bag down quickly and pulled his jacket open with both hands,making himself look big to the cougar. It worked. The cougar hesitated”Jeb 把襯衣用雙手張開讓美洲獅看自己很大,美洲獅就猶豫,不再攻擊他了。所以把襯衣張開的目的是嚇唬美洲獅。

64D

解析:這是一道推斷題。根據(jù)第四段“But Tom broke and ran and that’s the last thing you do with a cougar.”Tom撒腿就跑,這是對美洲獅做的最后一件事。這句話的隱含意是美洲獅一看到人逃跑就會攻擊。

65. A

解析:這是一道細節(jié)判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段,“The boy ran to his father’s bag,while Jeb started shouting as well as hitting,to keep the cougar’s attention away from Tom.”可知Jeb吸引美洲獅的方法是吼叫和攻擊。

66. D

解析:這是一道判斷題。根據(jù)文中的描述,先發(fā)生的是Jeb讓Tom和自己的身體交叉,然后Tom害怕了,掙開了他父親跑了,美洲獅攻擊Tom,Jeb就撲向美洲獅,在和美洲獅搏斗時,Jeb讓Tom給他刀子。所以最先發(fā)生的是D項。