16.One warm May day,two eighteen-year-old students from San Francisco State College decided to cool off with a swim at Bakers'Beach.The two students were named Robert Kogler and Shirley O'Neill.They headed out to sea for a distance of 50 metres.Robert was in front.
"Suddenly,I heard him scream,"Shirley recalls."I looked round and saw this great grey thing going up in the air.The water seemed to be alive."
Robert sereamed again."It's a shark!Get out of here!"
An eye-witness,Army Sergeant Leo P.Day was on guard at the nearby army post.He saw exactly what happened next."I could see this boy struggling with the shark in the water,"he said."The sea was red with blood.He was shouting and signalling someone to go back,go back.Then I saw the girl.She was swimming towards him.She completely ignored his warning."
Shirley reached Robert,and tried to take his hand.
"When I pulled,all I could see was his arm,handing by a thread,"she said.
So she put her arm about Robert's back,and started to swim towards the shore.She kept praying"Don't'let it attack again!"That journey to the shore seemed to last for hours.At last,as they neared the shore,a fisherman threw them a line,and pulled them both the rest of the way.
The young man had lost a lot of blood,and died two and a half hours later,F(xiàn)rom the teeth marks,experts identified the attacker as a Great White Shark.
For what Sergeant Day called"the greatest exhibition of bravery I have ever seen,"the President of the US gave Shirley a medal for bravery.
56.When Albert was attacked by a shark ShirleyA.
A.was swimming in the sea
B.was watching him on the shore
C.was on guard at the nearby army post
D.was shouting and struggling with a shark,too
57.Choose the right time order of the following events in the story.D
a.Army Sergeant saw the girl swimming to the boy.
b.Shirley saw a great grey thing.
c.They headed out to sea.
d.Robert died.
e.A fisherman threw them a line.
f.He saw a boy struggling with a shark.
A.b,c,e,d,f,a
B.c,a,f,d,e,b
C.b,c,f,a,d,e
D.c,b,f,a,e,d
58.We can learn from the passage thatA.
A.the two students were brave and considerate
B.the fisherman was adventurous and helpful
C.the experts didn't do much research on sharks
D.the Sergeant cared too much about his own life.
分析 本文是一篇科教類閱讀,文章講的是兩個孩子在海里游泳,遇到鯊魚襲擊,其中一個孩子勇敢的表現(xiàn).
解答 56-58.ADA
56題答案:A 細(xì)節(jié)推理題.從第一段的句子They headed out to sea for a distance of 50 metres. Robert was in front.說明兩人都在海里游泳,故本題答案為A選項.
57題答案:D 排序題.根據(jù)故事發(fā)展的順序可知選D.
58題答案::A 歸納總結(jié)題.這篇文章主要說Shirley的勇敢,根據(jù)文章二段"It's a shark!Get out of here!"可知Robert考慮很周到,故A正確.
點評 本文對細(xì)節(jié)和推理能力要求很高,要求考生閱讀時抓住文章的中心和細(xì)節(jié),還要注意主人翁的對話.