Peter and his seven-year-old sister ,Kate , were at the same school. Not long after his tenth birthday Peter was entrusted to take her to school.
It was only two stops down the road , but the way his parents kept going on about it , you might have thought Peter was taking Kate to the North Pole . He was given instructions the night before. When he woke up , he had to listen to them over and over again. He was to keep hold of Kate’s hand at all times , sit close to the front nearest the window , and tell the bus driver the name of his stop.
Peter repeated all this back to his mother and set out for the bus stop with his sister. They held hands all the way. Actually he didn’t mind this but simply hoped that none of his friends would see him holding a girl’s hand. The bus came. They got on and sat close to the front. It was ridiculous sitting there holding hands and there were some boys from school there, so they let go of each other.
Peter was feeling proud of himself. He could take care of his sister anywhere. If they were alone tighter on a mountain pass and came face to face with a pack of hungry wolves, he could know exactly what to do. Taking care and not to make sudden movement, he would move away with Kate until they had their backs to a large rock. That way the wolves would not be able to surround them.
Then he takes from his pocket two important things—his hunting knife and a box of matches. He takes the knife from its sheath(鞘) and sets it down on the grass, ready in case the wolves attack. They’re coming close now. They’re so hungry and are watering and growling (咆哮). Kate is crying, but he cannot comfort her. He knows he has to concentrate on his plan. Right at their feet are some dry leaves and twigs. Quickly and skillfully, Peter gathers them into a small pile. The wolves are edging closer. He has to get this right. There’s only one match left in the box. He bends down, cups his hand and lights the match. There’s strong rush of wind. The flame flickers, but Peter holds it close to the pile and then first one leaf, then another, then the end of a twig catch fire, and soon the little pile is burning. He piles on more leaves and twigs and larger sticks. The wolves are backing off. Wild animals are terrified of fire. The flames are leaping higher and the wind is carrying the smoke right into their jaws. Now Peter takes holds of the hunting knife and …
Ridiculous! A daydream like this could make him miss his stop if he wasn’t careful. The bus had come to a halt. The kids from his school were already getting off. Peter leaped to his feet and just managed to jump to the pavement as the bus was starting off again. It was more than fifty yards down the road when he realized he had forgotten something. Was it his backpack ? No. It was his sister. He had saved her from the wolves and left her sitting there. For a moment, he couldn’t move. He stood watching the bus pull away up the road. “Come back,” he murmured, “Come back.”
小題1:Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A．Kate didn’t know their destination at all.
B．Peter and Kate missed their stop in the end.
C．Peter is thought to take Kate to the North Pole.
D．Mother asked Peter to hold Kate’s hand all the way.
小題2:Before getting on the bus, ________.
A．Peter and Kate let go of each other
B．Peter was told instructions twice
C．Peter recited the instructions to his mother
D．Peter managed to avoid meeting his friends
小題3:Which of the following shows the right order of Peter fighting against the wolves?
a. gather dry leaves and twigs into a small pile
b. take out his hunting knife and matches
c. light the leaves and twigs
d. move carefully with back to a rock
e. attack wolves with knife
f. strike a match
g. pile more leaves and sticks
A．d-b-f-c-a-e-gB．d-b-a-f-c-g-eC．B-f-a-g-c-e-dD．A-g-b-c-f-e-d
小題4:What can we infer from the passage?
A．Peter felt anxious and helpless when the bus left.
B．Peter succeeded in fighting against wolves.
C．Kate would be absent from school that day.
D．Peter brought hunting knife and matches with him.

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:A

試題分析：本文講述了Peter的媽媽一直叮囑他要照顧好妹妹，要和妹妹去上學(xué)搭公交車時要一直手拉手，坐在一起，可是Peter由于自己亂想，自己在做白日夢，想著他在一群餓狼中如何救出他的妹妹，結(jié)果差點(diǎn)坐過了站，但是他還是忘了她妹妹還在車上。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。He was to keep hold of Kate’s hand at all times , sit close to the front nearest the window .他媽媽一直要求他拉著妹妹的手，并且靠前排窗戶坐，故選D
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題。從第二自然段Peter repeated all this back to his mother and set out for the bus stop with his sister. 可知，上車前他一直在重復(fù)著他媽媽的叮囑，故選C
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題。本題主要需要細(xì)心在倒數(shù)第三和倒數(shù)第二自然段，仔細(xì)的比較全文并比較選項(xiàng)即可得出答案選B.
小題4:推斷題。從最后一段For a moment, he couldn’t move. He stood watching the bus pull away up the road. “Come back,” he murmured, “Come back.”及前文他媽媽的反復(fù)叮囑中我們不難發(fā)現(xiàn)，最后他一動不能動，口里喃喃自語，可知他很焦急和絕望，故選A
點(diǎn)評：總體來說文章的題目設(shè)置不難，圍繞著Peter和妹妹的一次上學(xué)經(jīng)歷來展開講述。解答此類文章需要將自己設(shè)身處地的融入情節(jié)中，對于第一遍做不出的題目不要急于作答，將后續(xù)題目答完后再仔細(xì)作答。
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B．robots could build close connection with humans
C．dogs could help get rid of old people’s loneliness
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The second element is the view that we are the cause of what happens, especially the bad things that happen．It seems to be a short step from believing that every event has a cause to believing that every disaster is our fault．The roots of this feeling may lie in our childhood.
A baby comes to think that the world exists to meet his needs, and that he makes everything happen in it．He wakes up in the morning and summons the rest of the world to its tasks．He cries, and someone comes to attend to him．When he is hungry, people feed him, and when he is wet, people change him．Very often, we do not completely outgrow that childish view that our wishes cause things to happen.
小題1:The author had to hold the two women’s funerals probably because __________________.
A．he wanted to comfort the two families
B．he was an official from the community
C．he had great pity for the deceased
D．he was priest of the local church
小題2:People feel guilty for the deaths of their loved ones because _______________________.
A．they couldn’t find a better way to express their sorrow
B．they believe that they were responsible
C．they had neglected the natural course of events
D．they didn’t know things often turn out in the opposite direction
小題3:According to the passage, the underlined part in paragraph 4 probably means that ______.
A．everything in the world is predetermined
B．the world can be interpreted in different ways
C．there’s an explanation for everything in the world
D．we have to be sensible in order to understand the world
小題4:What’s the main idea of the passage?
A．Life and death is an unsolved mystery.
B．Every story should have a happy ending.
C．Never feel guilty all the time because not every disaster is our fault.
D．In general, the survivors will feel guilty about the people who passed away .

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