Question

 

During all this time I never stopped thinking about escape. When I traveled across to the other side of the island, I could see the other islands, and I said to myself, “Perhaps I can get there with a boat. Perhaps I can get back to England one day.”

So I decided to make myself a boat. I cut down a big tree, and then began to make a long hole in it. It was hard work, but about six months later, I had a very fine canoe (独木舟). Next, I had to get it down to the sea. How silly I was! Why didn’t I think before I began work? Of course, the canoe was too heavy. I couldn’t move it! I pulled and pushed and tried everything, but it didn’t move. I was very unhappy for a long time after that.

That happened in my fourth year on the island. In my sixth year I did make myself a smaller canoe, but I did not try to escape in it. The boat was too small for a long journey, and I did not want to die at sea. The island was my home now, not my prison, and I was just happy to be alive. A year or two later, I made myself a second canoe on the other side of the island. I also built myself a second house there, and so I had two homes.

My life was still busy from morning to night. There were always things to do or to make. I learnt to make new clothes for myself from the skins of dead animals. They looked very strange, it is true, but they kept me dry in the rain.

I kept food and tools at both my houses, and also wild goats. There were many goats on the island, and I made fields with high fences to keep them in. They learnt to take food from me, and soon I had goats’ milk to drink every day. I also worked hard in my corn fields. And so many years went by.

1.The purpose of making a canoe on the island was to _____________.

A. escape in it                             

B. get to the other side of the island

C. use it for food                           

D. go around the island

2.To survive, the writer _____________.

A. kept goats for milk                       

B. made clothes from animal skins 

C. worked in the cornfields                   

D. did all the above

3.Why didn’t the writer use his first canoe?

A. Because it was too small for a long journey.  

B. Because it was too heavy to get down to the sea.

C. Because there was something wrong with it.  

D. Because the writer was busy building a second house.

4.From the story, we can learn that _____________.

A. the writer tried to make his stay comfortable on the island  

B. the writer had nothing to do on the wild island

C. the writer tried to escape in the second canoe, but failed 

D. the writer was in prison on the island, losing his freedom

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.D

3.A

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了作者一家被困在一个孤岛上，自己为了生存，自己做衣服和养羊，并且自己做了一艘船，想离开这个岛，结果失败了，自己只能登上另一个孤岛，于是在那里又建了一个家，作者在那里生活了几年。

1.细节理解题。根据During all this time I never stopped thinking about escape. Perhaps I can get there with a boat. So I decided to make myself a boat.一直以来从来没有放弃逃跑的念头。也许我可以乘船到达那里。因此我决定自己做一条船，故选A。

2.细节理解题。根据最后一段，可知他们从羊身上得到奶，利用动物的皮毛做衣服，种地来收获粮食，故选D。

3.推理判断题。根据The boat was too small for a long journey, and I did not want to die at sea.船太小不能进行长途旅行，我不想死在大海里，故选A。

4.段落大意题。根据最后两段的句意可以猜出他们想让他们在岛上的生活舒适些，故选A。

考点：人物传记类短文阅读。