Question

【题目】

I am Turere. I come from Kitengela, a farming community on the edge (边缘) of Nairobi National Park of Kenya (肯尼亚). Since the age of nine, I have helped to look after my family’s cows. As a child, in my free time, I enjoyed playing with electronics. I made my own inventions, such as electronics toys from car parts and other things. I also built other electronic devices (仪器) for my neighbors.

At the age of 13, I invented something that changed my life. It also changed the lives of many people in my community. One night, a lion from the park came into my family’s farm and killed one of our cows. I was angry. However, killing the lion, I thought, was not the best way to solve the problem. Instead, I decided to invent a solution.

The first idea I got was to use fire, because I thought lions were scared of fire. But I came to realize that didn't really help, because it was even helping the lions to see through the cowshed (牛棚). So I didn't give up. I continued.

And a second idea I got was to use a scarecrow (稻草人). I was trying to trick the lions into thinking that I was standing near the cowshed. But lions are very clever. They will come the first day and they see the scarecrow, and they go back. But the second day, they'll come and they say, this thing is not moving here, it is always here! So he jumps in and kills the animal.

So one night, I was walking around the cowshed with a torch (手电筒), and that day the lions didn’t come. And I discovered that lions were afraid of a moving light. So I had an idea ...

【1】What was Turere interested in when he was a child?

A.Tricking the neighbors.B.Looking after cows.

C.Playing with electronicsD.Making car parts.

【2】What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refers to?

A.The lion.B.The scarecrow.C.The cow.D.The cowshed.

【3】What's the solution to driving the lion away?

A.Using a moving light.B.Using a torch.

C.Using a scarecrow.D.Using fire.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【解析】

这篇短文主语讲述了一位生活在肯尼亚内罗毕国家边缘的孩子Turere，他从小喜欢发明，用他的发明改变生活，他设法用自己的发明保护自己的家族的牛免受狮子的攻击，最后找到了办法。

【1】细节理解。根据文中“As a child, in my free time, I enjoyed playing with electronics.” 作为一个孩子，在我的空闲时间，我喜欢玩电子产品。故选C。

【2】词句猜测题。The lion.狮子； The scarecrow稻草人；The cow牛；The cowshed.牛棚。根据上文“They will come the first day and they see the scarecrow, and they go back. But the second day, they'll come and they say, this thing is not moving here,”可知，他们将在第一天来，他们看到稻草人，他们回去。但是第二天，他们会来，他们说，这东西不在这里移动，这里的it指的是稻草人。故选B。

【3】细节理解。根据文中“So one night, I was walking around the cowshed with a torch (手电筒), and that day the lions didn’t come. And I discovered that lions were afraid of a moving light.” 所以有一天晚上，我拿着手电筒在牛棚里走来走去，那天狮子没有来。我发现狮子害怕移动的光线。可知，赶走狮子的方法是使用移动的光。故选A。

做题时首先对原文材料迅速浏览，掌握全文的主旨大意；其次，细读题材，各个击破；掌握全文的大意之后，细细阅读材料后的问题，弄清每题要求后，带着问题，再回到原文中去寻找、捕获有关信息。如第1小题考查细节理解。根据文中“As a child, in my free time, I enjoyed playing with electronics.” 作为一个孩子，在我的空闲时间，我喜欢玩电子产品。故选C。