【题目】
Seal(海豹) seizes raft
This seal really rocked the boat when he found himself an unusual place to hang out. After the seal came across a boat in the harbor where he lives, he fell inside and wouldn’t budge for four days.
“One morning the seal just pulled himself aboard,” says Ed Stubbings, who owns the boat-turned-bed. Probably thinking the boat was a rock, the seal made himself at home. The seal didn’t move an inch-----not even to eat or drink.
Stubbings was a little worried that the 500-pound animal might sink it. Luckily on the fifth day, the seal fell back into the water and swam off.
Alligator(短吻鳄)gets new tail
When Mr. Stubbs the alligator swims through his pool at the Phoenix Herpetological Society, he looks like any other gator-----except that his tail is made of rubber. Mr. Stubbs is the first alligator known to wear an artificial tail.
Mr. Stubbs was brought to the society nine years ago. “His tail was missing when he arrived,” says President Russ Johnson. Mr. Stubbs couldn’t walk or swim properly. “We showed him how to swim in the water,” Johnson says. “But that hurt his back.” Later, the scientists used rubber to build an artificial tail attached to Mr. Stubbs’s back legs. “Once we put the tail on him, he walked with ease,” Johnson says.
Dog delivers papers
Morgan started her “paper route” when she was young. One day as Morgan and her owner Bill set out on a walk, she spotted a rolled-up paper. To Bill’s surprise, Morgan grabbed the object in her mouth, walked back to the house, and dropped it on the doorstep. Morgan enjoyed the activity so much that she wanted to deliver every paper she saw on her walks.
Now three-year-old Morgan brings the paper to her owner and neighbors, even in bad weather. “Morgan has a natural instinct(本能) to carry things with her mouth,” dog behaviorist Pat Miller says. “And she feels rewarded by the activity, so she keeps it up.”
【1】The underlined word “budge” can be replaced by________.
A. move B. change C. swim D. sleep
【2】It can be learned that Mr. Stubbs_______.
A. injured his back
B. lost his tail and back legs
C. quickly got used to his new tail
D. was found by Ed Stubbings
【3】What made Morgan deliver papers?
A. Her owner Bill’s praise.
B. Her neighbors’ rewards.
C. Pat Miller’s encouragement.
D. Her natural ability.
【答案】
【1】A
【2】C
【3】D
【解析】sneakers中学课本中未出现过的新词。根据英语语法,A。B、C代入句子中都正确一。作为名词的A、B、C代人句中意思也说得通。但在speakers前加一个修饰语white就成为Tom can’t find his white sneakers.那么 A则可去掉,答案则可能是B和C。而在这句的前面再加一层意思,这就是:Tom can’t play tennis now because he can’t find his white sneakers. 这样一看就知道bowls(碗)与打网球没有什么联系,而shoes与打网球却有密切联系,不穿鞋怎么打网球呢?C就成为唯一正确选项。
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