I had moved from my home in Zimbabwe to Botswana to work as a teacher for a year. When I saw my house there,I was surprised at how big and empty it was.①So I wondered how I would survive alone in such a big house.

   But I was not alone. One night,I was awakened by strange sounds. I turned on the lights and saw three skinks (石龍子) . I used a small stick to try to chase them out.

   Instead of leaving,they hid under the bed or in the space between the roof and walls. I gave up and decided to live with the skinks. They celebrated their victory in style. They ran around the house,making all sorts of noises. Sometimes they ran between my feet.

   But to me,the skinks were more than pets. I had realized they were harmless and even useful.

   One day,I saw three young skinks in a comer,gobbling up ants.②多虧了石龍子，我的臥室不再有 螞蟻。Like most lizards,skinks need sunshine in the morning to warm up their bodies.

   The skinks became my alarm clock. Each morning,when I heard them squeezing under the door,I knew it was time to get up. But on cloudy days,they sometimes made me late for work.

   Since I had changed my attitude towards skinks,I was not so lonely. I often sat and watched them.

   At the end of the school year,I went back to Zimbabwe. Now I would miss my scary roommates. ③ I hoped that the next person who lived there would also learn to be patient and to let skinks be skinks.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，完成下面的任務(wù)。

1. 把①處畫線句子改為簡(jiǎn)單句。

2. What made the noises in the writer's new house on the first night?

3. Why did the writer think the skinks are harmless and even useful? List three reasons.

①

②

③

4. 把②處畫線漢語(yǔ)譯成英語(yǔ)。

5. 把③處畫線句子譯成漢語(yǔ)。

  “我”孤身一人來(lái)到Botswana任教，獨(dú)居在空曠的大房 子里，與一群不速之客——蜥蜴石龍子結(jié)下了不解之緣。從 最初的討厭到樂(lè)得與它們朝夕相伴。它們是驅(qū)趕螞蟻的超 級(jí)殺手，恪盡職守的鬧鐘，更是“我”的玩伴。希望每個(gè)人多 點(diǎn)耐心對(duì)待石龍子，讓它們自由自在地生活。

1. So I wondered how to survive alone in such a big house.在復(fù)合句中，如果主句的主語(yǔ)與從句的主語(yǔ)一致的時(shí)候， 從句可以改為“疑問(wèn)同+ to do”的結(jié)構(gòu)。

2. Three skinks.根據(jù)第二段中的“...saw three skinks. ”可 知，第一個(gè)晚上的聲音是三只石龍子發(fā)出的。

3 .①They killed the ants.②The skinks became my alarm clock.③They made me not feel lonely.根據(jù)第五、六、 七段可知，作者認(rèn)為石龍子沒(méi)有傷害，還很有用是因?yàn)樗?們可以殺死螞蟻;可以做提醒作者起床的鬧鐘；可以使我 不會(huì)感覺(jué)孤獨(dú)。

4. Thanks to the skinks,there weren’t ants any more in my bedroom.

5. 我希望下一個(gè)住在那兒的人也學(xué)會(huì)耐心，讓石龍子自由 自在地生活。

題目來(lái)源：一本英語(yǔ)閱讀理解與完形填空150篇中考 > TEST3

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