After sunset on our last day at the farm I walked out into the desert. In this, the first pleasant moment for a walk after long hot hours, I thought I was the only thing out of doors. Suddenly I stopped. Before me a rattlesnake lay fixed, its head not yet drawn back to strike but only turned a little to watch what I would do. Many snakes will run away at the sight of a man but this rattlesnake felt no necessity to get out of any-body's way. He held his ground in calm watch-fullness waiting for me to show my intentions. My first aim was to take no notice of him; I had never killed an animal if I was not forced to kill. But I remembered that there were children, dogs and horses at the farm as well as men and women with thin clothes on; my duty was to kill the snake. I went back to the farm and returned with a stick. The rattlesnake had not moved; he lay like a wire but more quickly than I could stride he shot into a bush and set up his rattling, warning me by this that I had made an unreasonable attack and attempted to take his life and that if I insisted he would have no choice but to take mine if he could. For a moment I listened to this terrifying sound and then I struck into the bush with my stick and, chop-ping about, dragged him out of the bush with his back broken.

He struck once more at the stick but a moment later his neck was broken and he was soon dead althoughwww..com when I picked him up by the tail his mouth opened, proving that a dead snake may still bite. There was blood in his mouth and poison was dropping; it was not only a dis-gusting(令人作嘔的) sight but a pitiful one too. I dropped the body into a green bush and, as I did so, I saw him in my imagination, crawling over the sands as he might have done if I had let him go.

At the sight of the author, the rattlesnake        .

A. shot into a bush

B. lay motionless but got ready to meet danger

C. drew itself up to strike

D. took no notice of his presence

The author had to kill the rattlesnake because       .

A. it stood in his way

B. it attempted to take his life

C. it presented a disgusting sight

D. its presence was a danger to the people and animals at the farm

Which of the following best describes the rattlesnake?

A. It attacked man without any reason.

B. It would not attack unless it was attacked.

C. It ran away at the sight of man.

D. It exposed itself to danger.

It is implied at the end of the passage that the author____.

A. regretted having killed the snake

B. was glad that he had killed the snake

C. felt a little sorry for the snake

D. could not help thinking about the dead snake

【小題1】B

【小題2】D

【小題3】B

【小題4】C


解析:

【小題1】 以第一段四、五、六三句中可看出,應選B.A是"突然"鉆進草叢",C是"集中全力準備進攻",D是"不理會他的存在",這三項不合題意.

【小題2】 第一段第八句可看出,作者想到的是蛇會對農(nóng)場的人們及動物構成威脅而決定殺死它.A是"蛇擋住了他的路",B是"蛇企圖要他的命",C是"蛇的形態(tài)令人作嘔",這三項不合題意.

【小題3】 第一段倒數(shù)第二句"...if I insisted he would have no choice but to take mine if he could."已說明,蛇是受到攻擊后才會進攻.

【小題4】 在文章最后二句中,作者用了"...not only a disgusting sight but a pitiful one too. ... I saw him in my imagination, crawling over the sands as he might have done if I had let him go."這些話說明了作者為這條蛇的死感到一絲惋惜.

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