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Ms Pethrick was standing on a river bank Wednesday afternoon when the saltwater crocodile lunged (撲), locking its jaws on both her legs as it tried to drag her underwater.
Norm Pethrick, who with his wife had been collecting water, immediately went to help her. He jumped onto the back, poked (戳) the eyes of the crocodile and finally got his wife free.
Ms Pethrick was later taken to Royal Darwin Hospital for a medical treatment. The doctors said she was suffering eight puncture wounds (傷口) in her right leg, a puncture wound in her left leg and a serious cut to one of her fingers.
“This could have been a fatal and tragic situation,” said the general manager of Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH), Dr Len Notaras, according to a local report.
He said Ms Pethrick was saved by her husband’s “quick and diligent actions”.
Dr Notaras also said she would remain in hospital for three to four days and have an operation to clean the wounds, which are easy to get infected because of bacteria (細(xì)菌) on the teeth of the crocodile
小題1:This passage is most likely to be found in _____.
A．a(chǎn) travel guideB．a(chǎn) newspaperC．a(chǎn) textbookD．a(chǎn) novel
小題2:The crocodile attacked Ms Pethrick when she was ______.
A．swimming in the river
B．standing on the river bank
C．watching the crocodile
D．fishing in the water
小題3:Which of the following statements is TRUE about Ms Pethrick?
A．Her eyes were badly poked.
B．She had eight wounds altogether.
C．One of her fingers also got hurt.
D．One of the crocodile’s teeth was found in her leg.
小題4:According to the passage, Norm Pethrick can be described as following EXCEPT ______.
A．braveB．diligent
C．quickD．humorous
小題5:Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?
A．The husband should save the wife
B．A man saves wife’s life from crocodile’s jaws
C．A crocodile is not so dangerous as people imagine
D．Human beings can beat crocodiles sometimes

小題1:B
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:D
小題5:B

試題分析：本文報(bào)道了Norm Pethrick在公園的河邊，他的妻子被鱷魚(yú)拉下水，他不顧一切勇敢地跳在鱷魚(yú)的背上打它的眼睛，終于把妻子救了上來(lái)，而自己卻多處受傷住進(jìn)了醫(yī)院。
小題1:文章出處題。根據(jù)a local newspaper reported整篇是報(bào)道一個(gè)新聞，應(yīng)該是報(bào)紙的文章，故選B。.
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Ms Pethrick was standing on a river bank Wednesday afternoon when the saltwater crocodile lunged (撲), locking its jaws on both her legs as it tried to drag her underwater. 當(dāng)時(shí)Ms Pethrick正站在河岸，故選B。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)a serious cut to one of her fingers. 可知Pethrick太太的手指?jìng)�，故選C。
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)He said Ms Pethrick was saved by her husband’s “quick and diligent actions”.沒(méi)有提到幽默，故選D。
小題5:標(biāo)題歸納題。根據(jù)jumping onto a crocodile’s back to save his wife Wendy at Litchfield National Park, 可以看出這篇文章主要是說(shuō)一個(gè)男子在鱷魚(yú)嘴里面救了妻子，應(yīng)選B。
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