题目内容
Napoleon stayed in a small inn (小旅馆). The next morning, he went to thank the innkeeper.
“You have served me well,” said Napoleon. “I wish to reward you. Tell me what you want.”
“Sir, we want nothing,” said the innkeeper. “But will you tell us something?”
“What is it?” Napoleon asked.
“We have heard a story,” said the innkeeper, “that once during the war, a small village was taken by the Russians. You happened to be in the village. You hid while they looked for you. Will you tell us how you felt when they were looking for you?” Napoleon looked very angry. He called in two of his soldiers. Then he pointed to the door. The soldiers took the innkeeper and his wife out into the yard.
At the end of the yard was a wall. The innkeeper and his wife were led to the wall. The soldiers tied the hands of the innkeeper and his wife. Napoleon watched, saying nothing.
“Please, sir.” begged the innkeeper, “Don’t kill us! we meant nothing!” The soldiers moved back. The innkeeper saw them raising their guns. Then Napoleon called: “Ready! Aim!” The wife screamed. “Stop!” said Napoleon. He went to the innkeeper, “Now, you know the answer to the question you asked me just now, don’t you?”
【小题1】While the Russians were searching for him, Napoleon ______.
A.ordered his men to fight back | B.was frightened to death |
C.feared nothing at all | D.regretted (后悔) having hidden there |
A.Because he wanted to teach the innkeeper a good lesson for bothering him. |
B.Because he wanted to kill the couple to get rid of his anger. |
C.Because he wanted to show that he was so admiring a general that nobody could upset him. |
D.Because he wanted to make them know that he felt the same as they in face of danger. |
A.Five people are mentioned (提到) in this passage. |
B.In fact, Napoleon didn’t hide when the Russians were looking for him. |
C.Napoleon was thankful to the innkeeper for his good service. |
D.The couple had thought they would be killed before Napoleon said “stop”. |
【小题1】B
【小题2】D
【小题3】B
解析试题分析:本文讲述了拿破仑用真实的场景告诉别人当遇见危险时,他也很害怕。
【小题1】B 推理题。根据文章最后一段Please, sir.” begged the innkeeper, “Don’t kill us! we meant nothing!” The soldiers moved back. The innkeeper saw them raising their guns. Then Napoleon called: “Ready! Aim!” The wife screamed. “Stop!” said Napoleon. He went to the innkeeper, “Now, you know the answer to the question you asked me just now, don’t you?”说明在那一瞬间他和这对夫妻一样,也很害怕,害怕被杀死,故B正确。
【小题2】D 推理题。根据文章内容可知他这样做就是想创设一个逼真的场景让对方真正地知道当时自己的心里所想,故D正确。
【小题3】B 推理题。根据文章第四段that once during the war, a small village was taken by the Russians. You happened to be in the village. You hid while they looked for you.说明的确有这样的事情发生过,故B项说法错误。
考点:考查故事类短文
点评:本文介绍了拿破仑用逼真的场景告诉别人真相的故事。以推理题的考查为主,要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系,对未说明的趋势或结局作出合理的推断;或根据作者所阐述的观点理论,对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释。考生首先要仔细阅读短文,完整了解信息,准确把握作者观点。
Napoleon Bonaparte died on May 5, 1821, on the island of St. Helena off the coast of Africa. He was 51 years old at the time. When doctors examined Napoleon’s body, they said that the former emperor of France had died from cancer of the stomach. That was the cause of death recorded in the official report. However, other doctors disagreed. One doctor who was present during the examination of the body said that Napoleon died of hepatitis. Other historians and medical experts have suggested that Napoleon died of syphilis, tuberculosis, or perhaps malaria. Now, after careful research, a British chemist thinks that Napoleon might have been poisoned -- not by a person, but by his wallpaper.
Napoleon was sent to the island of St. Helena in 1815 after he lost the battle of Waterloo. He was a prisoner on the island. Although he had servants to attend to him, he had to live in one small building. St. Helena is a very wet island, so the walls of the building were always covered with mold. Napoleon became ill from spending too much time inside his house. Almost constantly he had a fever, chills, and felt sick to his stomach. He often felt pain in his shoulders and in his side. His skin turned yellow. He got frequent headaches, and he would become dizzy and vomit(吐). None of the medicine that the doctors gave Napoleon seemed to help. They were not sure what was the matter. Finally, Napoleon was too weak to leave the house. One night, while he was sleeping, he went into a coma and died.
Many doctors who later reviewed the reports of Napoleon’s illness found that the symptoms(症状) did not show a man who suffered from stomach cancer. It seemed obvious that Napoleon had died from some other cause. In 1961, a Swedish doctor examined some of Napoleon’s hair and found a high level of arsenic, a chemical poison. Was Napoleon murdered? It is doubtful. Arsenic was used in many types of medicine during Napoleon’s time, so he might have taken the arsenic as a cure for his illness. Then, in 1982, Dr. David Jones from England began to look into the mystery and suggested that Napoleon might have breathed in arsenic which was in the air of his house. In the 1700s and 1800s, arsenic was used to make a kind of green paint used on cloth and wallpaper. If the paint was used on a wet wall, the arsenic would go into the air. A person in the room might breathe that air. After studying the wallpaper in the room where Napoleon died, Dr. Jones found high levels of arsenic in the green paint on the walls.
【小题1】Why did Napoleon live on St. Helena?
A.He owned the island. | B.He was a prisoner there. |
C.His family lived there. | D.He liked the island. |
A.cancer | B.a coma | C. mold | D.poison |
A. chills B. fever C dizziness D. bleeding
【小题4】According to Dr. Jones, how did the arsenic probably get into Napoleon’s body?
A.He drank it.. | B.He touched it. | C.He breathed it in. | D.He ate it |
A.a British doctor thinks he has found the cause of Napoleon’s death |
B.many doctors have tried to guess the cause of Napoleon's death |
C.Napoleon could have died from poison |
D.all of the above |