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When we were children, our grandfathers told us the river was called the Pool that Forgets because when anything falls into it, the pool forgets to send it to the   36   again. One time when we were no longer children and not yet man, we seized a hunting dog and took her to the Pool that Forgets. We   37   her into the pool, and we all   38   to see her come up. We waited from morning till evening but   39   never came up. We knew that the   40   had forgotten her.

But this particular day when we were   41   from the raid （袭击）, everyone had taken a trophy (猎获品)   42   my brother. Maybe that was why he was talking when we were whispering and why he   43   to sound as though he had no   44  . My brother was forced to walk behind us. That is — the position of honour and dishonour. As an honour, the   45   men are placed there to   46   us when we return, but sometimes those who have not shown the strength are placed there to be laughed at for   47  . I think my brother   48   this, because as we reached the pool, he ran   49   us. He stopped at the   50   to the gray rock above the pool and stood there with   51   trying to look stronger than he was.

“Heroes of the Only World!” he shouted, “Watch me. I am not    52   the Pool that Forgets.”

And with those words, he dived and   53   into the pool and we saw nothing more. We stared over edge of the   54  . Our eyes staring into the circle of terror (恐惧) produced by    55  .

36. A. surface         B. bottom     C. bank           D. edge

37. A. put          B. sent         C. brought       D. threw

38. A. decided       B. waited      C. promised       D. agreed

39. A. he         B. it             C. she         D. they

40. A. dog        B. pool           C. children     D. me

41. A. setting out      B. starting off   C. moving on       D. returning

42. A. besides        B. including   C. except         D. more than

43. A. tried        B. hoped        C. learned       D. stopped

44. A. worry         B. fear          C. courage         D. wish

45. A. strongest       B. weakest        C. cleverest        D. luckiest

46. A. save           B. support        C. satisfy         D. protect

47. A. poverty         B. mistake         C. weakness        D. carelessness

48. A. understood     B. apologized          C. guessed         D. accepted

49. A. behind        B. among             C. before          D. ahead of

50. A. surface         B. edge           C. top            D. bottom

51. A. a simple       B. anger            C. pride           D. pleasure

52. A. afraid of       B. fond of          C. proud of        D. surprised at

53. A. dropped       B. swam             C. buried          D. disappeared

54. A. pool         B. rock               C. my brother     D. word

55. A. the bunting dog       B. my brother  C. the Pool that Forgets   D. our grandfathers

36—40 ADBCB  41—45 DCABA  46—50 DCADB  51—55 CADBC

重点解析：

36. 指水面。

38. 从结构和意义上看都应选此答案。

39. she和her人称一致。

41. 从后文看他们在返回的途中。

42. 从后面他的表现看，他没有猎取到任何东西。

44. 弟弟竭力装出有胆量的样子。

45. 最强壮的人在后面以防后面有野兽袭击。

49. 弟弟理解这一点，把他放在后面是因为嘲笑他，所以他突然跑到前面。

51. with pride意为“自豪”的。

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