题目内容
A man’s best friend may become his enemy. His children that he has1with loving care may show no thanks. Those who are 2to us, those whom we trust with our happiness3turn against their faith. The money that a man has, he may4.It flies from him, perhaps when he needs it 5.A man’s reputation(名誉) may be lost in a moment of ill-considered6. The people who would prefer to fall on their knees to do us honour when success is with us may be 7 to throw the stone malice(敌意) when failure settles upon our heads.
The one absolutely(绝对地)8friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts(遗弃) him is his9. A man’s dog stands by him10he is rich or poor, healthy or sick. He will sleep on the cold ground,11the wintry winds blow and the snow drives hard,12he may be near his master’s side. He will 13the hand that has no food to offer. He guards the sleep of his poor master as if he 14 a prince. When all other friends desert him , the dog15. When reputation falls to pieces, he is as constant(不断的) in his love as the sun in its journey 16the heavens.
If the master becomes friendless and homeless,17the faithful dog asks for is to be with him. And when18 takes his master in its embrace(拥抱) and his body19away in the cold ground, there by the graveside(墓边) will the dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad but 20in watchfullness, faithful and true even in death.
- 1.
- A.brought out
- B.brought up
- C.brought in
- D.brought on
- A.
- 2.
- A.nearest
- B.most useful
- C.most important
- D.strangest
- A.
- 3.
- A.must
- B.have to
- C.may
- D.should
- A.
- 4.
- A.keep
- B.Use
- C.earn
- D.lose
- A.
- 5.
- A.more
- B.most
- C.better
- D.very
- A.
- 6.
- A.action
- B.thought
- C.movement
- D.mind
- A.
- 7.
- A.first
- B.last
- C.latest
- D.newest
- A.
- 8.
- A.close
- B.selfish
- C.kind
- D.unselfish
- A.
- 9.
- A.wife
- B.dog
- C.himself
- D.brother
- A.
- 10.
- A.whether
- B.even though
- C.although
- D.whenever
- A.
- 11.
- A.there
- B.because
- C.where
- D.which
- A.
- 12.
- A.as long as
- B.even if
- C.so that
- D.though
- A.
- 13.
- A.eat
- B.take
- C.kiss
- D.shake
- A.
- 14.
- A.is
- B.were
- C.had been
- D.would be
- A.
- 15.
- A.leaves
- B.cries
- C.remains
- D.disappears
- A.
- 16.
- A.into
- B.on
- C.out of
- D.through
- A.
- 17.
- A.why
- B.which
- C.how
- D.what
- A.
- 18.
- A.birth
- B.life
- C.death
- D.kindness
- A.
- 19.
- A.lay
- B.is lain
- C.is laying
- D.is laid
- A.
- 20.
- A.closed
- B.open
- C.shut
- D.Opened
- A.
Early one morning the subinspector at a station at the other end of the town rang me. An elephant was damaging the town. Would I please come and do something about it?
I did not know what I could do, but I got onto a horse and started out. I took my gun, maybe too small to kill an elephant, but I thought the noise might scare him. Various local people stopped me on the way and told me about the elephant's doings.
It was not, of course, a wild elephant, but a tame one. It had been chained up but last night it had broken its chain and escaped. Its owner, had set out to run after it, but had taken the wrong direction. He was now twelve hours' journey away, and in the morning the elephant had suddenly appeared in the town. It had already destroyed somebody's bamboo hut (棚屋), killed a cow and turned over fruitstalls.
I came round the hut and saw a man's dead body sprawling in the mud. He was an Indian, and he could not have been dead many minutes. The people said that the elephant caught him with its trunk, put its foot on his back and grounded him into the earth. This was the rainy season and he was lying on his stomach in the soft mud, the__peacebreaker standing beside, looking innocent.
As I lifted my gun, I hesitated a few seconds. Then I fired. That was a shot that did for him.
You could see the pain of it knock the last strength from his legs. But in falling he seemed for a moment to rise, his trunk reaching skyward like a tree. He trumpeted, for the first and only time. And then down he came, with a crash that shook the ground.
1.Which of the following statements about the author is TRUE?
A.He was an Indian. |
B.He knew elephants well. |
C.He was not a local villager. |
D.He was the owner of the elephant. |
2.The elephant made so much trouble because ________.
A.its owner treated him cruelly |
B.it got out of control |
C.it hated the village people |
D.it was a wild elephant |
3.The underlined words “the peacebreaker” in Paragraph 4 refer to ________.
A.the elephant |
B.the dead man |
C.the author |
D.the subinspector |
4.It can be inferred that the author felt ________ when he shot the elephant.
A.excited |
B.sad |
C.frightened |
D.happy |