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【题目】根据短文理解，选择正确答案。
After a terrible electrical accident, which caused him to become both blind and deaf, the whole world became completely dark and quiet for Robert Edwards for almost ten years. The loss of sight and hearing threw him into such sorrow(悲伤) that he tried a few times to put an end to his life. His family, especially his wife, did their best to tend and comfort him and finally he regained the will to live.
One hot summer afternoon, he was taking a walk with a stick near his house when a thunderstorm started all at once. He stood under a large tree to avoid getting wet, but he was struck by the lightning. Witnesses thought he was dead but he woke up some 20 minutes later lying face down in muddy water at the base of the tree. He was trembling badly, but when he opened his eyes, he could hardly believe what he saw —— a plough and a wall. When Mrs. Edwards came running up to him, shouting to their neighbors to call for help, he could see her and hear her voice for the first time in nearly ten years.
The news of Robert regaining his sight and hearing quickly spread, and many doctors came to examine him. Most of them said that he regained his sight and hearing from the shock he got from the lightning. However, none of them could give a convincing answer as to why this should have happened. The only reasonable explanation given by one doctor was that, since Robert lost his sight and hearing as a result of sudden shock, perhaps, the only way for him to regain them was by another sudden shock.
（1）The reason for Robert's attempts to kill himself was that________.
A.a terrible traffic accident happened to him
B.he had to live in a dark and silent world
C.he was struck by the lightning once more
D.nobody in the world cared about him
（2）What was Robert doing when he was struck by the lightning?
A.Sheltering for the rain under a tree.
B.Driving a car.
C.Taking a walk with a stick.
D.Lying on the ground.
（3）Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A.Robert had been deaf and blind for nearly ten years.
B.Robert hid himself under the tree for 20 minutes.
C.Robert could hear his wife's shouting for help when he woke up.
D.The family's love helped Robert regain confidence to live.
（4）We can infer from the text that________.
A.there was no accurate explanation for Robert's recovery
B.many doctors came because Robert was badly injured
C.Robert's wife sent for doctors immediately after the shock
D.a sudden injury in the head led to Robert's recovery

【答案】
（1）B
（2）A
（3）B
（4）A
【解析】本文讲述罗伯特因为受到电击，失明失聪，生活在黑暗寂静的世界里，他几次都想自杀，但有一次他在树下躲雨的时候，意外被闪电击中，却恢复了视力，医生也不能确定具体原因。

⑴细节理解。根据文章第一段的The loss of sight and hearing threw him into such sorrow that he tried a few times to put an end to his life. His family,可知，失去视力和听力使他无比痛苦以至于像自杀。故选择B，意为他生活在一个寂静黑暗的世界里。所以答案是

⑵细节理解。根据第二段的He stood under a large tree to avoid getting wet but he was struck by the lightning.可知他是在树下躲雨的时候被击中的，所以答案是A。

⑶细节理解。根据文章第二段的Witnesses thought he was dead but he woke up some 20 minutes later lying face down in muddy water at the base of the tree可知罗伯特在树下藏了20分钟是错误的，所以答案是B。

⑷推理判断。根据文章最后一段的However, none of them could give a convincing answer as to why this should have happened.可知，医生对于Robert的康复没有明确的解释，所以答案是A。

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Dr. Joyce Poole is a zoologist. She studies the sounds of elephants. While she was in Kenya, she would hear strange noises made by Mlaika after sunset. Mlaika was a 10-year-old African elephant.
Mlaika lived near a highway. Dr. Poole says, “I could not tell the difference between Mlaika's call and the distant truck noise.” She and other scientists studied Mlaika's sounds. It turned out that Mlaika was copying the sounds of the trucks driving by. Why would Mlaika copy trucks that she heard going by on the highway? Animals that are able to copy sounds may enjoy practicing new sounds. When they are kept outside of their natural environment, they may copy unusual sounds. That may be why an elephant would copy the sound of a truck.
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