Question

18．The sun is setting like a huge orange ball．It's the cool evening on a stretch of beach．The water is paring the shore，the breeze is blowing slightly．There are one or two joggers and a couple of fishermen．Most people have gone home for the day．
An old man，with rounded shoulders，bushy eyebrows，and bony features，carries the bucket up to the dock（码头）that goes out into the water．He stands on the dock and all of a sudden there come a mass of dancing dots-seagulls!The man takes out of his bucket handfuls of shrimps（虾）and begins to throw them on the dock．Some seagulls land on his shoulders，some land on his hat，and they eat the shrimps．Long after the shrimps are gone his feathered friends remain．
Why is this man feeding seagulls？What could push him to do this as he does week after week？
The man in that scene is Eddie Rickenbacher，a famous World WarⅡpilot．His plane．The Flying Fortress，went down in 1942．No one could imagine that he and his eight passengers should escape death by climbing into two boats for thirty days．They fought thirst，the sun，and sharks．But what nearly killed them was starvation．Their foods were gone within eight days and they didn't have anything left．
Every day Rickenbacher and the passengers would have a daily afternoon devotional and prayer time．One day after the devotional，Rickenbacher put his hat over his eyes and tried to get some sleep．Within a few moments he felt something on his head．He knew in an instant it was a seagull．All the others on the two boats noticed the seagull．No one spoke，no one moved．Rickenbacher quickly grabbed the seagull and with thanksgiving，they ate the flesh of the bird．They used the remains for fish bait（鱼饵）and survived．

56．When evening falls，the beach isB．
A．noisy and crowded
B．quiet and peaceful 
C．a place for viewing seagulls
D．a popular fishing place
57．The old man comes to the dock to feed seagulls because heB．
A．wants to make friends with them           
B．owes his survival in 1942 to the seagull
C．takes it as a hobby after retirement as a pilot  
D．enjoys foe scene of seagulls eating the shrimps
58．Which of the following is the correct order of the events？C
a．Eddie began to feed seagulls at a dock．
b．Eddie's plane crashed．
c．Eddie and his passengers survived．
d．Eddie and his passengers killed a seagull for food．
A．a，b，c，d      
B．a，b，d，c      
C．b，d，c，a      
D．b，d，a，c
59．What would be the best title for the passage？D
A．A Narrow Escape  
B．A Lucky Pilot    
C．Feeding Seagulls 
D．The Seagull．

Answer 1

分析 夕阳像一个巨大的橙色的球．这是在海边的一个凉爽的傍晚．海水拍打着岸边，微风轻轻地吹着．有一个或两个慢跑者和几个渔民．大多数人都结束了一天的工作回家了．
一位有着圆润的肩膀，浓密的眉毛的骨瘦如柴的老人带着水桶来到立在水中的码头．他站在码头上，突然出现了一群飞舞的海鸥！他拿出盛有虾的桶并开始把它们扔在码头上．有些海鸥站在他的肩上，有些站在他的帽子上，吃虾．不久后，虾没了，只剩下了他带着羽毛的朋友．
为什么这个人在喂海鸥呢？什么使得他一周又一周的这样做呢？
在那个场景中的人是 Eddie Rickenbacher，二战时著名的飞行员，他的飞机，The Flying Fortress于1942年跌落．没人能想象得到，他和他的八名乘客通过爬到两只船上三十天才得以逃生．他们与口渴，太阳和鲨鱼作斗争，但几乎杀死他们的是饥饿，他们的食物在八天内就没有了，他们没有剩下任何东西．
每天 Rickenbacher和乘客都会将下午作为修灵和祷告的时间．一天做完祷告后，Rickenbache将帽子遮住眼睛，试图睡一会．不一会儿，他觉得头上有东西，他立刻就知道那是一只海鸥．两条船上的其他人也都注意到了这只海鸥，没有人说话，也没有人挪动．Rickenbacher 带着感恩的心情迅速抓住了海鸥，他们吃了鸟肉，用剩下的做鱼饵，然后幸存了下来．

解答 答案
56选B  细节推理题  根据第一段"There are one or two joggers and a couple of fishermen．Most people have gone home for the day．"（有一个或两个慢跑者和几个渔民．大多数人都结束了一天的工作回家了．）可知，海边很安静．故选B．
57选B  主旨大意题 第四和第五段讲述了Rickenbacher和乘客们如何被困，以及如何得救的过程，从而得知，是一只海鸥使得他们幸存下来，即把他能生存下来归功于海鸥．故选B．
58选C  主旨大意题 通过通读全文得知，本文采用了倒叙的手法．先是讲了老人喂海鸥，然后叙述了事情的经过：从飞机跌落到被困在小船上再到遇到海鸥并杀了吃掉，得以幸存最后出现开头的一幕---老人喂海鸥．故选C
59选D  主旨大意题  通过通读全文得知，本文描述了老人及乘客们得以幸存完全归功于海鸥，以及后来老人给海鸥喂食以报恩的故事．是围绕着海鸥展开的描写．故选D

点评 本文采用了倒叙的手法完整地讲述了一个小故事，掌握本文要理清故事的来龙去脉，并把握文章的主旨大意．