Question

Here in the hills were buffaloes. I had even, in my very young days—when I could not live till I had killed one of each kind of African animal—shot a bull out here. Later on, when I was not so interested to shoot as to watch the wild animals, I had been out to see them again, but twice I had to go back without success.

But one afternoon as I was having tea with some friends outside the house, Denys came flying from Nairobi and went over our heads westwards; a little while after he turned and came back and landed on the farm. I drove down to the plain to bring him back, but he would not get out of his plane.

“The buffaloes are out feeding in the fields, ”he said, “come out and have a look them. ”

“I cannot come, ”I said, “I have got tea-party up at the house. ”

“But we will go and see them and be back in a quarter of an hour, ”he said.

This sounded to me like the suggestions which people make to you in a dream. So I went up with him. It did not take us long to see the buffaloes from the air; we counted them as they peacefully mixed and separated on the open ground closed in by bushes. There was one very old big black bull, and a number of young ones;  if a stranger had come near to them they would have heard or smelt him at once, but they were not prepared for something from the air. They heard the noise of our machine and stopped feeding, but they did not seem to be able to look up. In the end they realized that something very strange was about;  the old bull first walked out in front of the others. Suddenly he began to go down the valley side and after a moment he broke into a run. The whole group now followed him, rushing hurriedly down into the bushes. In a small wood of low trees they stopped and kept close together. Here they believed themselves to be out of sight. We flew up and away. It was like having been taken there by a secret unknown route.

When I came back to my tea-party the teapot on the stone was still so hot that I burned my fingers on it.

1. When young, the writer 　　　　　　   .

A. was interested to kill as many animals as possible

B. had failed to find the buffaloes

C. enjoyed shooting one of every sort of African animal

D. used to camp in the hills and watch the buffaloes in a plane

2. The writer went to the plane 　　　　　　   .

A. to pick Denys up and take him back to the tea-party

B. to have a talk with Denys

C. to persuade Denys to leave the plane

D. because they wanted to go up in the plane

3. When the buffaloes heard the noise of the plane, they 　　　　　　   .

A. looked up at it

B. ran away immediately

C. continued feeding

D. were uncertain what to do

4. The buffaloes felt safe when they reached the wood because they 　　　　　　   .

A. thought they couldn’t be seen

B. could only be seen from the ground

C. could only be seen if the plane flew higher

D. could not see the plane

 

Answer 1

答案：C;A;D;A
提示：

1. C  I had even, in my very young days—when I could not live till I had killed one of each kind of African animal—shot a bull out here.所以选C. 2. A  参见文中第二段。 3. D  but they were not prepared for something from the air 所以选D. 4. A  Here they believed themselves to be out of sight. 所以选A.