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“All I could see was two sets of red eyes below me,” said Dave Gatty, an Australian farmer who spent seven days up a tree in remote bush land to escape crocodiles. Gatty, 52, said he was forced to take such drastic action after he accidentally went into a crocodile-infested area of Queensland. He only had two meat sandwiches to keep him going, as crocodiles moved beneath his tree each night until his rescue. Gatty said he decided it was safer to hold out for a rescue team than try to make a run for it. His problems began after he fell off his horse while out in the northern Australia outback. Dazed and bleeding, he climbed back on his horse and hoped it would lead him home. It was only when he regained his senses he realized that he had been taken into crocodile-infested area. “I had to get off the horse and I fell straight into a crocodile nest,” he told reporters. 

“That frightened me. I couldn’t go back, it was too far and too dangerous, so I headed to the nearest high ground and stayed there, hoping someone would come and find me before the crocs did.”

Gatty explained how each night two crocodiles would sit at the bottom of the tree staring at him. Although Gatty’s two sandwiches ran out after three days, he was able to get running water during the day and knew rescuers were looking for him as he could see helicopters in the air above his tree.

“If I hadn’t seen the crocs circling me, and if I hadn’t fallen into the croc nest, I would have made a push for it. But I knew the safest thing was for me to sit and wait,” he said. A chocolate bar, given to him by rescuers after being moved to safety by using a winch(卷扬机), “was like a gourmet (delicious)meal,” he said.

1.Gaddy felt _______ when he found himself trapped in the crocodile- infested area.

A. panicked but optimistic                           B. nervous and hopeless

C. upset and regretful                         D. frightened but calm

2.Which of the following did not help Gatty survive the accident?

A. Sandwiches                   B. Running water

C. Chocolates                      D. Staying up in a tree

3.What’s the right order of the events related to the accident?

a. Gaddy climbed up onto his horse unconscious.

b. Gaddy climbed up a tree and stayed there.

c. Gaddy was moved by a winch to safety.

d. Gaddy fell off his horse accidentally.

e. Gaddy found himself in a crocodile-infested area.

A. a d e c b               B.     d a e b c                      C. a d e b c                        D. d e a b c

4.The article can be classified as _________.

A. a news story              B. a scientific fiction

C. a personal essay           D. a literary report

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了一个Gaddy的人以外陷入鳄鱼出没的地区，危机丛丛，他惊恐不已但机智镇静，最后得以营救的故事。

1.从第二段第一句That frightened me及该段中so I headed to the nearest high ground and stayed there, hoping someone would come and find me before the crocs did.”说明Gaddy惊恐害怕但是很镇静，故选D

2.从最后一段A chocolate bar, given to him by rescuers after being moved to safety by using a winch，说明A chocolate bar是在Gaddy被营救之后营救人员给他的，故在他被营救过程中没有起作用，故选C。

3.从第一段第五行His problems began after he fell off his horse可确定d排在最前面，故排除AC，再根据第一段第六行he climbed back on his horse and hoped it would lead him home... he had been taken into crocodile-infested area可确定正确答案为B

4.本文主要讲述Gaddy被陷入鳄鱼出没的地区，最后得以营救的故事，故选答案A。

考点：故事类短文阅读。