At the west end of the clearing, the men stood in a circle around the snake. Roger tried time and again. He could get the head in the fork, but when he tried to bring it to the ground it would slip out. And the snake was becoming more and more angry.

＂It is going to spit,＂ warned  Joro.

＂Let it spit. It can't shoot this far.＂

roger was at least three meters from the snake.

In the next instant Roger learned a lesson he would never forget . Two white streams shot out from the snake's poison fangs(毒牙)．

　He would never have believed it possible. How could the snake be so accurate? How did it know that the weakest part of an enemy was the eye?

He brushed the poison away with the back of his band. It did no good. Enough had gone in to give him great pain. Worst of all, he found himself half blind.

1. Roger didn't listen to the warning because ______.

A the snake wasn't able to shoot that far

B he knew it was going to spit

C e had made preparations for it to spit 

D he had never thought it could shoot as far as three meters

2. According to the passage, which of the following is true?

A The moment Roger stopped saying, the snake attacked him.

B Before Roger realized it would spit, it attacked him.

C While Roger was having a lesson, it attacked him

D When Roger saw two white streams coming, he stepped aside.

3. In the sentence ＂He would never have believed it possible＂ the word ＂it ＂refers to _____.

A the snake    B the snake's poison    

C Roger's eye   D the snake's shooting Roger's eye

4. What lesson shall we draw from their accident?

A A snake is very clever.           B Run away at the sight of a snake.

C Don't be too sure of ourselves.   D It is a pity to be half-blind.

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。

　　At the west end of the clearing，the men stood in a circle around the snake．Roger tried again and again．He could get the head in the fork，but he tried to bring it to the ground in case it would spit out．And the snake was becoming more and more angry．

　　“It is going to spit，” warned Juror．

　　“Let it spit．It can't shoot this far．”

　　Roger was at least three metres from the snake．

　　In an instant Roger learned a lesson he would never forget．Two white streams shot out from the snake's poison fangs．

　　He would never believe it possible．How could the snake be so accurate？

　　How did it know that the weakest part of an enemy was the eyes？

　　He brushed the poison away with the back of his hand．It did no good．

　　Enough had gone in to give him great pain．Worst of all，he found himself half-blind．

1．According to the passage，which of the following is true？

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A．The moment Roger stopped saying，the snake attacked him．

B．Before Roger realized it would spit，it attacked him．

C．While Roger was having a lesson，it attacked him．

D．When Roger saw white streams coming，he stepped aside．

2．In the sentence“He would never have believed it possible”the word “it” refers to ________．

[　　]

A．the snake

B．the snake's poison

C．Roger's eye

D．the snake's shooting Roger's eye

3．What lesson shall we draw from the incident？

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A．A snake is very clever．

B．Run away at the sight of a snake．

C．Don't be too sure of ourselves．

D．It is a pity to be half-blind．