When we were children,our grandfathers told us the river was called the Pool that Forgets because when anything falls into it,the pool forgets to send it to the  1  again.One time when we were no longer children and not yet man,we seized a hunting dog and took her to the Pool that Forgets.We  2  her into the pool,and we all  3  to see her come up.We waited from morning till evening but  4  never came up.We knew that the  5  had forgotten her.

   But this particular day when we were  6  from the raid(袭击),everyone had taken a trophy(猎获品)  7  my brother.Maybe that was why he was talking when we were whispering and why he  8  to sound as though he had no  9  .My brother was forced to walk behind us.That is the position of honour and dishonour.As an honour,the  10  men are placed there  to  11  us when we return,but sometimes those who have not shown the strength are placed there to be laughed at for  12  .I think my brother  13  this,because as we reached the pool,he ran  14   us.He stopped at the  15  to the gray rock above the pool and stood there with  16  trying to look stronger than he was.

   “Heroes of the only world!”he shouted,“Watch me.I am not  17  the Pool that Forgets.”

   And with those words,he dived and  18  into the pool and we saw nothing more.We stared over edge of the  19  .Our eyes staring into the circle of terror produced by  20  .

1.A.surface          B.bottom        C.bank        D.edge

答案:A

提示:指水面。

2.A.put            B.sent         C.brought       D.threw

答案:D

提示:throw...into指“把……扔进去”。

3.A.decided          B.waited        C.promised      D.agreed

答案:B

提示:从结构和意义上看都应选waited。

4.A.he            B.it          C.she        D.they

答案:C

提示:she和her人称一致。

5.A.dog           B.pool         C.children      D.me

答案:B

提示:从上文可知主语为pool。

6.A.setting out        B.starting off      C.moving on     D.returning

答案:D

提示:从后面有猎获品看他们是在返回的途中。

7.A.besides         B.including       C.except       D.more than

答案:C

提示:从后面他的表现看,他没有猎取到任何东西。

8.A.tried          B.hoped        C.learned      D.stopped

答案:A

9.A.worry         B.fear          C.courage      D.wish

答案:B

提示:弟弟竭力装出有胆量的样子。

10.A.strongest        B.weakest        C.cleverest      D.luckiest

答案:A

提示:最强壮的人在后面以防后面有野兽袭击。

11.A.save          B.support        C.satisfy       D.protect

答案:D

12.A.poverty         B.mistake       C.weakness      D.carelessness

答案:C

提示:而弱者在后面也可以得到保护。

13.A.understood       B.apologized      C.guessed      D.accepted

答案:A

提示:他们平时在一起,弟弟当然知道这个位置的尴尬。

14.A.behind         B.among        C.before       D.ahead of

答案:D

提示:弟弟理解这一点,把他放在后面是为了保护他,所以他突然跑到前面。

15.A.surface         B.edge         C.top         D.bottom

答案:B

提示:at the edge of指“在……的边上”。

16.A.a simple        B.anger        C.pride        D.pleasure

答案:C

提示:with pride意为“自豪地”。

17.A.afraid of        B.fond of        C.proud of       D.surprised at

答案:A

提示:上文指到他自称是英雄,所以不害怕。

18.A.dropped        B.swam        C.buried        D.disappeared

答案:D

提示:在水中消失了。

19.A.pool          B.rock         C.my brother      D.word

答案:B

20.A.the hunting dog                B.my brother

C.the Pool that Forgets                D.our grandfathers

答案:C

提示:事实上,是edge of rock(岩石边)给“我”留下了难以忘记(forget)的恐惧(terror)。

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