Question

 The old Indian was sitting on the snow. It was Koskoosh,1       chief of his tribe. Now all he could do was sit and listen to the others. His eyes were old,he could not see. But his ears were wide 2        to every sound. "Aha."That was the sound of his daughter Sit-cum-to-ha,she was beating the 3       ,trying to make them stand in front of the snow sleds. He was 4        by her and by the others,too. They had to look for new hunting grounds,the long snowy wide waited. The days of the northlands were growing short. The 5       could not wait for death. Koskoosh was dying.

  The stiff crackling noises of frozen animal skins told him that the chiefs 6        was being torn down. The chief was a strong and manly hunter. He was his son,the son of Koskoosh. Koskoosh was being left to 7       . As the women worked,old Koskoosh could hear his son's voice drive them to work 8       . He listened harder,it was the 9        time he would hear that voice. A child cried and a woman sang softly to 10        it. The child was Kootee,the old man thought. A 11       child,it would die soon. And they would 12       a hole in the frozen ground to bury it. They would cover its small body with stones to keep the 13        away. Well,what of it,a few years and in the end 14      Death waited,never hungry. Death had the hungriest stomach of all. Koskoosh listened to other 15        he would hear no more. The man tying strong leather rope 16        the sleds to hold their belongings. The sharp sounds of leather 17        ordering the dogs to move and pull the sleds. Listened to the dogs' cry,how they 18        the work. They were off,sled after sled moved slowly away into the silence. They had passed out of his 19       . He must meet his last hour 20       .

(   ) 1. A. the first   B. former   C. current   D. powerful

(   ) 2. A. open   B. apart   C. awake   D. tense

(   ) 3. A. slaves   B. children   C. dogs   D. deer

(   ) 4. A. respected   B. forgotten   C. feared   D. loved

(   ) 5. A. hunters   B. old   C. children   D. tribe

(   ) 6. A. cart   B. office   C. sled   D. tent

(   ) 7. A. die   B. rest   C. work   D. cook

(   ) 8. A. quickly   B. harder   C. again   D. faster

(   ) 9. A. high   B. first   C. last   D. right

(   ) 10. A. make   B. quiet   C. fool   D. threaten

(   ) 11. A. sickly   B. lovely   C. energetic   D. noisy

(   ) 12. A. make   B. dig   C. burn   D. plough

(   ) 13. A. others   B. ants   C. wolves   D. dogs

(   ) 14. A. suffering   B. success   C. sorrow   D. death

(   ) 15. A. cries   B. screams   C. songs   D. sounds

(   ) 16. A. about   B. to   C. around   D. up

(   ) 17. A. coats   B. whips   C. tents   D. sled

(   ) 18. A. hated   B. loved   C. fulfilled   D. committed

(   ) 19. A. sight   B. life   C. hearing   D. place

(   ) 20. A. unwillingly   B. happily   C. alone   D. unfortunately

Answer 1

1. B现在的部落首领是他的儿子，桥以他是前任部落首领。

2. A be open to是固定用法，意为"竖起耳朵听"。

3. C由倒数第3句得知。

4. B部落其他人要迁徙到别的地方过冬，把他留下等死，所以说他是被遗忘的。

5. D这里指整个部落。

6. D因为要迁徙，所以把部落首领的帐篷给拆了带走。

7. A他因为年纪大又看不见，所以被留下等死。

8. D首领催促大家快点。

9. C 由于大家都要离开了，所以这是他最后一次听到他的声音。

10. B母亲轻声唱是想使孩子安静下来。

11. A由后面it would die soon推断得知这个孩子体弱多病。

12. C在frozen ground上不可能挖一个洞，所以只有用火烧。

13. C在尸体上放石头是为了不让狼破坏尸体。

14. D这句话的意思是生命的终点就是死亡。

15. D sounds泛指所有听到的声音。

16. C这里是指用皮绳子把雪橇上的东西绑好，所以皮绳子应该把东西整个缠住。

17. B用来唤狗的只有皮鞭。

18. A听着狗的叫声，感知狗是多么"憎恨"劳动的。

19. B所有人都走了，而他是留下等死的，大家再无机会见面，所以说大家都走出了他的生命。老人看不见，不可选A项out of his sight„

20. C这里强调他是独自留下等待生命最后一刻的降临。