Question

Lying in the sun on a rock, the cougar（美洲豹）saw Jeb and his son, Tom, before they saw it. Jeb put his bag down quickly and pulled his jacket open with both hands, making himself look big to the cougar. It worked. The cougar hesitated, ready to attack Jeb, but ready to forget the whole thing, too.

Jeb let go of his jacket, grasped Tom and held him across his body, making a cross. Now the cougar’s enemy looked even bigger, and it rose up, ready to move away, but unfortunately Tom got scared and struggled free of Jeb.

“Tom, no!” shouted his father.

But Tom broke and ran and that’s the last thing you do with a cougar. The second Tom broke free, Jeb threw himself on the cougar, just as it jumped from the rock. They hit each other in mid-air and both fell. The cougar was on Jeb in a flash, forgetting about Tom, which was what Jeb wanted.

Cougars are not as big as most people think and a determined man stands a chance, even with just his fists. As the cougar’s claws（爪子）got into his left shoulder, Jeb swung his fist at its eyes and hit hard. The animal howled and put its head back. Jeb followed up with his other fist. Then out of the corner of his eye, Jeb saw Tom. The boy was running back to help his father.

“Knife, Tom,” shouted Jeb.

The boy ran to his father’s bag, while Jeb started shouting as well as hitting, to keep the cougar’s attention away from Tom. Tom got the knife and ran over to Jeb. The cougar was moving its head in and out, trying to find a way through the wall Jeb was making out of his arms. Tom swung with the knife, into the cougar’s back. It howled horribly and ran off into the mountains.

The whole fight had taken about thirty seconds.

1.Why did Jeb pull his jacket open when he saw the cougar?

A. To get ready to fight.                                           　　B. To frighten it away.

C. To protect the boy.                                              　　D. To cool down.

2.What do we know about cougars?

A. They are afraid of noises.

B. They hesitate before they hit.

C. They are bigger than we think.

D. They like to attack running people.

3.Which of the following happened first?

A. The cougar jumped from the rock.

B. Tom struggled free of his father.

C. Jeb asked Tom to get the knife.

D. Jeb held Tom across his body.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.D

3.D

【解析】

試題分析：文章講述了勇敢的父親Jeb為保護兒子Tom和美洲豹斗志斗勇的故事。為了顯得比美洲豹大，Jeb先是展開自己的外衣，然后又把兒子橫放在身上，正當美洲豹要跑開時，兒子害怕掙脫了父親跑開了，結果差一點成為美洲豹的口中餐。為了吸引美洲豹的注意力，父親只好挺身而出，和美洲豹廝打起來。兒子跑回來從包里拿出一把刀，兩人合力打跑了美洲豹。

1.細節理解題。 第一段的第二句話和第三句話的意思是：Jeb 很快放下他的包，用雙手展開他的夾克衫，使自己看上去比這只美洲豹個大。這的確管用了。所以他想把美洲豹嚇跑。故選B。

2.推理判斷題。根據第四段Jeb 的反應和美洲豹的動作。Jeb的兒子Tom 掙脫父親跑開了，在這一瞬間，Jeb撲向從巖石上跳起來的美洲豹，他們在半空中廝打起來，都摔倒了。美洲豹瞬間騎在Jeb身上，忘掉了Tom，這正是Jeb想要的結果。由此判斷美洲豹喜歡攻擊跑著的人。故選D。

3.細節理解題。根據全文理解。事情發生的順序是D—B—A—C。故選D。

考點： 故事類短文閱讀。