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Norm Pethrick, a 36-year-old man in Australia’s northern city Darwin, was praised on Thursday for jumping onto a crocodile’s back to save his wife Wendy at Litchfield National Park, a popular tourist spot southwest of Darwin, a local newspaper reported.

Ms Pethrick was standing on a river bank Wednesday afternoon when the saltwater crocodile lunged (撲), locking its jaws on both her legs as it tried to drag her underwater.

Norm Pethrick, who with his wife had been collecting water, immediately went to help her. He jumped onto the back, poked (戳) the eyes of the crocodile and finally got his wife free.

Ms Pethrick was later taken to Royal Darwin Hospital for a medical treatment. The doctors said she was suffering eight puncture wounds (傷口) in her right leg, a puncture wound in her left leg and a serious cut to one of her fingers.

“This could have been a fatal and tragic situation,” said the general manager of Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH), Dr Len Notaras, according to a local report.

He said Ms Pethrick was saved by her husband’s “quick and diligent actions”.

Dr Notaras also said she would remain in hospital for three to four days and have an operation to clean the wounds, which are easy to get infected because of bacteria (細(xì)菌) on the teeth of the crocodile.

1.This passage is most likely to be found in _____.

A．a(chǎn) travel guide                          B．a(chǎn) newspaper

C．a(chǎn) textbook                             D．a(chǎn) novel

2.The crocodile attacked Ms Pethrick when she was ______.

A．swimming in the river

B．standing on the river bank

C．watching the crocodile

D．fishing in the water

3.Which of the following statements is TRUE about Ms Pethrick?

A．Her eyes were badly poked.

B．She had eight wounds altogether.

C．One of her fingers also got hurt.

D．One of the crocodile’s teeth was found in her leg.

4.According to the passage, Norm Pethrick can be described as following EXCEPT ______.

A．brave                                B．diligent

C．quick                                 D．humorous

5.Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

A．The husband should save the wife

B．A man saves wife’s life from crocodile’s jaws

C．A crocodile is not so dangerous as people imagine

D．Human beings can beat crocodiles sometimes

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文報道了Norm Pethrick在公園的河邊，他的妻子被鱷魚拉下水，他不顧一切勇敢地跳在鱷魚的背上打它的眼睛，終于把妻子救了上來，而自己卻多處受傷住進(jìn)了醫(yī)院。

1.這是文章出處題。根據(jù)a local newspaper reported整篇是報道一個新聞，故選B。.

2.這是細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Ms Pethrick was standing on a river bank Wednesday afternoon when the saltwater crocodile lunged (撲), locking its jaws on both her legs as it tried to drag her underwater. 當(dāng)時Ms Pethrick正站在河岸，故選B。

3.這是細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)a serious cut to one of her fingers.故選C。

4.這是細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)He said Ms Pethrick was saved by her husband’s “quick and diligent actions”.沒有提到幽默，故選D。

5.這是標(biāo)題歸納題。根據(jù)jumping onto a crocodile’s back to save his wife Wendy at Litchfield National Park, 可以看出應(yīng)選B。

考點(diǎn)：這是一篇新聞報道。

點(diǎn)評：文章標(biāo)題是文章的點(diǎn)睛之筆。標(biāo)題歸納題在英語閱讀理解題中屬深層理解題，它要求考生在通讀全文的基礎(chǔ)上，準(zhǔn)確把握文章大意及作者的寫作意圖。一般說來，標(biāo)題應(yīng)該具有概括性、針對性、簡潔性三個突出特點(diǎn)。其中概括性，是指標(biāo)題應(yīng)最大程度地覆蓋全文，囊括文章的主要內(nèi)容，體現(xiàn)文章的主題；針對性，是指標(biāo)題的含義要直接指向文章的主要特點(diǎn)；而簡潔性，則是指標(biāo)題應(yīng)言簡意賅，能吸引讀者的注意力，并喚起讀者對文章的閱讀興趣等