Question

(2013·高考四川卷，B)On a sunny day last August，Tim heard some shouting.Looking out to the sea carefully，he saw a couple of kids in a rowboat were being pulled out to sea.

Two 12?year?old boys，Christian and Jack，rowed out a boat to search for a football.Once they’d rowed beyond the calm waters，a beach umbrella tied to the boat caught the wind and pulled the boat into open water.The pair panicked and tried to row back to shore.But they were no match for it and the boat was out of control.

Tim knew it would soon be swallowed by the waves.

“Everything went quiet in my head，”Tim recalls(回憶)．“I was trying to figure out how to swim to the boys in a straight line.”

Tim took off his clothes and jumped into the water.Every 500 yards or so，he raised his head to judge his progress.“At one point，I considered turning back，” he says.“I wondered if I was putting my life at risk.”After 30 minutes of struggling，he was close enough to yell to the boys，“Take down the umbrella！”

Christian made much effort to take down the umbrella.Then Tim was able to catch up and climb aboard the boat.He took over rowing，but the waves were almost too strong for him.

“Let’s aim for the pier(碼頭)，”Jack said.Tim turned the boat toward it.Soon afterward，waves crashed over the boat，and it began to sink.“Can you guys swim？”he cried.“A little bit，”the boys said.

Once they were in the water，Tim decided it would be safer and faster for him to pull the boys toward the pier.Christian and Jack were wearing life jackets and floated on their backs.Tim swam toward land as water washed over the boys’faces.

“Are we almost there？”they asked again and again.“Yes，”Tim told them each time.

After 30 minutes，they reached the pier.

1.Why did the two boys go to the sea?

A．To go boat rowing.

B．To get back their football.

C．To swim in the open water.

D．To test the umbrella as a sail.

2.What does “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A．The beach. B．The water.

C．The boat. D．The wind.

3.Why did Tim raise his head regularly?

A．To take in enough fresh air.

B．To consider turning back or not.

C．To check his distance from the boys.

D．To ask the boys to take down the umbrella.

4.How did the two boys finally reach the pier?

A．They were dragged to the pier by Tim.

B．They swam to the pier all by themselves.

C．They were washed to the pier by the waves.

D．They were carried to the pier by Tim on his back.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

【解析】本文是一篇記敘文。全文記敘了Tim成功地從海中解救了兩個12歲男孩的故事。

1.?year?old boys...search for a football.可知B項正確。

2.2】解析：選D。詞義猜測題。文中第二段后三句意為：他們一把船劃出靜水區，綁在船上的沙灘傘就遇到了風，然后把船拖進了開闊的水域。這兩個男孩慌了，盡力想劃回海岸。但是他們不是大風的對手，船失去了控制。此處的it指的是the wind。本題易誤選B和C，但water和boat都是在wind的作用下才產生力量，所以與兩個男孩對抗的是the wind。

3.3】解析：選C。細節理解題。由第四段I was trying to figure out how to swim to the boys in a straight line.“我在盡力弄清楚如何以最近的路線游到男孩們那里”可知，此處Tim抬頭是為了確認他與孩子們之間的距離。A項“吸入足夠的新鮮空氣”文章未提及，B項“考慮是否要返回去”，由下文可知只是作者一時的想法，而不是每次抬頭都會考慮，D項“要求男孩們把傘放下來”是他游到男孩附近才說的，故均排除。

4.4】解析：選A。細節理解題。由倒數第三段中的．..Tim decided...to pull the boys toward the pier.可知男孩們是被Tim拖到碼頭邊的。所以A項符合題意。