1、语言朋友(16)阅读理解Mr and Mrs Gordon were sitting on the sand, reading their magazines.Mr Gordon was too stingy(吝啬)to rent a chair.Their twelveyearold daughter，Sandra, was playing at the waters edge.Suddenly a huge wave lifted Sandra up and carried her out to sea.Fortunately，a lifeguard was on duty and he
2、saw the wave carry Sandra away.He ran along the beach and dived into the sea.He swam quickly to where the girl, with her head only just above the water, was shouting for help.She was very frightened.When the lifeguard reached her，she struggled with him, as drowning people often do.However, he was a
3、skilful lifeguard and quickly took hold of her and swam with her back to the beach.By the time he reached it, Mr and Mrs Gordon had realized what had happened.They had run down to the waters edge.Neither of them could swim.They just stood in the shallow water, and worried about their daughter.Had th
4、e lifeguard reached her in time? Fortunately, he had.“That was quick work，young man，”Mr Gordon said.He turned to his wife, “Give the lifeguard a dollar.” “A dollar！” Sandra cried.“Dad，how can you give him a dollar! He saved my life.I was half dead.” “Quite right, girl！” Mr Gordon said, pleased by hi
5、s daughters awareness of the value of money.He turned to his wife again and said, “Shes right.She was only half dead.Give him fifty cents.”解题导语：本文讲述了一个吝啬鬼的故事。1What happened to Sandra?AShe ran into the sea.BHer life was saved by a lifeguard.CShe was drowned.DShe died.解析：细节理解题。根据第一段“he was a skilful l
6、ifeguard and quickly took hold of her and swam with her back to the beach.”可知Sandra被救生员救了上来，故选B。答案：B2What would probably have happened to Sandra if the lifeguard had not been on the beach?AHer father would have saved her.BHer mother would have saved her.CShe would have swum back to the beach.DShe wo
7、uld have been drowned.解析：细节理解题。根据第一段“Neither of them could swim.They just stood in the shallow water, and worried about their daughter.” Sandra的父母不会游泳，Sandra也不会游泳，所以如果没有救生员相救，她有可能被淹死了，故选D。答案：D3What did Mr and Mrs Gordon do when Sandra was carried out to sea by the wave?AThey shouted to the lifeguard
8、.BThey dived into the water.CPerhaps they were reading magazines.DThey offered the lifeguard money to save Sandra.解析：细节理解题。根据第一段“Mr and Mrs Gordon were sitting on the sand, reading their magazines.”和“By the time he reached it, Mr and Mrs Gordon had realized what had happened.They had run down to the
9、 waters edge.”可知Sandra的父母有可能在看杂志，故选C。答案：C4Why was Sandra angry with her father?AHe did not give the lifeguard any money.BHe did not swim out to save her.CHe did not show the lifeguard hearty thankfulness.DHe gave the lifeguard too much money.解析：细节理解题。根据第二段“Dad，how can you give him a dollar! He saved
10、 my life.I was half dead.”可知是因为父母对恩人不够真诚，故选C。答案：C5Why was Mr Gordon pleased with her daughter?AShe was safe again.BShe was polite to the lifeguard.CHe thought she did not want him to give the lifeguard too much money.DShe gave the lifeguard fifty cents.解析：细节理解题。根据最后“Mr Gordon said, pleased by his da
11、ughters awareness of the value of money. He turned to his wife again and said, Shes right.She was only half dead.Give him fifty cents.”他认为他的女儿不想让他给救生员太多的钱，故选C。答案：C语法填空Once upon a time, there was a gang of evil goblins (小妖精) who lived in a forest.They spent a lot of their time 6._ (make) fun of a poo
12、r old man who could now hardly move, see, or hear.They showed no respect for 7._ age.The situation became so extreme that Great Wizard (男巫) decided to teach the goblins 8._ lesson.He cast a spell, and from that moment, every insult (侮辱) 9._ was directed at the old man made the old man better, 10._ h
13、ad the opposite effect on the goblin who was doing the insulting.Of course, the goblins knew nothing about 11._ was happening.The more they called the man an “old fool”， the 12._ (young) of mind he became, while the goblin who 13._ (shout )at him aged rapidly, and became a little more foolish.As tim
14、e went on, those evil goblins were becoming terribly old, ugly, stupid, and clumsy 14._ even realizing it.Finally, the Great Wizard allowed the goblins to see themselves, and 15._ (surprise)they saw that they had turned into the disgusting creatures we now know as trolls (巨魔)解题导语：寓言故事说明了“善有善报，恶有恶报”的
15、道理。6解析：spend.(in) doing sth.“花费时间做某事”。答案：making7解析：指代前面“a poor old man”。答案：his8解析：teach sb. a lesson“教训某人”。答案：a9解析：引导定语从句，先行词前有every修饰，故填that。答案：that10解析：根据语境可知此处表转折。句意：每个对待老人的侮辱都会使老人变好，但是对小妖精有相反的作用。答案：but11解析：介词后的宾语从句，填what在从句中作主语。答案：what12解析：“the比较级，the比较级”结构。答案：younger13解析：在谓语动词aged之前发生，故用过去完成时。答案：had shouted14解析：根据下文可知填without。句意：这些小妖精们变得又老又丑又笨拙，却浑然不知。答案：without15解析：修饰and后面的句子，用副词。答案：surprisingly
