Question

On a stormy day last August, Tim heard someone shouting. Looking at the sea carefully, he saw that two kids in a rowboat were being pulled out to sea.

Two 12-year-old boys, Christian and Jack, had rowed out in a boat to recover 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 boys were terrified and tried to row back to shore. But they were no match for it and the boat was out of control.

Tim knew that it would soon be swallowed by the waves.

“Everything went quiet in my head,” Tim recalls. “I’m 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 shout to the boys, “Take down the umbrella!”

“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 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.

根據材料內容選擇最佳答案，并將其標號填入題前括號內。

1.When did the story happen?

A.On a holiday. B. On a stormy day.

C. At a weekend. D. After a football match.

2.What does the underlined word “recover” in the second paragraph mean in Chinese?

找回 B. 修補 C. 恢復 D. 蓋上

3. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A.The water. B. The boat.

C. The wind. D. The umbrella.

4.Why did Tim raise his head regularly?

A.To check his distance from the boys.

B.To breathe more air.

C.To take a short break.

D.To make the two boys see him

5. What do you think of Tim?

A.Strong. B. Proud.

C. Shy. D. Brave.

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了Tim從海上救了兩個孩子的故事。Christian和 Jack在海面上劃著船去找回他們的足球，風太大，他們回不到岸上。Tim看見了，跳到水里去救他們。終于把他們救上了岸。

1. a stormy day last August,可知這個故事發生在去年八月一個暴風雨的一天，故選B。

2. rowed out in a boat可知他們在水面上劃著船，因此是為了找回足球，故選A。

3. beach umbrella tied to the boat caught the wind and pulled the boat into open water.可知是大風把船吹到開闊的水面上，因此他們不是風的對手，故選C。

4. 500 yards or so, he raised his head to judge his progress.可知他每隔500碼就抬起頭是為了判斷他的進展，看看與男孩的距離，故選A。

5. says. “I wondered if I was putting my life at risk.”可知他下水就這兩個男孩有可能會使他失去生命，但是他還是堅持去救他們。故推斷他是勇敢的，故選D。

考點：故事類短文閱讀。