【題目】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 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 on the teeth of the crocodile.

【1】This passage is most likely to be found in ______.

A. a travel guide B. a textbook

C. a novel D. a newspaper

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

B. She had eight wounds altogether.

C. One of her fingers also got hurt.

D. Her eyes were badly poked.

【4】Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

A. The husband should save the wife

B. Human beings can beat crocodiles sometimes

C. A crocodile is not so dangerous as people imagine

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

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】

本文是一篇記敘文，主要介紹了Pethrick先生在面對(duì)妻子被鱷魚(yú)攻擊的情況下，及時(shí)作出行動(dòng)勇敢的救下了妻子，妻子傷勢(shì)嚴(yán)重，需要住院做進(jìn)一步的治療。

【1】D細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句“a local newspaper reported”，可知這篇文章很可能是被刊登在報(bào)紙上的，故選D。

【2】B細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段“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.”，可知，當(dāng)她被鱷魚(yú)攻擊的時(shí)候是站在岸邊的，故選B。

【3】C推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段中描述Pethrick女士傷勢(shì)看，右腿有八處刺傷，左腿有一處刺傷，其中一根手指受傷，故選C。

【4】D判斷推理題。本文主要講述丈夫勇敢從鱷魚(yú)嘴中救下妻子的事情。A選項(xiàng)丈夫應(yīng)該救妻子，以偏概全，故不選。B選項(xiàng)人類有時(shí)候可以打敗鱷魚(yú)，以偏概全，故不選。C選項(xiàng)鱷魚(yú)并不像人們所想的那樣危險(xiǎn)，錯(cuò)誤，故不選。D選項(xiàng)丈夫從鱷魚(yú)的嘴里救下妻子，符合文章主旨，故選D。

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