Question

【題目】More than seven hundred years ago, the Prince of Wales had a very big and brave dog called Gelert. One day the Prince wanted to go hunting with his men. He told his dog to stay at home and look after his baby son. The baby was in a wooden cradle(搖籃), which was like a small bed. When the Prince came back from hunting, Gelert ran out to meet his master. He wagged(搖擺) his tail and jumped up to put his paws on the Prince’s chest. Then the Prince saw the blood on Gelert’s jaws and head. “What have you done?” the Prince said. He rushed into his house and looked for his baby son. The cradle was lying on its side on the floor. The clothes were torn and there was blood on them. “So you have killed my son?” the Prince said angrily. “You unfaithful dog!” He took out his sword and killed the dog. Just as Gelert was dying, he managed to bark. Then the Prince heard a baby call to the dog.

The Prince ran out of the house and saw his son lying on the ground unhurt. Near him was a dead wolf. Then the Prince knew that Gelert had defended the baby and killed the wolf. The Prince ran back into the house but he was too late. Gelert was dead. The Prince was very sad indeed. Tears ran down his face when he realized he had killed his faithful friend. The Prince carried the body of his brave dog to the top of a mountain and buried him there. After this, the Prince never smiled again. Every morning at dawn, he walked up the mountain and stood by the dog’s grave for a few minutes.

If you go to Mount Snow in Wales, people will show you where Gelert is buried. There is a sign by his grave. It reminds people of a brave and faithful dog.

【1】The Prince told the dog to _________ when he was leaving.

A. watch the door B. take care of his baby

C. welcome his friends D. stop the strangers

【2】The dog was very _________ when his master came back from hunting.

A. glad B. fearful

C. sorry D. tired

【3】The Prince never smiled again because __________.

A. the wolf was killed by Gelert

B. he had buried the dog on the top of a mountain

C. he had killed his faithful friend — Gelert

D. Gelert had killed his baby son

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【解析】本文是一篇記敘文。文章主要講述了忠犬gelert與其主人威爾士王子之間的故事。一日威爾士王子外出狩獵將自己的兒子交予愛犬gelert看護(hù)，王子狩獵歸來之后發(fā)現(xiàn)gelert爪子上全是血，進(jìn)到家里發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的兒子不見了誤以為gelert殺害了自己的兒子，揮劍殺了gelert,最后王子發(fā)現(xiàn)原來gelert 嘴上的血是為了保護(hù)自己的兒子與惡狼搏斗之后留下的，自己錯殺了gelert,王子悲痛萬分將自己的愛犬gelert葬于山頂，讓人們懷念它。這一段故事被后世傳為佳話，一直被后人所緬懷。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文章第一段“He told his dog to stay at home and look after his baby son.”可得知王子外出狩獵之時吩咐gelert照看自己的兒子。”Take care of “意為照顧，照看和“l(fā)ook after”相近，故選B項。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文章第一段“When the Prince came back from hunting, Gelert ran out to meet his master. He wagged his tail and jumped up to put his paws on the Prince’s chest.”表明當(dāng)主人歸來之時gelert十分熱情又是搖尾巴，又是撓自己的主人 ，galad意為開心，熱情，與原文意思相符，fearful驚恐，恐懼，sorry意為抱歉， tired意為勞累，與原文意思不相符，故選A 項。

【3】判斷推理題，總覽全文文章講的就是忠犬gelert對于主人的忠誠，以及威爾士王子由于自己錯殺gelert的悔恨和不舍之情。A項意為惡狼被gelert所殺，與題目不符，B項意思為主人將gelert 葬在山頂同樣與題目不符，C項表明威爾士王子親手殺了自己忠實的朋友，這與題目相吻合，D項說Gelert殺害了王子的兒子，這與原文內(nèi)容相悖。綜上所述故選C項。