Question

Teenager Jake Deham was skiing with his family in the USA when he fell over and lost one of his skis. His family didn’t know that he had a problem. They kept on skiing. When they got to the foot of the mountain, there was no sign of Jake.

Jake couldn’t find his ski anywhere. In the end, he decided to take off his other ski and walk down the mountain. But he couldn’t work out the right way to go.

It was now getting dark and he was a long way from any place of safety. He knew that he might die that night in the cold temperatures. But Jake kept calm. At home, Jake watched a lot of programmes about living in difficult situations. He remembered the advice from these programmes and knew that he should build a hole in the snow. He made a hole and pointed it up the hill so the wind couldn’t blow into it. Outside his hole, the temperature fell to a dangerous-15℃ that night, but inside it Jake was safe from the cold.

But he had to get down the mountain. The TV programmes always said,“ If you are lost, you should find someone else’ s tracks(足迹) through the snow and follow them.” “I wanted to live my life.” remembers Jake.“So I got up and I found some ski tracks and I followed those.” He walked and walked and finally he saw lights. Nine hours after he lost his ski, he found a team of worker who came to save him. He was safe!

His mum was very happy when she heard the news. Amazingly, Jake didn’t even have to go to hospital. He got through the terrible experience without any injuries.

So, the next time someone says that watching TV is a waste of time, think of Jake. Sometimes TV can save your life!

1.What was the most important decision Jake made for his safety？

A. To go skiing with his family in the USA.

B. To search for the ski that he had lost in the snow.

C. To take off his other ski and walk down the mountain.

D. To build a hole in the snow to keep himself warm.

2.What was the correct order in which these events happened

a. Jake made a hole in the snow.

b. Jake lost one of his skis.

c. Jake finally saw lights.

d.Jake skied with his family.

A. d-b-a-c          B. a-b-c-d       C. b-a-d-c         D. c-b-a-d

3.Facing the difficulties, Jake Denham was ___________________.

A. polite and hardworking              B. calm and clever

C. outgoing and helpful                D. warm and friendly

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.B

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：少年杰克在美国和他的家人一起滑雪时，他摔倒了，失去了他的一个滑雪板。他的家人不知道他发生了问题。他们继续滑雪。当面临困境时，杰克没有害怕慌张，而是非常的镇定，用自己知道的知识帮助自己摆脱困境，成功脱险。

1.D细节理解题。文章第三段说道，天黑下来，杰克知道自己可能会死于夜晚的低温，他想到他看过的电视节目中看到的求生方法。于是他在雪地里挖了个洞躲过了外面晚上的低温，顺利度过一夜，所以这对他的求生是至关重要的。所以选D。

2.A细节理解题。文章的顺序应该是，杰克先丢了他的滑雪板，在找滑雪板的时候迷路了，之后天黑了下来，杰克挖了一个洞度过了寒冷的夜晚，第二天沿着滑雪的轨道下了山，看到了灯光，跟着灯光找到了救援他的队伍，所以选A。

3.因此选B。

考点：故事类短文阅读。