Question

Choose the best answer（根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案):

When the plane arrived on Prince Edward Island in Canada, the snow was thick on the ground as they’d had about 100cm in 24 hours. That amount of snow was unusual for the island but I didn’t know that so I wasn’t worried. It didn’t look much thicker than snow I’d seen in Scotland. I was going to visit my friend, Chris, and he’d warned me it would be very cold and snowy. In fact I was feeling too warm as I had too many clothes on.

Chris met me in his car and we were quite near his house, which was only five kilometers from the airport, when we got stuck in the snow. So we phoned the road rescue services and a man and a truck arrived. He said we were the fifth car he’d pulled out of the snow that evening. He started the engine and he’d almost pulled us out ... Only to find that the truck had brought a whole pile of snow down from the sides of the road onto both vehicles and the truck was stuck too. He phoned to get an even larger truck to come and rescue us all. In the end it did!

Chris turned off the engine and we sat in the car to wait for the second truck to pull us out. I suggested he might keep the engine running so we could stay warm. He pointed out that the gas gauge was showing nearly empty and he was worried that we still had to get to his house. We finally arrived at his house at 4.30 in the morning -five hours after leaving the airport.

1.When she got off the plane, the writer ______.

A. was afraid about the journey she had to make

B. was excited at seeing so much snow

C. realized the weather was colder than she expected

D. thought the snow wasn’t a problem for her

2.Why didn't the first truck get them out of the snow?

A. Its engine wasn’t strong enough. B. The driver was not experienced enough.

C. It knocked more snow on top of the car. D. It couldn’t get close enough to the car.

3.What does the underlined part ‘it did’ refer to?

A. A larger truck came to help us. B. The truck pulled our car out.

C. Someone answered the phone. D. The first truck got stuck.

4.What was Chris worried about while they were waiting?

A. The truck might not be able to find them. B. It was midnight and they might get too cold.

C. The car engine might not start again. D. They might not have enough gas to get home.

5.Why do you think the author wrote this piece?

A. To give advice about driving in the snow. B. To describe an event that happened to her.

C. To give thanks to Chris and truck drivers. D. To suggest a visit to Prince Edward Island.

6.Which of these postcards would the writer send the next day?

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.B

6.B

【解析】

试题分析：短文描述的是作者在下雪天去看望好友的一段曲折经历，作者的小汽车被困在雪地里，前后共有两辆卡车才把他们救出来，从机场到目的地5公里的路程却走了5 个小时。

1.D细节理解题。根据短文中的句子“That amount of snow was unusual for the island but I didn’t know that so I wasn’t worried. It didn’t look much thicker than snow I’d seen in Scotland.”可知，作者认为这里的积雪还没有在苏格兰见到的厚，打算去看望自己的一位朋友，因此雪对她来说并不是问题。故答案为D。

2.C 细节理解题。根据短文中的句子“He started the engine and he’d almost pulled us out ... Only to find that the truck had brought a whole pile of snow down from the sides of the road onto both vehicles and the truck was stuck too.”可知，卡车把大量的积雪带进来，小汽车连同卡车都被困在那里，答案为C。

3.A 词意猜测题。根据前文中的句子“He phoned to get an even larger truck to come and rescue us all”打电话请求更大的一辆卡车前来支援，可知划线部分是指卡车前来支援这件事情，答案为A。

4.D细节理解题。根据短文中的句子“He pointed out that the gas gauge was showing nearly empty and he was worried that we still had to get to his house.”可知，油表显示快没有油了，他们可能没有足够的汽油回家。故答案为D。

5.B细节判断题。短文描述的是作者在下雪天去看望好友的一段曲折经历，故答案B最切题。

6.细节推理题。根据短文大意可知，作者的小汽车被困在雪地里，前来救援的第二辆大型卡车才把小汽车脱了上来。故答案为B。

考点：故事类短文阅读。