Question

Gwondo was a trainer of dogs. He would go out every day with his dogs, to teach them how to catch animals so all his tribe(部落) could eat.

Wherever Gwondo went, his tribe could see him away in the distance _______ his white hair would shine in the sunlight. The tribe _______ would say to their children, ＂See, there is Gwondo and his dogs, searching for food for us all.＂ Gwondo went out hunting every day and always came _______ with much food. And all were very happy.

Now Gwondo grew old and as all humans do, one day he died. The tribe felt sad and cried many days and many nights _______ one day the elders called to their children, ＂You have cried enough for Gwondo. Now it is time to _______ living. Go down to the beach and be happy.＂

The children ran down to the beach and looked out to sea. _______, they all looked at each other, then turned and ran back to their elders, _______, ＂Come quickly. Gwondo, he is back with us. He is out in the sea.＂ The elders hurried to the _______ and said, ＂Yes! It is Gwondo back! He is now a dolphin and lives in the sea.＂

Now whenever you see a group of dolphins in the sea, look for the big old dolphin. You will know him because he has a large white fin on _______ back. He is Gwondo and he is training the young dolphins to chase(追逐) ________ close to the beach so that his tribe can catch them.

Gwondo is known to all the tribes on the east coast of Australia. They call him their sea dog.

1.A. before    B. unless    C. because

2.A. elders    B. guards    C. teachers

3.A. down    B. out    C. back

4.A. after    B. as    C. until

5.A. depend on    B. give up    C. think about

6.A. Finally    B. However    C. Suddenly

7.A. explaining    B. warning    C. calling

8.A. hill    B. beach    C. forest

9.A. its    B. his    C. her

10.A. sheep    B. fish    C. dogs

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.C

5.C

6.C

7.C

8.B

9.B

10.B

【解析】

本篇文章难度适中，主要讲述Gwondo是一个训狗员，为整个部落捕获食物，他死后，他化作海豚，把鱼赶到海岸，让部落的人捕获，告诉我们一个道理，如果我们真心对待别人，别人也会真心对待我们。

1.句意“无论Gwondo去哪，他的部落的人都能远远地看到他，因为他的白头发在阳光下闪闪发光”。本题考查连词辨析。A.在……之前；B.除非；C.因为。根据句意可知，表示原因，故选C。

2.句意“部落的老人会对他们的孩子说，看Gwondo和他的狗为我们所有人找食物”。本题考查名词辨析。A.老人；B.警卫；C.老师。根据would say to their children可知，年长的人对他们的孩子说，故选A。

3.句意“Gwondo每天出去打猎并总能带回来许多食物”。本题考查动词短语辨析。A.come down下落、下降；B.come out出现，出版；C.come back回来。根据句意可知，表示“带着食物回来”，故选C。

4.句意“部落非常悲伤，哭了几天几夜，直到有一天，老者呼唤他们的孩子”。本题考查连词辨析。A.在……后；B.当；C.直到。根据句意可知，直到老者告诉孩子们，现在是时候考虑一下生活了，哭声才停止，故选C。

5.句意“是时候考虑一下生活了”。本题考查动词短语辨析。A.依赖，取决于；B.放弃；C.思考。根据文章可知，Gwondo去世后，没人给他们打猎了，所以他们要思考生活了，故选C。

6.句意“突然，他们相互看了看，然后转向跑向老者那里呼叫，快来，Gwondo回来了”。本题考查副词辨析。A.最后；B.然而；C.突然。根据句意可知，表示“突然”，故选C。

7.句意“突然，他们相互看了看，然后转向跑向老者那里呼叫，快来，Gwondo回来了”。本题考查动词辨析。A.解释；B.警告；C.呼叫。根据句意可知，他们呼喊着，故选C。

8.句意“老者们匆忙去向海滩并说，是的，Gwondo回来了，他现在是一只海豚，生活在海里”。本题考查名词辨析。A.山；B.海滩；C.树林。根据The children ran down to the beach and looked out to sea. 可知，孩子们跑到海滩，发现了Gwondo，所以人们呼唤老者去海滩。故选B。

9.句意“你将会知道那是他。因为他有大大的白色的鳍在他的背上”。本题考查代词辨析。A.它的；B.他的；C.她的。根据句意可知，本文使用拟人手法，将海豚比作他，所以指“他的背上”，故选B。

10.句意“他是Gwondo，他正在训练小海豚将鱼追到海滩附近，为的是让部落抓到他们”。本题考查名词辨析。A.羊；B.鱼；C.狗。根据句意可知，海豚在水里，将鱼赶到海滩边，故选B。