Question

    Ned wanted to escape (逃跑) from the Nautilus while we were in the Mediterranean. However, he had no chance. The submarine (潜水艇) mostly stayed deep under the water.

Between Sicily and Gibraltar, I saw many shipwrecks. Some of them were very old. Others were more recent. I thought about all the bad memories that these shipwrecks had brought to people. So many men had died! As it surfaced, I wondered where it would go next on this strange journey.

Ned Land came to my room. “Tonight!” he said. “Tonight?” I was not ready for this. “Tonight,” he repeated, “we are a few miles off the Spanish coast. It will be dark, and the wind is blowing in the right direction. You agreed, Dr. Aronnax, to escape with me. Remember your promise!” I said nothing. “At nine o’clock,” continued Ned Land, “I will go to the staircase with Conseil. You will wait in the library for our signal.” “The sea is far from calm,” I said. “Yes, but if we don’t go tonight, we will soon be too far from land!” I knew he was right.

At seven o’clock, I was so nervous that I felt sick. Only two hours to go! As I looked around, I saw that Captain Nemo’s bedroom door was open. The room was empty. I saw pictures of famous liberators like Abraham Lincoln and John Brown on the walls. Was Captain Nemo a liberator, too?

It was eight o’clock. I dressed in my waterproof clothes and boots and went to the dark library. I waited for Ned’s signal. Just then, the engines stopped and came to rest on the ocean floor.

The library door opened, and Captain Nemo entered. He told me that we were in Vigo Bay. A Spanish commander had burned his own ships there in 1702 to prevent the British Navy from taking a great deal of gold they were carrying. He took me to the window. The people working on the Nautilus were bringing the gold to the submarine. Now, I knew how Captain Nemo had become so rich.

“But of what use is all this gold to you?” I asked.

“It is of no use to me!” he replied, “but it can help people who are oppressed ( 受 压 迫 的 ).” He stopped. Perhaps he thought he had said too much. However, I now understood what those liberators meant to him.

Ned Land came to my room the next morning. “We were unlucky,” he said, “the Nautilus stopped just as we were about to escape. Perhaps we can try again tonight.” Early in the afternoon, the Nautilus surfaced. We went onto the board, but the land was already out of sight. Escape was impossible now.

1.According to the passage, a “liberator” is a person who _______.

A.works as a national leader B.works to free others

C.works to find hidden treasure D.works in the library

2.Which of the following shows the right order of the story?

①The submarine passed many shipwrecks.

②The Nautilus moved away from Spanish coast.

③Captain Nemo knew the secret of the gold in Vigo Bay.

④Ned told Dr. Aronnax about the plan to escape.

A.③①④② B.①④③② C.③①②④ D.①④②③

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A.Captain Nemo helped people by getting gold from a Spanish commander.

B.Dr. Aronnax wasn’t willing to get away from the submarine Nautilus at all.

C.Sailing on the ocean must be dangerous and caused a large number of deaths.

D.Ned Land had got everything ready before he wanted to escape that night.

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

【解析】

短文大意：本文是故事类阅读，介绍了尼摩船长带领Aronnax博士等人的逃离故事。

1.

题意：根据文章，“liberator”是为解放他人而工作的人。考查词义理解。A. 作为国家领导人工作；B. 为解放他人工作；C. 寻找隐藏的宝藏；D. 在图书馆工作。根据照片人物Abraham Lincoln and John Brown（亚伯拉罕·林肯和约翰·布朗），结合尼摩船长说的话“but it can help people who are oppressed但它（金子）可以帮助那些受压迫的人”，可知liberator从事的是解放受压迫的人的工作，works to free others符合句意，故选B。

2.

题意：下面哪个选项显示了故事的正确顺序？考查细节排序。①潜艇通过许多沉船。②Nautilus离开西班牙海岸。③尼摩船长知道黄金在维哥湾的秘密。④Ned告诉Aronnax博士逃跑的计划。根据短文内容，先是Between Sicily and Gibraltar, I saw many shipwrecks（在西西里岛和直布罗陀之间，我看到了许多失事的船只）①，然后Ned Land came to my room（尼德-兰到我房里来）说了逃跑计划④，不久在Vigo Bay（维哥湾）He took me to the window. The people working on the Nautilus were bringing the gold to the submarine（他把我带到窗前。在诺第留斯号上工作的人正在把金子送到潜水艇里），可知他一直知道黄金在维哥湾的秘密（也就是说通过许多沉船之前就知道③），最后诺第留斯号离开了西班牙海岸②。可知③①④②顺序正确，故选A。

3.

题意：我们可以从文章中了解到什么？考查细节判断。A. 尼摩船长帮助人们从一位西班牙指挥官那里得到了黄金；根据“A Spanish commander had burned his own ships there in 1702 to prevent the British Navy from taking a great deal of gold they were carrying”可知说法错误。B. 阿龙纳斯先生一点也不愿意离开诺第留斯号潜水艇；根据“You agreed, Dr. Aronnax, to escape with me”可知说法错误。C. 在海洋上航行肯定是危险的，并且造成了大量的死亡；根据“The submarine mostly stayed deep under the water”可知说法错误。D. 尼德·兰在那天晚上想逃走之前，已经把一切都准备好了；根据文中Ned告诉阿奈克斯博士逃跑的计划和在维哥湾转移黄金等事可知说法正确。综合以上分析，故选D。