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    Alone in the wilderness. Nothing but jungle. A word of shadow with the rays of light falling like blonde hair from the crowns of the giant trees. Jungle in the middy sun. Everything motionless. Not a sound from sky or earth. Complete silence. Only some coconuts falling, very far away. The world reduced to the soft touch of cool grass along my naked back, and a sweet smell of rich soil and vegetation. Lying with closed eyes beside my heavy fruit and firewood, I enjoyed the feeling of fresh blood streaming through every part of my body and fresh jungle air filling every corner of my body.

Resting motionless, I could see the sun through my closed eyelids, alone in the sky, as lonely as I, and as motionless and silent as everything else. The earth had surely stopped turning and somewhere on this planet there was supposed to be noisy traffic in busy streets. What a crazy, unbelievable thought!

Another coconut fell, to make the world come to a complete standstill. I had to roll over onto my stomach to feel that at least I could move and make noises. Then I found company (陪伴). A little brown ant was struggling (挣扎) to find its way with a bit of dry straw (草) through the jungle of leaves and grass below my nose. I wondered if I could give the little fellow a lift with its burden (重负), but it showed not the slightest sign of tiredness and struggled on with all six legs, head first or head last, waving its feelers energetically as if the trip had just started. Who ever saw a tired ant? Tiredness, disagreeable tiredness, is impossible to hunted animals, slaves and modern man. It is as great an effort for an office to walk five blocks with a heavy brief-case as it is for a farmer to cross a valley with a goat on his back. It is as hard to get up and climb or run when you have been seated for years as it is to get up and walk when you have been in bed for months. The body is strange. Spare it, and you get really tired for almost nothing; use it, and almost nothing makes you really tired.

I rose to my feet. I had heard a horse neighing down in the valley. Above me, on the open highland places, there were wild horses. But down in the valley there was never a horse if there wasn't a man on it. Somebody was making his way up the valley and my wife was alone.

1.What's the right order of the following events?

① I heard a horse neighing down in the valley.

② I went to the jungle.

③ I found an ant carrying a bit of dry straw.

④ I lay on the ground to have a break.

⑤ I picked fruits and chopped firewood.

A.②③⑤①④ B.⑤③②④① C.②⑤④③① D.⑤④③②①

2.How does the author feel about the ant?

A.He admired its behavior toward work.

B.He was amazed at its tireless efforts.

C.He had pity on the little ant.

D.He was happy to have its company.

3.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that the writer would probably _____ .

A.work harder than before B.talk to the man on the horse

C.make his way home D.stay in the valley to enjoy the beautiful view

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.C

【解析】

本文讲述了作者在去树林采摘水果、收集柴火后躺在树林中休息，听着森林中偶尔掉落的椰子，独自感受着正午静谧的世界，享受着思想和身体的放松。然而这时作者感到了一只蚂蚁爬过，看着蚂蚁的辛勤，作者不由自主得对蚂蚁心生敬佩之情。

1.细节理解题。作者在文章开头采用倒序的手法描写了自己在树林中休息的情况，提到了自己身边采摘的水果和柴火，由此判断作者是先去灌木丛中劳动，然后才去休息，根据首尾定位法可知B，D选项错误，再根据文章未段察觉到有马在山谷里奔跑的声音，故选C。

2.细节理解题。根据“…Who ever saw a tired ant”可知谁见过一只疲惫的蚂蚁，可推测出他赞赏它对待工作的态度，故选A。

3.推理判断题。从文章第二段“Stretched out with closed eyes beside my heavy burden of frui tand firewood”可知作者是劳动后在休息，再由文章末段“Somebody was making his way up the valley and my wife was alone.”可以推断作者认为有人上山来了，而他妻子一人在家，所以出于对妻子安全的考虑，作者很可能会回家，故选C。