Question

    He was the only gray cub(狼崽) of the she-wolf. The other cubs had red in their hair. He was gray like his father. He was the strongest cub. He showed more anger than his brothers and sisters.

He made more noises.

He was a carnivorous animal. He came of a breed of meat-killers and meat-eaters. His father and mother lived wholly upon meat. In his first months of life, he lived on mother’s milk, which was transformed directly from meat. And now, at a month old, when his eyes had been open for but a week, he was beginning himself to eat meat. 

There came a time when there was no meat. For many days the cubs did not eat. They were too weak and tired to play. One-Eye, the cub’s father, was killed in the fight over food. Even the she-wolf left the cave to find meat, but there was nothing. One by one, the cubs died. Only the she-wolf and the gray cub were left.

One day the gray cub ran out of the cave to hunt for his own food. He met a weasel（黄鼠狼）of his size. The rat-like animal ran at him and bit his throat. He was nearly dead when the she-wolf arrived just in time to kill and eat it.

The gray cub was not good at hunting yet, and still needed food from his mother. One day, the she-wolf brought him a lynx（猞猁）kitten. While eating, he heard great noise. The kitten’s mother had followed the she-wolf here. The she-wolf and the she-lynx started to fight, and they would fight to the death.          The bite was enough to give the she-wolf the chance she needed. The lynx was dead, but the she-wolf was badly hurt. For a week, she did not move. The gray cub had to find food for both of them.

Without his mother to take care of him, he learnt what life was about. Without meat there was no life. Animals had to eat other animals to survive. The law was: EAT OR BE EATEN.

(—Taken from White Fang)

1.What does the underlined word “carnivorous” mean?

A.Meat-eating. B.Grass-eating. C.Proud. D.Dangerous.

2.Which of the following can prove the law of meat?

A.The gray cub was the strongest cub.

B.The gray cub made more noises.

C.The she-lynx fought against the she-wolf.

D.The gray cub was gray like his father, One-Eye.

3.Which sentence should go in the empty box in Paragraph 5?

A.Wolves live only on meat.

B.He ran forward and bit one of her legs.

C.Soon he was losing a lot of blood.

D.He could not stop the lynx from biting him.

4.After reading the passage, we can infer (推断) _______.

A.The cub’s brothers and sisters died of hunger.

B.One-Eye, the father died from a fight for meat

C.Life was easy for the she-wolf and the gray cub.

D.The she-wolf came in time to kill and eat the weasel.

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.A

【解析】

短文是一篇故事，通过讲述动物捕食，阐释了肉的定律，动物必须吃其他动物才能生存。法律是：要么吃要么被吃掉。

1.

词义猜测题，Meat-eating.吃肉；Grass-eating.吃草；Proud.骄傲；Dangerous险恶，根据“He came of a breed of meat-killers and meat-eaters. His father and mother lived wholly upon meat.他出身于杀肉者和食肉者的后代。他的父亲和母亲完全靠吃肉为生。”，可知应该是说的是肉食动物，故选A。

2.

细节推理题，题干问的是“下列哪一项能证明肉的定律？”，根据“Without meat there was no life. Animals had to eat other animals to survive. The law was: EAT OR BE EATEN.没有肉就没有生命。动物必须吃其他动物才能生存。法律是：要么吃要么被吃掉。”，可知选项C The she-lynx fought against the she-wolf. 母山猫与母狼搏斗。符合，故选C。

3.

细节理解题，根据第五段中“The bite was enough to give the she-wolf the chance she needed.咬了一口就足以给母狼一个她需要的机会。”，再结合选项B. He ran forward and bit one of her legs. 他跑上前去咬了她的一条腿。符合前后文逻辑，跑过去咬了一口以给母狼机会，故选B。

4.

细节推理题，根据“One-Eye, the cub’s father, was killed in the fight over food. Even the she-wolf left the cave to find meat, but there was nothing. One by one, the cubs died. Only the she-wolf and the gray cub were left.这只幼崽的父亲“一只眼”在争夺食物的战斗中丧生。就连母狼也离开洞穴去找肉，但是什么也没有。幼崽一个接一个地死去。只剩下母狼和灰熊了。”，可知这只幼崽的兄弟姐妹死于饥饿。故选A。