Question

He held the blazing(点燃) matches to a piece of wood. After a while, he became aware that he could smell his hands burning. Then he began to feel the pain. He opened his hands, and the blazing matches fell on to the snow. The flame went out in a puff of gray smoke.

   The man looked up. The dog was still watching him. The man got an idea. He would kill the dog and bury his hands inside its warm body. When the feeling came back to his fingers, he could build another fire. He called to the dog. The dog heard danger in the man's voice. It backed away.

   The man called again. This time the dog came closer. The man reached for his knife. But he had forgotten that he could not bend his fingers. He could not kill the dog, because he could not hold his knife.

   The fear of death came over the man. He jumped up and began to run. The running began to make him feel better. Maybe running would make his feet warm. If he ran far enough, he would reach his friends at Henderson Creek. They would take care of him.

   It felt strange to run and not feel his feet when they hit the ground. He fell several times. He decided to rest a while. As he lay in the snow, he noticed that he was not shaking. He could not feel his nose or fingers or feet. Yet, he was feeling quite warm and comfortable. He realized he was going to die. Well, he decided, he might as well take it like a man. There were worse ways to die. The man closed his eyes and floated into the most comfortable sleep he had ever known.

   The dog sat facing him, waiting. Finally, the dog moved closer to the man and caught the smell of death. The animal threw back its head. It let out a long, soft cry to the cold stars in the black sky.

   And then it tuned and ran toward Henderson Creek... where it knew there was food and a fire.

1.Put the following statements in the correct order.

① The thought to kill the dog occurred to the man.

② The man failed to build a fire.

③ The dog headed for Henderson Creek.

④ The man’s life came to an end.

⑤ The man tried to warm by running on his frozen feet.

A. ②①⑤④③                                                            B. ①②⑤③④

C. ①②③④⑤                                                             D. ②①⑤③④

2.Why did the dog back away from the man?

A. It never trusted human.                         B. It smelt food somewhere.

C. It sensed murderous atmosphere.               D. It caught sight of the knife..

3.What does the underlined word “it” mean in the 5th paragraph?

A. The dog.                                                           B. The weather.

C. The death.                                                             D. The cry.

4.It can be concluded from the passage that________.

A. Man can conquer nature.             B. the man tried hard to survive

C. the dog obeyed human beings .        D. the man met death without dignity.

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了一个男士在雪地里冻坏了，想尽各种方法来使自己取暖，当他生火失败后，又想起把狗杀了，可杀狗不成，自己为了活命，就开始奔跑，可是还没有到达他的朋友那里他就坚持不住了，最后他还是死去了。

1.细节理解题。根据The flame went out in a puff of gray smoke. The man got an idea. He would kill the dog and bury his hands inside its warm body. 那个人生活失败后，他突然萌生杀狗的想法，故排除BC；然后看④③的前后顺序，Finally, the dog moved closer to the man and caught the smell of death. And then it tuned and ran toward Henderson Creek 在那个人死后，狗才离开他向Henderson Creek 跑去，故排除D，应选A。

2.细节理解题。根据The dog heard danger in the man's voice.因为狗从那个人的声音里听出了危险，所以就跑开了，故选C。

3.词义猜测题。根据He realized he was going to die 可知他想自己快要死了，死也要像个男人，故选C。

4.推理判断题。根据The fear of death came over the man. He jumped up and began to run.这个人也在努力使自己活下来，故选B。

考点：故事类短文阅读。