Question

Treetops, the hotel in the trees, are famous in the world. People know little about Kenya, but they know of Treetops. When King George VI died, Princess Elizabeth was staying on the Treetops, and when she came down from there, “She succeeded him as the queen of the country”.

The hotel is in the middle of the forest, and it shows the pleasure of Africa. When you visit it, you will be sent into the heart of the forest by hotel buses, and then a guide, with a gun to protect you against big game, will go with you to the Treetops. Before and after dinner, for the whole night if you wish, you can sit on the corridor(走廊), watching animals come to the water pool. The earliest hotel Treetops was built round a large tree on the opposite side of the water, but that was destroyed by fire and the new hotel Treetops, which is built round several trees, is much bigger.

The dining room at Treetops is small, and the waiters cannot walk round to serve guests, so a clever “railway service” has been invented. Guests take their food as it passes slowly in front of them, along a line in the center of the table.

There are many animals around the Treetops. When you visit them, you can see:

---Animals and their babies are waiting to greet the guests.

---Animals, enjoying the Treetops pool in the daylight.

---A long bodied, long ring tailed very active cat-like animal is a special one coming out at night. He hunts and eats anything he can catch and is very destructive. He lives in the trees at Treetops. He comes for his food every evening. Do not get too near to him, as his teeth and claws（爪）can do you harm. These animals can be trained and become lovely pets.

1.The underlined word “succeeded” in Paragraph 1 probably means “_________”.

A. did what she was trying to do

B. gained her purpose

C. replaced someone in an important position

D. completed an easy task

2.According to the third paragraph, “railway service” actually refers to __________.

A. the service provided at the railway station

B. the supply of food on the train

C. the service provided along the railway

D. the supply of food along a moving line

3.Which of the following statements about “the cat-like animal” is WRONG?

A. It comes for food only at night.

B. It lives in the trees at Treetops.

C. Its teeth and claws can do people harm.

D. It can catch any other animal in the forest.

4.We can learn from the text that the guests _________.

A. will be protected by a guide in the forest

B. can play with the cat-like animals

C. can have parties in the dinning room

D. could not sit on the corridor at night

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.D

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：文章介绍了著名的酒店“Treetops”。酒店位于森林的中心地带，需要乘坐专用汽车前往。在森林中，会有向导保护游客的安全。

1.as the queen of the country”可知，伊丽莎白公主取代了他成为了一国之主，故选C。

2.Guests take their food as it passes slowly in front of them, along a line in the center of the table.”可知，由于餐厅太小，服务员无法来回走动上菜，于是一种像流水线一样的上菜服务被发明了，食物从客人面前经过，人们可以挑选自己喜欢的食物，故选D。

3.He hunts and eats anything he can catch”可知，它猎食任何能捕捉到的动物，并非能够捕猎到所有其它的动物，故选D。

4.and then a guide, with a gun to protect you against big game, will go with you to the Treetops...you can sit on the corridor(走廊), ”可知，会有一位向导护送游客进入酒店，A项正确；游客可以坐在走廊上观看动物，排除D；根据最后一段“Do not get too near to him, as his teeth and claws（爪）can do you harm.”可知，B项错误；根据第三段“The dining room at Treetops is small”可知，餐厅很小，不能举办聚会，排除C，故选A。

考点：自然类短文阅读