Question

On a stormy day last August, Tim heard someone shouting. Looking at the sea carefully, he saw that two kids in a rowboat were being pulled out to sea.

Two 12-year-old boys, Christian and Jack, had rowed out in a boat to recover a football. Once they’d rowed beyond the calm waters, a beach umbrella tied to the boat caught the wind and pulled the boat into open water. The boys were terrified and tried to row back to shore. But they were no match for it and the boat was out of control.

Tim knew that it would soon be swallowed by the waves.

“Everything went quiet in my head,” Tim recalls. “I’m trying to figure out how to swim to the boys in a straight line.”

Tim took off his clothes and jumped into the water. Every 500 yards or so, he raised his head to judge his progress. “At one point, I considered turning back,” he says. “I wondered if I was putting my life at risk.” After 30 minutes of struggling, he was close enough to shout to the boys, “Take down the umbrella!”

“Let’s aim for the pier（码头）,” Jack said. Tim turned the boat toward it. Soon afterward, waves crashed over the boat, and it began to sink. “Can you swim?” he cried. “A little bit,” the boys said.

Once they were in the water, Tim decided it would be safer and faster for him to pull the boys toward the pier. Christian and Jack were wearing life jackets and floated on their backs. Tim swam toward land as water washed over the boys’ faces.

“Are we almost there?” they asked again and again. “Yes,” Tim told them each time.

After 30 minutes, they reached the pier.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。

1.When did the story happen?

A.On a holiday.     B. On a stormy day.

C. At a weekend.    D. After a football match.

2.What does the underlined word “recover” in the second paragraph mean in Chinese?

找回    B. 修补     C. 恢复      D. 盖上

3. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A.The water.     B. The boat.

C. The wind.   D. The umbrella.

4.Why did Tim raise his head regularly?

A.To check his distance from the boys.

B.To breathe more air.

C.To take a short break.

D.To make the two boys see him

5. What do you think of Tim?

A.Strong.        B. Proud.

C. Shy.        D. Brave.

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了Tim从海上救了两个孩子的故事。Christian和 Jack在海面上划着船去找回他们的足球，风太大，他们回不到岸上。Tim看见了，跳到水里去救他们。终于把他们救上了岸。

1. a stormy day last August,可知这个故事发生在去年八月一个暴风雨的一天，故选B。

2. rowed out in a boat可知他们在水面上划着船，因此是为了找回足球，故选A。

3. beach umbrella tied to the boat caught the wind and pulled the boat into open water.可知是大风把船吹到开阔的水面上，因此他们不是风的对手，故选C。

4. 500 yards or so, he raised his head to judge his progress.可知他每隔500码就抬起头是为了判断他的进展，看看与男孩的距离，故选A。

5. says. “I wondered if I was putting my life at risk.”可知他下水就这两个男孩有可能会使他失去生命，但是他还是坚持去救他们。故推断他是勇敢的，故选D。

考点：故事类短文阅读。