Question

There are many places to go on safari in Africa, but riding a horse through the flooded waters of Botswana's Okavango Delta must rank as one of the world's most exciting wildlife journeys.

Several safari camps operate as the base for this adventure, providing unique rides twice a day to explore deep into the delta. The camps have excellent horses, professional guides and lots of support workers. They have a reputation for providing a great riding experience.

The morning ride, when the guides take you to beautiful, shallow lakes full of water lilies, tends to be more active. It is unlike any other riding experience. With rainbows forming in the splashing water around you and the sound of huge drops of water bouncing off your body and face. It is truly exciting. You are very likely to come across large wild animals, too. On horseback it is possible to get quite close to elephants, giraffes and many other animals. The sense of excitement and tension levels rise suddenly though, as does your heart rate, as you move closer to them.

In the evening, rides are usually at a more relaxed and unhurried pace. With golden light streaming across the grassy delta and the animals coming out to eat and drink. Sedate though they are, rides at this time of day are still very impressive. As the sun's rays pass through the dust kicked up by the horses, the romance of Africa comes to life.

Back at the camp you can kick off your boots and enjoy excellent food and wine. Looking back on your day, you will find it hard to deny that a horseback Safari is as close as you will ever come to answering the call of the wild.

1.What does the underlined word “They” (in Para 2) refer to?

A. Flooded waters    B. Wildlife journey

C. Unique rides      D. Safari camps

2.What does the author find most exciting about a horse safari?

A. Seeing and feeling the real African life.

B. Enjoying good food and wine at the camp.

C. Being part of the scene and getting close to animals.

D. Hunting large animals just as our ancestors did.

3.What does the underlined word “sedate”(in Para 4) probably mean?

A. Slow and peaceful      B. Wild and romantic

C. Hurry and thirsty      D. Active and excited

4.The author introduced the riding experience in the Okavango Delta mainly by ___.

A. following space order     B. making classifications

C.following time order      D. giving examples

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文属于说明文，介绍了在非洲进行的观赏野生动物的野营项目的有关内容。

1.D代词指代题。根据第二段第二句The camps have excellent horses, professional guides and lots of support workers. They have a reputation for providing a great riding experience.这些营地里有优秀的马，专业的向导和很多工作人员，他们能够提供非常好的驾乘体验的名誉。可知此处的they就是指代前句中的the camps。故D正确。

2.C细节推断题。根据文中第二段中 “The camps have excellent horses,”和第三段中 “ With rainbows forming in the splashing water around you and the sound of huge drops of water bouncing off your body and face.” 由文章中提到了马和溪水等物体，可知我们可以靠近这些动物。所以此处选C。

3.A根据文中第四段中主旨句 “In the evening, rides are usually at a more relaxed and unhurried pace.” 又因为句中有词though可知此处要选原文中“relaxed”和 “unhurried” 的反义词，可知此处选A，C 选项中“thirsty”未在原文中提及。

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【名师点睛】

本文5.

①返回原文，找出出题的指代词。

②向上搜索，找最近的名词、名词性短语或句子（先从最近点开始找，找不到再找次近的，一般答案不会离得太远）。

③将找到的词、词组或句子的意思代入替换该指代词，看其意思是否通顺。

④将找到的词、词组或句子与四个选项进行比较，找出最佳答案。

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