Question

Campers Gene and Marie Marsden took pride in being good citizens when in the wild. While driving miles to the Green River Lakes area, they taught their children what they had learned in the bear safety handbook put out by the Bridger-Teton Forest Service.

Mr. and Mrs. Marsden did their best to keep a tidy camp. As the handbook had said to hang all food at least ten feet off the ground and four feet out from the trees, they did that and locked their food in their trailer(拖车) at night. It was already dark when they went to bed, but they perused the campsite with flashlights, making sure nothing was left out. Following the bear book’s advice, they slept a hundred yards from where they cooked their food, and kept the car near their tents, separated from the trailer, which they left up at the other camp.

The Marsdens liked having their dog Spike on guard. But on the first night, Spike would not stop barking. When Marie Marsden pulled the tent open and shone her flashlight, she saw a young bear.

They all piled into the car and drove quickly down the path, calling out of the window to Spike and abandoning the trailer. They drove to a pay phone and called a Fish and Game Department guard, who identified the bear by the white ring of the fur the Marsdens had seen around his neck. The authorities informed the Marsdens that the bear was a young male that they’d been keeping an eye on.

The next morning, the Marsdens heard helicopters circling over the mountain and wondered if it might have something to do with the bear.

After spending the night in the public campground, they drove back to their site. Wandering the area in search of clues, Marie came to a stop below a tall tree. She slapped her head and shouted, “Oh no!”

“What is it?” Gene asked.

Marie pointed at the ground where Spike’s dog food bowl lay upside down.

A week after their return home, the Marsdens read the headline in their local paper. “Bear Killed in Wind Rivers.” According to the article, the Fish and Game Department had shot the young bear because, having been rewarded for invading(侵入) a human campsite, it would likely to do so again.

The Marsdens knew they had been lucky in the encounter, yet much to their shame and sadness, they also knew that the bear had not.

1.What do we know about the Marsdens?

A. They went to the wild to watch the bear.

B. They did what the bear safety handbook had said.

C. They were the first people to trap the bear.

D. They abandoned their dog on seeing the bear.

2.The underlined work “perused” in Paragraph 2 means __________.

A. examinedB. decoratedC. foundD. clean

3.Who is mostly to blame for the bear’s death according to the writer?

A. The bear.

B. The Bridger-Teton Forest Service.

C. The Fish and Game Department.

D. The Marsdens.

4.Where does this text most probably come from?

A. A study on habits of bears in the Western mountains.

B. A scientific report on human-bear relationships.

C. A human interest article in a camping magazine.

D. A handbook on bear’s living habits.

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了一对夫妇在野外游历，但在一次看到熊之后，向相关部门报告了情况，导致熊被射杀的故事。

1. 细节理解题。根据第一段第二句they taught their children what they had learned in the bear safety handbook put out by the Bridger-Teton Forest Service.可知，Marsden夫妇做了熊安全手册所说的。故选B。

2. 词义猜测题。根据第二段中with flashlights, making sure nothing was left out.可知，用手电筒检查，确保没有被遗漏。故推知划线单词的意思是“检查”，故选A。

3. 推理判断题。根据最后一段The Marsdens knew they had been lucky in the encounter, yet much to their shame and sadness, they also knew that the bear had not.（Marsden夫妇在遭遇中是幸运的，然而，使他们羞愧和伤心的是，他们也知道熊没有那么幸运。）可推知，熊的死最主要是Marsden夫妇造成的。故选D。

4. 推理判断题。根据文章第一段第一句Campers Gene and Marie Marsden took pride in being good citizens when in the wild. 露营者Gene and Marie Marsden以成为荒野中的好公民而自豪，故推知这篇文章最有可能来自“关于野营杂志中的文章”。故选C。

【学法指导】

做猜测词义题时，最常见的就是利用上下文语境、常识和语法关系推断词义。抓住所需推断词汇前后的“mean”或系动词或破折号等直接定义该词的部分。5.with flashlights, making sure nothing was left out.可知用手电筒检查，确保没有被遗漏。可知划线单词的意思是“检查”，故选A。

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