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“We leave at dawn and head out overland by jeep towards Base One. We will get as far as we can before proceeding on foot,” Mark explained. The others sat and listened. Sarah, particularly, as a “casualty of events”, wouldn't have known what to say or suggest even if she’d been asked. But Harry had a lot to say.

“We'll never make it,” he protested(抗议). “We'll still be crossing the desert when they catch up with us. They’ll know where we’re heading for and they seem to know every move we make or are going to make.”

Mark said nothing, but spread his hands out as if to say “Well, what do we do then?” “We wouldn’t be in this mess now,” Harry went on, almost ignoring Mark’s gesture, “if we hadn't stopped to rescue Sarah.”( He glanced at her briefly.) “But since we did, we must get on—but not across the desert. There is the sand, and deep ravines (沟壑) which are almost invisible until you’re right on them and then the heat. You have to be used to going out there, and none of us is. This is no ‘morning at leisure’ on some pleasant holiday, you know! If we went north instead and made for the river,…"

He broke off and looked around at the others, feeling somehow that his argument was pointless. No one said anything.

“Good,” said Mark, look around with authority, and returned to checking their stores.

A beautiful sunrise was about to burst over the horizon as the jeep headed out towards Base One.

1.What can we know about the group of people?

A. They were being trained.

B. They were doing research.

C. They were on holiday.

D. They were being hunted.

2.What’s Mark’s plan?

A. To drive across the desert.

B. To make for the river on foot.

C. To drive as far as possible and then walk.

D. To leave before dawn and leave Sarah behind.

3.Why did Harry think that they should make for the river?

A. The journey would be more pleasant.

B. A river trip would be much safer.

C. The desert heat would kill them.

D. He knew the road leading north.

4.What can be inferred from the passage?

A. The group accepted Harry’s plan.

B. Mark was the leaders in the action.

C. They wanted to see the sunrise.

D. They had no other choice but to wait.

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.C

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述的是一群被追杀的人，Mark是他们的领导，他计划尽可能开远点，然后步行，穿过沙漠。

1. 推理判断题。根据第二段They’ll know where we’re heading for and they'll simply follow us and kill us out there in the desert with no one to see.可知，他们在被追杀。故选D。

2. 细节理解题。根据第一段We’ll get as far as we can before proceeding on foot可知，Mark计划尽可能开远点，然后步行。故选C。

3. 细节理解题。根据第三段There’s the sand, and deep ravines(沟壑) which are almost invisible until you’re right on them－and then the heat．You have to be used to going out there, and none of us is. This is no “morning at leisure” on some pleasant holiday.可知，沙漠的热将会杀死他们。故选C。

4. 推理判断题。从第五段“Good,”said Mark, looking around with authority以及文章开头提到Mark的计划，可知Mark是他们的领导。故选B。

【名师点拨】

推理判断题要求在理解原文表面文字信息的基础上，做出一定的推理判断，从而得到文章的隐含意义和深层意义。推理判断题所涉及的内容可能是文中的某一句话，也可能是某几句话，所以，推理题的答案只能是根据原文表面文字信息一步推出的答案：即对原文某一句话或某几句话所作的同义改写或综合。推理判断题的题干中通常含infer,suggest,imply,conclude indicate等标志性词语。 这种题型主要包括细节判断题、态度观点推断题、写作意图推断题、文章出处判断题和猜测想象推断题。5.

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