Question

After the Earthquake had stopped, when the rescuers reached the ruins of a young woman’s house, they saw her dead body through the cracks. But her pose was somehow strange that she knelt on her knees like a person was worshipping(礼拜); her body was learning forward, and her two hands were supported by an object. The collapsed house had crashed her back and her head.

With so many difficulties, the leader of the rescue team put his hand through a narrow gap on the wall to reach the woman’s body. He was hoping that this woman could be still alive. However, the cold and stiff body told him that she had passed away for sure.

He and the rest of the team left this house and were going to search the next collapsed building. For some reasons, the team leader was driven by a compelling force to go back to the ruined house of the dead woman. Again, he knelt down and used his hand through the narrow cracks to search the little space under the dead body. Suddenly, he screamed with excitement, “A child! There is a child!”

The whole team worked together; carefully they removed the piles of ruined objects around the dead woman. There was a 3-month-old little boy wrapped in a flowery blanket under his mother’s dead body. Obviously, the woman had made a sacrifice for saving her son. When her house was falling, she used her body to make a cover to protect her son. The little boy was still sleeping peacefully when the team leader picked him up.

The medical doctor came quickly to examine the little boy. After he opened the blanket, he saw a cell phone. There was a text message on the screen. It said, “If you can survive, you must remember that I love you.” This cell phone was passed around from one hand to another. Everybody that read the message wept. “If you can survive, you must remember that I love you.” Such is the mother’s love for her child!

1.Why did the leader of the rescue team decide to leave the house?

A. He didn’t notice the woman.

B. He knew she was dead.

C. He left to ask for help.

D. The gap was too narrow for his hand to get through.

2.The reason why the woman died in such a strange pose was that___________.

A. she tried to protect her baby with her own body

B. the earthquake happened when she was worshipping

C. her knees were severely injured

D. her hands were supported by an object

3.What can be the best title for the passage?

A. A strange pose in the ruins

B. A mother’s love in the ruins

C. A rescue team’s struggle

D. A heart-breaking scene

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.B

【解析】本文为记叙文。文章记叙了地震后，救援队的一次搜救过程中，在一片废墟下发现了一名身体呈礼拜姿势的年轻母亲，年轻的母亲已经死去了，但是正是她用这种姿势为她三个月的孩子挡住了倒塌的房屋，拯救了孩子的生命。

1.推理判断题。根据第二段中的However, the cold and stiff body told him that she had passed away for sure.及第三段中的He and the rest of the team left this house and were going to search the next collapsed building.可推知，救援队离开房子的原因是救援队队长确定这名年轻女子已经死亡了。故选B。

2.推理判断题。根据第四段的描述可推知，这名女子死亡时呈现那样奇怪姿势的原因是她努力用自己的身体去保护她的孩子。故选A。

3.主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要讲述了在地震中，一位母亲用生命拯救自己孩子的故事，也诠释了母爱的伟大。所以B项“废墟中的母爱”适合作本文最佳标题。故选B。