Question

Alexis, 17, sat quietly in the passenger seat of her dad’s car. She let her eyes lazily scan, the landscape for wildlife. Then a deer came into view about 200 yards in front of them. “Dad, there’s a deer there!” Alexis said. It was a male deer with sharp sntlers(角) on each side of its head.

As the car moved closer, Alexis saw that the deer’s head was bent toward the ground. Then she heard a scream and saw an arm fly up near the deer’s head. Alexis realized the deer was attacking a woman. Sue, a 44-year-old mother, had been out for her morning run. The deer followed her and edged closer. “I knew I was in trouble,” Sue says. She went to pick up a stick for self-defense, and the deer charged. It lifted her with its antlers and threw her into the air. Sue could feel blood flew down her leg. Within seconds, the deer had pushed her off the road.

When Alexis and her father pulled up, the deer was throwing Sue like a doll. Alexis looked into the woman’s terrified eyes, and before her father had even stopped the car, the teenager jumped quickly out of the car and ran toward the deer. “I was kicking it to get its attention,” she says. Then her father, who had followed his daughter, pushed the deer away from the women.

Alexis helped Sue into the car, and then applied a piece of cloth to Sue’s injured leg. “We’re going to get you to a hospital,” Alexis said. Then she heard her father shout loudly. He had been knocked to the ground. Alexis took hold of a hammer from the car and ran to where her father lay on his back. She beat the deer’s head and neck, but the blows didn’t scare it away. “I was losing faith,” she says. “A couple more strikes, Alexis,” said her father. “You can do it.” Turning the hammer around, Alexis closed her eyes and beat the deer’s neck with all her strength. When she opened her eyes, the deer was running away. Alexis got in the driver’s seat and sped toward the nearest hospital.

After Sue was treated, she tearfully thanked her rescuers. “You expect a teenage girl to get on the phone and call for help,” she says, “not to beat up a deer.”

1.What was Sue doing when she was attacked by the deer?

A. She was driving home.    B. She was resting on the road.

C. She was taking exercise.    D. She was feeding wild animals.

2.The underlined word “edged” in paragraph 2 probably means _________.

A. changed    B. cut

C. attacked    D. moved

3.What did Alexis do to save Sue?

A. She pushed the deer away.    B. She hit the deer with her feet.

C. She drove the car to hit the deer.    D. She beat the deer with a hammer.

4.Which of the following words can best describe Alexis?

A. Strong.    B. Cruel.

C. Energetic.    D. Brave.

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.D

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。文章介绍Sue被一头公鹿袭击，形势非常危险，Alexis和爸爸来救她，但是爸爸受了伤，失血严重，这时是Alexis用自己的勇气赶走了公鹿，救了Sue和她爸爸。

1.细节理解。根据第二段中的“Sue, a 44-year-old mother, had been out for her morning run．”可知答案，符合C 选项中的She was taking exercise．故选C。

2.词义猜测题。根据第二段中Alexis realized the deer was attacking a woman. Sue, a 44-year-old mother, had been out for her morning run. The deer followed her and edged closer.Alexis意识到那只鹿正在攻击一个女人。Sue，一个44岁的母亲，已经出去晨跑了。鹿跟着她，慢慢地靠近。由此推知划线词的意思是“移动”，故选D。

3.推理判断。根据文意可知，Alexis 跳出车去救Sue，用脚去踢凶猛的公鹿，并且在父亲被公鹿攻击时，用锤子和公鹿搏斗，可以看出Alexis 非常勇敢，故选B。

4.标题判断。纵观全文，整个故事讲述了Alexis 和父亲一起在野外开车时，遇到素不相识的Sue 被公鹿攻击，危急时刻，父女二人合力救出了Sue，并把她送到医院，故选D。