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The scar ran down her leg from the knee to the ankle. She brushed her fingertips over its surface, remembering.

Jerry was only seven when he started surfing; by the age of eleven, he was positively incredible, moving over the face of big waves like there wasn’t even a slightest bit of efforts involved in.

On that day in Bah, though, the ocean had seemed strange. The waves broke like water in a washing machine, and the breaks had been heavy too, making it tough to tell whether it was better to try to catch one or to get out of its way. That was how he’d misjudged.

Ella had seen her brother lose control, his board was thrown out of the water riderless high into the air, but she hadn’t seen him surface. She’d waited for the space of a breath. Nothing. Something, clearly, was wrong.

She dashed into the water, swimming faster even than the competitions at school. Lung burning. Heart Piping-Focused.

She’d found him floating just beyond the reef (暗礁), face up but knocked out cold. Just as she was paddling the water hard, her leg was hurt by the reef, a short, sharp instant of pain.

No matter. She had kept Jerry’s head above water, swimming all the way back to shore. That day had been the worst, scariest moment in Jerry’s surfing career, which has seen him rise from a no-name kid who loved the ocean to a young star, winning competitions around the world.

For Ella, her life had changed as well. She had learned something about who she was, about what she could achieve. She ran her fingers again over the scar, the physical map of the person she had become.

1.Why did Ella think something was wrong?

A. She didn’t see Jerry come out of water.

B. She had not seen Jerry lose control before.

C. She saw Jerry’s board high into the air.

D. She noticed Jerry held his breath longer.

2.What does the underlined part “positively incredible” probably mean?

A. Terribly excited.    B. Extremely good.

C. Relatively young.    D. Hardly talented.

3.For Ella, the scar represents       .

A. her skill at saving lives    B. her discovery of self-value

C. her envy of her brother    D. her love for swimming career

4.What can be inferred from the text?

A. Ella was as outstanding an athlete as Jerry.

B. Jerry learned how to surf all by himself.

C. Ella was grateful for this terrible experience.

D. Jerry had his leg injured in the surfing accident.

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.B

4.C

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲了Ella在一次拯救Jerry的冲浪中受伤的事，从此事中Ella找到了自我价值。

1.细节理解题。根据句子but she hadn't seen him surface可知Ella没有看到Jerry露出水面，她觉得有不好的事情发生了。故选A。

2.词义猜测题。根据其后面的句子moving over the face of big waves like there wasn’t even a slightest bit of efforts involved in.可以猜测出positively incredible为“非常好”之意。故选B。

3.推理判断题。根据句子She had learned something about who she was，about what she could achieve可知这个疤痕让Ella发现了自我价值。故选B。

4.主旨大意题。短文虽然讲了Ella受伤了，但是她从中也学到了一些东西，因此她对这次可怕的经历是感恩的，故选C。