Question

    Mike and Dick work in the same office. They don't like the cold weather. And one day they decided to take their holiday in Australia. Their plane arrived in Sydney at nine in the morning. They had a good rest in a hotel. The next morning they rented a car in the city and began their travel. A few hours later,the sun was shining in the sky and there were no shade trees beside afraid and stopped swimming. Dick asked loudly,“Is it true that there aren’t any sharks in the river?” “ Yes,sir”’said the boy ,“There’re a lot of crocodiles in the water. All the sharks have swum away!”the road. It was so hot that they could hardly go on driving. They had to stop to look around. Mike found a river about half a kilometer away from them. They were both very happy and drove the car quickly. Soon they got to the river. Before they jumped into the water,Dick saw a buy [Maying under a big tree. He asked, “Are there any sharks in the river,boy?” “No,there aren’t,” answered he boy. So they began to swim in the river. After a while,Dick felt something hit against his leg. He told Mike about it. They were

根据短文内容，回答问题。

1.When did they arrive in Sydney?

2. What was the weather like the next day?

3. What did they do in the river?

4. A shark hit Dick's leg,didn't it?

5. Why weren't there any sharks in the river?

Answer 1

导读

本文讲述了 Mike和Dick去旅游的经历。

Mike和Dick 不喜欢待在寒冷的地方，他们乘飞机去了正值炎热天气的悉 尼，在游泳的过程中，Dick感觉有东西撞到了他，当他从一个 男孩的口中了解到这里没有鲨鱼时，才松了一 口气。

详析

1. At nine in the morning. 由第四句 at nine in the morning

可知，他们的飞机是早上九点钟到的。

2. It was sunny and hot. 由文章中的 “ The next morning.... the sun was shining in the sky... It was so hot.可知，第二天天气晴朗炎热。

3. They swam in the river. 由 “ So they began to swim in the river. ”可知，他们在河中游泳。

4. No,it didn't.文章在最后三句中提到“河里没有鲨鱼 是真的吗? ”“是的”，由此可知，碰到Dick腿的东西不可 能是鲨鱼。

5. Because there were a lot of crocodiles,and all the sharks had swum away.由最后一句可知，由于河里有许多鳄 鱼，所以鲨鱼都游走了。

rent v.租 shade trees 遮阴树 shark n.鋈鱼 crocodile 鳄鱼

障碍句分析

Before they jumped into the water,Dick saw a boy playing under a big tree.在他们跳人水中之前，Dick看到有一个男孩正在树下玩耍。

本句是一个含有状语从句的复合句。

Before. .. water是 一个时间状语从句，Dick saw... tree是主句，其中的playing under a big tree是宾语补足语。