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Bringing a giraffe into the world is a tall order. A baby giraffe is born 10 feet high and usually lands on its back. Within seconds it rolls over its legs under its body. Then the mother giraffe rudely introduces its children to the reality of life.

In his book, A View from the Zoo, Gary Richmond describes how a new-born giraffe learns its first lesson.

The mother giraffe lowers her head long enough to take a quick look. Then she puts herself directly over her child. She waits for about a minute, and then she does the most unreasonable thing. She throws her long leg and kicks her baby, so that it’s sent sprawling(四脚朝天).

When it doesn’t get up, the process is repeated again and again. The struggle to rise is important. As the baby giraffe grows tired, the mother kicks it again. Finally, it stands for the first time on its shaky legs. Then the mother giraffe kicks it off its feet again. Why? She wants it to remember how it got up. In the wild, a baby giraffe must be able to get up as quickly as possible to stay with its group, where there’s safety.

Another writer named Irving Stone understood this. He spent a lifetime studying greatness, writing stories about such men as Michelangelo, Vincent van Gogh, Sigmund Freud, and Charles Darwin.

Stone was once asked if he had found something that runs through the lives of all these great people. He said, “I write about people who sometime in their life have a dream of something. They’re beaten over the head, knocked down and for years they get nowhere. But every time they stand up again. And at the end of their lives they’ve realized some small parts of what they set out to do .”

1.What does the underlined part “a tall order” in Paragraph 1 mean?

A.A happy thing.                          B.A difficult task.

C.A big dream.                           D.A beautiful scene.

2.Which of the following statements is True according to the passage?

A.This passage is a description of giraffes’ living habits.

B.Baby giraffes can’t stand up until three months old.

C.Irving Stone spent a lifetime studying and writing stories about great people.

D.The great people can’t stand up after they’re knocked down for years.

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

A.How to keep a baby giraffe.

B.Learning to Get Back Up.

C.Stories about the great people.

D.A mother giraffe and its baby giraffe.

 

【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.B

【解析】

试题分析:把小长颈鹿带到这个世界上来是非常艰巨的工作。长颈鹿妈妈是通过踢打的方式让小长劲鹿学会站起来。许多伟人也是在不断的失败中才有所建树。

1.词义理解题,纵观文中语句理解可知。把长颈鹿带到这个世界上是件非常艰巨的任务,故选B。

2.理解判断题,根据文中语句“Another writer named Irving Stone understood this. He spent a lifetime studying greatness, writing stories about such men as Michelangelo, Vincent van Gogh, Sigmund Freud, and Charles Darwin.”理解可知。Irving Stone写了一些有关伟人的书籍,故C是错误的

3.标题理解题,根据文中语句理解可知,本文主要介绍了让人们学会面对困难,要用不怕吃苦的精神,故选B。

考点:人生百味类的阅读

点评:阅读中注意短文后面的问题.然后带着问题再读短文,找出与答题内容相关语句,反复阅读,反复分析,然后确定答案.阅读中要善于从短文信息中总结推测出所需答案,注意所填答案与短文中相关语句的关系,与相关单词短语的关系.

 

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