【答案解析】[听力原文]26-30
Often during my young life, I had ridden my horse down hills, chasing cows, and I had never been afraid. Suddenly, I experienced a moment that terrified me. I was on a narrow edge of rock on one of the highest points of the ranch, and I could see the treetops on the plateau below, like tiny shrubs, racing beneath the hoofs of my horse. The cow was getting away 'from me! I urged my horse to go faster and then, to gain distance, I made him jump to a steep slope below. He skidded in the winter mud to the edge of the slope and hung for an instant, balanced dangerously, half falling into the deep valley hundreds of feet below. Miraculously, he got his footing again. Shaking with fright, I got off him and sat down in the wet grass, trembling with the thought of what had almost happened. Then, slowly and carefully, I led my horse back down the steep hill, wondering how we had ever got up so high in the first place. "Somebody else is going to have to get that cow," I said to my father, "I'm not going up there again."
[分析] 因果关系的找寻和判断。
根据原文Suddenly，I experienced a moment that terrified me．I was on a narrow edge of rock on one of the highest points of the ranch可知，我突然经历了可怕的瞬间，我已经到了牧场最高处一块岩石的边沿上。由此可判断A项内容为说者感到害怕的原因，因此该项为正确答案。
[解题关键] 根据上下文与内在逻辑判断因果关系。
单选题
Which of the following is true according to what you've just heard?
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[分析] 语义的理解和判断。
根据原文I made him jump to a steep slope below．He skidded in the winter mud to the edge of the slope and hung for an instant，balanced dangerously，half falling into the deep valley hundreds of feet below．Miraculously，he got his footing again可知，说者策马向下面的陡坡跳，马在坡边的冬泥里打滑，坚持了片刻，勉强保持平衡，向下面几百英尺深的峡谷落去，奇迹发生了，它站住了。由此可见，B项说法与原文相符，该项是正确答案。
[解题关键] 正确定位相关信息处，并理解表示系列动作的词语含义。
单选题
What did the speaker do when he was on safe grounds?
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[分析] 事实细节的找寻和判断。
根据原文Shaking with fright，I got off him and sat down in the wet grass，trembling…可知，说者从马背上下来，坐在湿草丛中发抖。由此可见，D项说法与原文相符，该项是正确答案。
[解题关键] 根据题干要求正确定位相关信息。
单选题
Which of the following statements is true of what you've heard?
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[分析] 推理判断题。
根据原文“Somebody else is going to have to get that cow，”I said to my father，“I'm not going up there again．”可知，说者让他父亲另外找人去那里找牛，而他是再也不去了。
由此可推断B“他再也不敢去那里追牛了”与原文含义相符，因此该项为正确答案。
[解题关键] 根据上下文判断其内涵。说者经历了这番冒险，决定不去那里追牛，可见他是感到害怕了，这与B中did not dare意思相符。
单选题
The best title for the passage would be ______.