During the next several weeks I went completely to the wolves. I took a tiny tent and set it up on the shore of bay. The big telescope was set up in the mouth of the tent in such a way that I could observe the wolves by day or night Quite by accident I had pitched my tent within ten yards of one of the major paths used by the wolves. Shortly after I had taken up residence, one of the wolves came back and discovered me and my tent, but he did not stop or hesitate in his pace. Later, one or more wolves used the track past my tent and never did they show the slightest interest in me. I felt uncomfortable at being so totally ignored. The next day I noticed a male wolf make boundary markers by passing water on the rounds of his family lands. Once I had become aware of the strong feeling of property rights which existed among the wolves, I decided to use this knowledge to make them at least recognize my existence. One evening, after they had gone off for their regular nightly hunt, I staked out a property claim of my own, including a long section of the wolves" path. In order to ensure that my claim would not be overlooked, I made a property mark on stones, dumps of moss, and patches of vegetation with a lot of tea. Before the hunters came back, task was done, and I retired, somewhat exhausted, to observe results.A few minutes later the leading male appeared. As usual he did not bother to glance at the tent, but when he reached the point where my property line intersected the trail, he stopped as abruptly as if he had run into an invisible wall. Cautiously he extended his nose and sniffed at one of my marked bushes. After a minute of hesitation he backed away a few yards and sat down. Then, he looked directly at the tent and at me. His glare seemed to become fiercer as I attempted to stare him down. The situation was becoming intolerable. To break the impasse I turned my back on the wolf. Then briskly, and with an air of decision, he turned his attention away from me and began a systematic tour of the area. I had staked out as my own. As he came to each boundary marker he sniffed it once or twice, then carefully placed his mark on the outside of mine.
单选题 We can infer from this text that the author is most probably a_____.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:推理判断题。文章第一段中作者指出用望远镜来观察狼群,而且从本文可以看出作者对狼的生活习性很了解,在倒数第二段作者还敢盯着狼想要把它吓退,从这些信息都可以推断作者很可能是一个生物学家,具有较多的专业知识,因此本题选B项。
单选题 Why did the wolves ignore the author"s presence?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:事实细节题。在第二段狼群对作者的存在并不在意,但到了第四段最后一句,狼盯着作者的帐篷,这其中的变化就在于第三段描写的作者在狼群的领土范围内留下了自己的记号,由此可推断,在此之前狼群之所以忽视他的存在就是因为他不在狼群的领土范围之内,即A项为本题答案。
单选题 According to the text, which of the following is true of the wolves?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:事实细节题。第四段第一句和最后一段最后一句中的sniffied一词都表明狼主要以嗅的方法确认领地,因此C项是正确的说法。如果不明白sniff一词的含义,通过第四段第一句提到的extended hisnose(伸长鼻子),也可猜出动词sniff表示“嗅”。
单选题 The phrase "break the impasse" (Para. 5) is closest to the meaning "_____".
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:语义理解题。从第五段第二句中的intolerable一词可以知道作者和狼当时处在一个僵持的局面,作者对此已经觉得难以忍受,因此主动先采取行动,目的是为了试探狼的举动,由此可见,B项是最贴切的理解。
单选题 The author stakes out an area of his own mainly because he _____.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:事实细节题。根据题干中的staked out定位至第三段。从第三段第二句开始,作者描述了自己如何标出自己的领地,所有这些描述都是围绕该段第一句展开的,也就是说,作者标出领地的目的在第三段第一句就提到了,很明显,C项就是本题答案。