单选题
Travel Across Africa

1 For six hours we shot through the barren(荒芜的)landscape of the Karoo desert in South Africa. Just rocks and sand and baking sun. Knowing our journey was ending, Daniel and I just wanted to remember all we had seen and done. He used a camera. I used words. I had already finished three notebooks and was into the fourth, a beautiful leather notebook I'd bought in a market in Mozambique.
2 Southern Africa was full of stories. And visions. We were almost drunk on sensations. The roaring(咆哮)of the water at Victoria Falls, the impossible silence of the Okavango Delta in Botswana.
3 And then the other things: dogs in the streets, whole families in Soweto living in one room a kilometre from clean water.
4 As we drove towards the setting sun, a quietness fell over us. The road was empty—we hadn' t seen another car for hours. And as I drove, something caught my eye, something moving close enough to touch them, to smell their hot breath. I didn't know how long they had been there next to us.
5 I shouted to Dan : "Look !" but he was in a deep sleep, his camera lying useless by his feet. They raced the car for a few seconds, then disappeared far behind us, a memory of heroic forms in the red landscape.
6 When Daniel woke up an hour later I told him what had happened.
7 "Wild horses?" he said. "Why didn't you wake me up, Sophia?"
8 "I tried. But they were gone after a few seconds. "
9 "Are you sure you didn't dream it'?"
10 "You were the one who was sleeping!"
11 "Typical , "he said. "The best photos are the ones we never take. "
12 We checked into a dusty hotel and slept the sleep of the dead.

单选题 Daniel and Sophia drove slowly through the busy desert.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 题意:丹尼尔和索菲娅缓慢地驾车穿过了繁忙的沙漠地带。
关键词:Daniel and Sophia人名;drove slowly缓慢驾车;the busy desert繁忙的沙漠地带。
根据文中第1段的第1行:“……我们飞速穿越了荒芜的……”。由此可判断为B选项。
单选题 Sophia wrote about her experiences in notebooks.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 题意:索菲娅在她的笔记本中记录了她的经历。
关键词:Sophia人名;wrote写;experiences经历;notebooks笔记本。
从文中第1段的第4行可查到“我已经写了三本,并开始写第四本,……”。由此可判断为A正确。
单选题 Daniel took photos of the Nile River.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 题意:丹尼尔拍照了尼罗河。
关键词:Daniel人名;took photos拍照;the Nile River尼罗河
通读文章可知the Nile River(尼罗河)在全文中没有出现,由此可判断为C没有提及。
单选题 Daniel and Sophia saw a lot of wonderful things.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 题意:丹尼尔和索菲娅看到了许多美好的东西。
关键词:Daniel and Sophia人名;saw看见;wonderful things美丽的东西。
在文中第2段的第1、2行可查到“……充满了故事,还有美景。我们几乎完全沉醉于这些情景之中。维多利亚瀑布的咆哮声,……”。由此可判断为A正确。
单选题 While driving Daniel and Sophia saw wild horses.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 题意:丹尼尔和索菲娅在驾车期间看到了野马。
关键词:Daniel and Sophia人名;saw看见;wild horses野马。
在全文中,wild horses(野马)只在第7段出现过一次,意思是“野马?”他说,“你为什么不叫醒我,索菲娅?”由此可判断为B错误。
单选题 The horses didn't come near the car.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 题意:马没有靠近汽车。
关键词:The horses马;didn't come没来;near the car靠近汽车。
正如上题中所说:“The horses(马)”在第7段中出现。根据全文意思,索菲娅开车时,马就紧挨着她们的车。所以此句话不正确。答案为B错误。
单选题 Sophia woke Daniel up so that he could take photos of the horses.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 题意:索菲娅叫醒了丹尼尔以便能给野马拍照。
关键词:Sophia人名;woke sb.up叫醒某人;Daniel人名;could take photos能够拍照。
文中第7段可查到:“野马?”他说,“你为什么不叫醒我,索菲娅?”,由此可判断为B错误。