阅读理解 The fox really exasperated them both. As soon as they had let the fowls out, in the early summer mornings, they had to take their guns and keep guard; and then again as soon as evening began to mellow, they must go once more. And he was so sly. He slid along in the deep grass; he was difficult as a serpent to see. And he seemed to circumvent the girls deliberately. Once or twice March had caught sight of the white tip of his brush, or the ruddy shadow of him in the deep grass, and she had let fire at him. But he made no account of this. The trees on the wood-edge were a darkish, brownish green in the full light―for it was the end of August. Beyond, the naked, copper-like shafts and limbs of the pine trees shone in the air. Nearer the rough grass, with its long, brownish stalks all agleam, was full of light. The fowls were round about--the ducks were still swimming on the pond under the pine trees. March looked at it all, saw it all, and did not see it. She heard Banford speaking to the fowls in the distance--and she did not hear. What was she thinking about? Heaven knows. Her consciousness was, as it were, held back. She lowered her eyes, and suddenly saw the fox. He was looking up at her. His chin was pressed down, and his eyes were looking up. They met her eyes. And he knew her. She was spellbound--she knew he knew her. So he looked into her eyes, and her soul failed her. He knew her, he was not daunted. She struggled, confusedly she came to herself, and saw him making off, with slow leaps over some fallen boughs, slow, impudent jumps. Then he glanced over his shoulder, and ran smoothly away. She saw his brush held smooth like a feather, she saw his white buttocks twinkle. And he was gone, softly, soft as the wind. She put her gun to her shoulder, but even then pursed her mouth, knowing it was nonsense to pretend to fire. So she began to walk slowly after him, in the direction he had gone, slowly, pertinaciously. She expected to find him. In her heart she was determined to find him. What she would do when she saw him again she did not consider. But she was determined to find him. So she walked abstractedly about on the edge of the wood, with wide, vivid dark eyes, and a faint flush in her cheeks. She did not think. In strange mindlessness she walked hither and thither... As soon as supper was over, she rose again to go out, without saying why. She took her gun again and went to look for the fox. For he had lifted his eyes upon her, and his knowing look seemed to have entered her brain. She did not so much think of him. she was possessed by him. She saw his dark, shrewd, unabashed eye looking into her, knowing her. She felt him invisibly master her spirit. She knew the way he lowered his chin as he looked up, she knew his muzzle, the golden brown, and the greyish white. And again she saw him glance over his shoulder at her, half inviting, half contemptuous and cunning. So she went, with her great startled eyes glowing, her gun under her arm, along the wood edge. Meanwhile the night fell, and a great moon rose above the pine trees.
单选题 At the beginning of the story, the fox seems to be all EXCEPT
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】此题为细节归纳题。据第1段第1句可排除D;据第3句可以排除A;据第1段最后1 句可排除C。第1段中没有提及该狐狸凶残方面的信息,故B正确。
单选题 As the story proceeds, March begins to feel under the spell of
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】此题为一般推理题。据第2段后半部分我们知道,March的意识仿佛给抑制住了,不知道在想些什么。至于造成这一状况的原因,作者在第3段中作了交代:当那只狐狸的目 光与她的目光相接时,她一下子着了魔似的(spellbound),她知道那只狐狸认识她。当狐狸直视她的双眼时,她竟然缓不过神来。后面的情节也进一步说明她的这一精神状态,故D正确。
单选题 Gradually March seems to be in a state of
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】此题为一般推理题。据第5段我们知道,March希望能再次找到那只狐狸,至于找到后 做什么她全不考虑,于是她出神地(abstractedly)在林子的边缘走着。她什么也不想, 处于一种奇怪的茫然状态(strange mindlessness),故A正确。
单选题 At the end of the story, there seems to be a sense of___________between March and the fox.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】此题为细节理解题。从第7段我们知道,March被那只狐狸迷住了(possessed)。她感 觉到它无形地主宰着自己的精神,她也对它的一切十分熟悉,当再次看到它时,它仿佛 在向她发出邀请,又像带有蔑视和狡猾,于是她走上前去。从这些描写,我们可以确定 C,而其他的选项皆不相符。
单选题 The passage creates an overall impression of
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】此题为一般推理题。从对上面的问题的分析,我们不难做出选择。读完这一短文,人们不会产生恐惧感,至于C和D更是无从得到支持。 <1>exasperate使恼怒,激怒 <2>mellow夜色渐深 <3>circumvent包围,绕行,迂回 <4>make no account of轻视,看轻 <5>as it were好像,仿佛 <6>daunted恐惧的,害怕的 <7>pertinaciously固执地 <8>hither and thither相当于here and there <9>unabashed不害羞的