单选题 From Section C

单选题 "You float in a solitary detachment"(II. 3-4)means that you feel that______.

A、 you are surveying the scene impartially
B、 you imagine you are suspended, alone, above the earth
C、 life is just not worth living
D、 you wish to avoid the company of other human beings
E、 that the scene is absorbingly fascinating

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】解析：solitary：having no companions；lonesome or lonely寂寞的，没有陪伴的；单独的或孤寂的。detachment：远离人群。float in a solitary detachment：独自一人飘浮。A：客观地审视、俯瞰这片景色。B想象着你独自一人远离地面飘浮在上空。C：生活毫无意义。D：你希望逃避其他人的陪伴。E：景色绝对迷人。

单选题 The word in the following list that conveys a very different meaning from the others is______.

A、 "morbid"(1.9)
B、 "suicide"(1.10)
C、 "tragedies"(1.10)
D、 "horrible"(1.11)
E、 "soothing"(1.13)

【正确答案】 E

【答案解析】解析：A：病态的，不健康的；令人毛骨悚然的；恐怖的。B：自杀。C：悲剧。D：可怕的，吓人的。E：抚慰的，使人宽心的。

单选题 Most people who commit suicide by throwing themselves into the water very near the Victoria Falls______.

A、 appear somewhat careless
B、 seem to act automatically like machines
C、 act very unpredictably
D、 apparently behave without emotion
E、 treat it offhandedly as an ordinary event

【正确答案】 E

【答案解析】解析：A：表现得漫不经心地或粗心地。B：像机器一样机械地。C：出乎人们预料地。D：不带有任何情绪地。E：就像做一件普通的事情一样，临时想出地。文中提到：often it has a soothing effect．making them behave right up to the end in the most matter of fact way．由此可见，大部分自杀者并没有将自杀看得很重，就像其中一位女游客，她自杀前的神态都不会让人想到需要去阻止或去救她。

单选题 Accidents are caused by______.

A、 people who like to be thought brave
B、 the fact that the railings are in the wrong place
C、 the absence of trees above the falls
D、 the hippopotami who make visitors nervous and accident-prone
E、 rash visitors who try to get too close

【正确答案】 E

【答案解析】解析：A：希望被别人称赞勇敢的人。B：铁路铺错了地方。C：瀑布上面没有树。D：下面的河马使得游客紧张因而造成隐患。E：鲁莽轻率的游客靠得太近。文中提到：at many places foolhardypeople like to clamber down among the wet rocks to get a closer view。由此句可知选E。

单选题 Visitors are usually______.

A、 happy
B、 amazed
C、 anxious
D、 curious
E、 fascinated

【正确答案】 E

【答案解析】解析：A：高兴，B：吃惊的，C：焦虑，D：好奇，E：着迷的。

单选题 "Acumen"(1.36)means______.

A、 wisdom
B、 discernment
C、 penetration
D、 sagacity
E、 impudence

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】解析：acumen：quickness，accuracy，and keenness of judgment or insight敏锐，聪明，判断或洞察力的快速，准确及敏捷。A：智慧，B：识别力、洞察力，C：渗透，D：聪慧、具有洞察力敏锐、判断力强和有远见卓识这些特点、智慧，E：轻率、厚颜无耻。

单选题 The Victoria Falls are______.

A、 being changed in appearance to attract visitors
B、 fundamentally African in their appearance
C、 essentially like other beauty-spots
D、 associated in most people"s minds with suicides and accidents
E、 a chance for Africans to make money out of visitors

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】解析：A：为了吸引游客而改变了原貌。B：看起来仍保持了非洲原貌。C：从本质上看无异于其他景点。D：总让人想起自杀与意外事故。E：为非洲人提供了从外来游客手中赚钱的机会。从文中最后一段可以看出：In short，it is the immemorial pattern of any beauty spot in any country．but set into anAfrican background，and this is not a background hat quite accepts the western world as yet．此题选B。