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阅读理解 　　Farmer Joe was in his cart when he was hit by a truck．He decided his injuries from the accident were serious enough to take the trucking company(which caused the accident)to court．In court the trucking company’s lawyer was questioning Farmer Joe．“Didn’t you say, at the scene of the accident, ’I’m fine’?” said the lawyer． 　　Farmer Joe responded, “Well, I’ll tell you what happened．I had just loaded my favorite mule(骡子)Bessie into the…” “I didn’t ask for any details, ” the lawyer interrupted, “Just answer the question．Did you not say, at the scene of the accident ‘I’m fine’?” 　　Farmer Joe said, “Well, I had just got Bessie into the cart and I was driving down the road…” The lawyer interrupted again and said, “Judge, I am trying to make clear the fact that, at the scene of the accident, this man told the Highway Patrolman(管理员)on the scene that he was just fine．Now several weeks after the accident he is trying to cover the fact．I believe he is telling lies．Please tell him to simply answer the question．” 　　By this time the Judge was fairly interested in farmer Joe’s answer and said to the lawyer, “I’d like to hear what he has to say about his favorite mule Bessie．” 　　Joe thanked the judge and went on, “Well, as I was saying, I had just loaded Bessie, my favorite mule, into the cart and was driving her down the highway when this huge truck ran into the stop sign and pushed my cart right in the side．I was thrown into one side and Bessie was thrown into the other．” 　　“I was hurt so badly that I didn’t want to move．However, I could hear old Bessie breathing loudly and groaning(呻吟)．I knew she was in terrible shape just by her groans．Shortly after the accident a Highway Patrolman came on here to the scene．He could hear Bessie groaning so he went over to her．After he looked at her, he took out his gun and shot her between the eyes．Then the Patrolman came across the road with his gun in his hand and looked at me．He said, ’Your mule was in such bad shape I had to shoot her．How are you feeling?’” (1) Farmer Joe and his mule were________． [　　] A． taking a rest by the highway when the truck ran over and hit them B． just on their way when the truck hit a sign on the roadside and then hit them C． going to stop by the road when they were hit by the truck D． going so fast that they ran into a truck (2) The trucking company’s lawyer insisted Farmer Joe answer his question ________． [　　] A． because he knew Farmer Joe was not hurt in the accident at all B． so as to prove that Farmer Joe was a man who could not tell right from wrong C． because he believed Farmer Joe could not remember what he had said at the scene D． because he believed the answer should be in his favor (3) Farmer Joe ________． [　　] A． did say “I’m fine” at the scene of the accident B． couldn’t have said “I’m fine” at the accident C． could not remember whether he had said “I’m fine” at the scene of the accident D． tried to cover the fact in the court but no one would believe him (4) ________, the Patrolman shot the mule． [　　] A． In order to let Farmer Joe keep silent about the accident B． As the mule’s groaning was too loud C． Thinking it was the best way to stop the mule from suffering D． To make farmer Joe feel better

Answer 1

答案：1．B;2．D;3．A;4．C;
解析：

(1)	考查学生对叙述性细节的把握能力。解题关键在于第一段第一句和第五段第一句。从文章第一句和第五段的“…was driving her down the highway when this huge truck ran into the stop sign and pushed my cart right in the side”可知B为正确答案。
(2)	考查学生的逻辑推理能力。解题关键在于律师一再要求Joe回答的问题，因为Joe在出事现场回答的是“I’m fine”。在法庭上，律师断章取义，不管事发时的具体背景而坚持Joe说出这一句话，当然这对律师一方有利。
(4)	考查学生对叙述性细节的把握能力。解题关键在于文章的最后一段的倒数第二句。文章的最后一段讲述了骡子受重伤的极大痛苦。管理员看了骡子的惨状后，开枪结束了它的生命，目的是终止它的痛苦，而不是想要对Joe产生什么威胁。文章中最后“He said，’Your mule was in such bad shape I had to shoot her’”给出了答案。