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　　After they had been on the road for about two hours, the old head and his party stopped before what seemed in the distance to be a broad stream of water. The boy slaves saw a sight which filled them with surprise and alarm (惊慌). It was a stream of living things moving over the plain, the famed locusts (蝗虫)of Africa.

　　The old head dismounted (下马)and with his sword he broke the straight line formed by the border of the moving mass, sweeping them off to one side.

　　The space was instantly filled up again by those advancing behind. The head mounted and began moving through the living stream.

　　One of the blackmen, determined to make the crossing as brief as possible, started in a rapid run, but when about half-way through , his foot slipped, and he fell down full length among the creepers(爬虫). Before he could stand up again, hundreds of the insects had mounted upon him and al- most killed him, but luckily he was saved by his fellows.

(1)The stream seen moving over the plain was ________.

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A．a stream of water

B．a stream of moving mass

C．a stream of oil

D．a stream of insects

(2)Locusts are insects, so are ________.

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A．monkeys

B．peaches

C．onions

D．flies

(3)The passage implies that ________.

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A．the head and the slaves had equal rights

B．the party had traveled for a long time

C．the head was riding, but slaves were walking

D．all the slaves were riding on the horses

(4)The bead could do nothing about the stream because ________.

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A．he was afraid of the locusts

B．he had no weapons

C．the locusts were too big

D．the stream couldn't be stopped

Answer 1

答案：D;D;C;D