One day last November, Tom Baker stopped out of his house into the morning light

 Oneday last November, Tom Baker stopped out of his house into the morning lightand headed across the rice fields toward the bank of the Rapti River. Tom, a32-year-old school teacher in the farming village of Madanpur, was going forhis morning bath.

Ashe approached(走近) theriver, the head of a tiger(老虎) suddenlyappeared over the edge of the river bank. Before he could turn to run, thetiger was upon him. It jumped on his shoulder and threw him to the ground, itshuge jaws attacked his head in a killing bite.

PeterSmith was also on his way to the river and saw the attack. He screamed. Thetiger lifted its head and roared(吼叫) at him.Peter ran.

Fromthe window of his house John Brown heard the tiger roar and ran out to see itattacking a man. He screamed, too, and all the villagers ran out shouting asthe tiger dropped its victim(牺牲品) and ranoff. When the villagers reached the river bank, Tom was already dead.

Forthe villagers, the horror of the incident intensified(加剧) by the tales of man-eating tigers thathas once run around in the countryside, killing hundreds.

1.How manypeople saw the tiger before it was driven off?

AOne person.       B. Twopersons.       C. Threepersons.      D. Four persons.

2.The reasonwhy the tiger attacked the man was     .

A.it was hungry                  B.it was angry[来源:Z_xx_k.Com]

C.it was frightened by the man       D. notmentioned in the passage[来源:Z*xx*k.Com]

3.When didthe attack take place?

A.Early in the morning          B.At noon

C.Late in the afternoon          D.At five before dark

4.Accordingto the passage, the underlined word screamed in the thirdparagraph    probably means ____.

A.gave a sharp cry because offear.                B. shouted out for help.

C.made some loudnoise.                        D. cried out in pain.

试题答案

【答案】

1.D

2.A

3.A

4.B

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