He held the blazing(点燃) matches to a piece of wood. After a while, he became awa

He held the blazing(点燃) matches to a piece of wood. After a while, he becameaware that he could smell his hands burning. Then he began to feel the pain. He opened his hands, and theblazing matches fell on to the snow. The flame went out in a puff of graysmoke.

   The man looked up. The dog was stillwatching him. The man got an idea. He would kill the dog and bury his handsinside its warm body. When the feeling came back to his fingers, he could buildanother fire. He called to the dog. The dog heard danger in the man's voice. Itbacked away.

   The man called again. This time the dogcame closer. The man reached for his knife. But he had forgotten that he couldnot bend his fingers. He could not kill the dog, because he could not hold hisknife.

   The fear of death came over the man. Hejumped up and began to run. The running began to make him feel better. Mayberunning would make his feet warm. If he ran far enough, he would reach hisfriends at Henderson Creek. They would take care of him.

   It felt strange to run and not feel hisfeet when they hit the ground. He fell several times. He decided to rest awhile. As he lay in the snow, he noticed that he was not shaking. He could notfeel his nose or fingers or feet. Yet, he was feeling quite warm andcomfortable. He realized he wasgoing to die. Well, he decided, he might as well take it like a man.There were worse ways to die. The man closed his eyes and floated into the mostcomfortable sleep he had ever known.

   The dog sat facing him, waiting. Finally,the dog moved closer to the man and caught the smell of death. The animal threwback its head. It let out a long, soft cry to the cold stars in the black sky.

   And then it tuned and ran towardHenderson Creek... where it knew there was food and a fire.

1.Put the following statements in the correct order.

① The thought to kill the dog occurred to the man.

② The man failed to build a fire.

③ The dog headed for Henderson Creek.

④ The man’s life came to an end.

⑤ The man tried to warm by running on his frozen feet.

A. ②①⑤④③                                                            B.①②⑤③④

C. ①②③④⑤                                                             D.②①⑤③④

2.Why did the dog back away from the man?

A. It never trustedhuman.                         B.It smelt food somewhere.

C. It sensed murderous atmosphere.               D.It caught sight of the knife..

3.What does the underlined word “it” mean in the 5thparagraph?

A. The dog.                                                           B. The weather.

C. The death.                                                             D.The cry.

4.It can be concluded from the passage that________.

A. Man can conquernature.             B.the man tried hard to survive

C. the dog obeyed human beings.        D. the man met death without dignity.

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【答案】

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.B

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