A 16-year-old South Dakota boy who became lost while hunting and spent 16 hours

A 16-year-old South Dakota boy who became lost whilehunting and spent 16 hours alone in the Black Hills National Forest says he wasscared but still managed to make a survival plan.

Austin DuVall, of Rapid City, became lost on Nov.3while hunting with his father. He ran after a deer, and soon found himselfalone. “I ran after a deer, but I didn’t get it,” he said. “Then I was reallylost.”

He had only his hunting rifle(步枪) and the clothes he was wearing. He had no food orwater and had nothing that could help him find his way to safety. “I knew thatno one could hear me. I decided to just sleep and get up in the morning andfind safety,” he said.

Austin climbed up on a rock and slept through thenight. Then he awoke and relied on skills he learned in a hunter safety course.He followed a stream to an occupied cabin. The couple there called his parentsand cooked him a breakfast. “ It’s probably one meal I’ll never forget for therest of my life,” he said.

After DuVall’s disappearance, a lot of emergencyofficials and more than 100 volunteers went searching for him. “He wasn’tsitting there waiting for someone to come and find him,” said his father, SteveDuVall. “We didn’t find him; he found himself.”

Mike Kintigh, regional supervisor for the Game, Fish& Parks Department, said one or two hunters will go missing each year, butrarely for more than 24 hours. “We’re a little bit unique in the Black Hills asit’s hard to get lost for a very long time. That’s because we’ve got so manyroads here compared to the Rocky Mountains,” Kintigh said. “You can certainlyspend a very uncomfortable night in the woods like Austin did.”

1.After Austin realized he lost his way, he ___.

A．was verynervous but excited

B．cried aloudfor help

C．tried to finda safe place

D．decided tosleep in the wild

2. Who saved Austin according to his father?

A．The couple inthe cabin.

B．Emergencyofficials.

C．Volunteers.

D．Himself.

3.From what Mike Kintigh said, we learn that _______.

A．if someonegets lost in the Rocky Mountains, it is hard to find a way out

B．too manypeople go missing in the Black Hills every year

C．the rescueteam is skillful enough to find the lost people in less than 24 hours

D．people whoare lost in the Black Hills have to spend a night in the woods

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【答案】

1.D

2.D

3.A

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