Question

Richard Gray was a famous explorer.He was also a millionaire.He had visited every country in the world.He had crossed the Antarctic,flown across the Atlantic by balloon,and climbed Mount Everest.Last year he decided to walk across Death Valley,the hottest place on Earth.He walked for days over the hot desert sand.One night he found the camp where he had been the night before.Gray had walked in a circle.He was lost.?

Two days later he had drunk all his water.He couldn’t walk.He crawled to the top of a sand dune,and there he saw a man.The man was wearing smart,clean trousers,a white shirt and a tie.Gray crawled over to him.?

“Water...water...”he said.?

“I’m terribly sorry,old boy,”replied the man,“but I haven’t got any water with me.”?

“Help me!”shouted Gary,“I’m a rich man...a millionaire... I’ll give you anything.”?

“That’s very nice of you,old boy,”said the man.“Look,I can’t give you any water,but would you like to buy my tie?”?

“A tie?Of course not!”screamed Gray,and crawled away.He crawled slowly up the next sand dune.His mouth was full of sand.His lips were cracked and dry.He couldn’t breathe.He reached the top of the dune and there he saw a huge good hotel.Girls were swimming in the large swimming pool.Beautiful fountains were all around the hotel.

“Is it a mirage?”he thought.“Am I dying?”He stood up and staggered down the dune.?

A waiter in a shining white uniform came out of the door.?

“Water...water...a bath! Food!”screamed Gray.?

“I’m sorry,you can’t come into this hotel,”said the waiter.?

“Why not?I’ve got plenty of money.I’m a millionaire.”?

“Ah,”replied the waiter,“but you aren’t wearing a tie,”?

1.The famous explorer ________.?

A.had crossed the Antarctic and the Atlantic by balloon?

B.had traveled all over the world?

C.had walked across Death Valley?

D.had ever been a millionaire?

2.Death Valley is ________.?

A.a valley where people may die from loss of ?

B.a dead place where people dare not go?

C.a terribly hot valley where people may die of heat?

D.a place’s name?

3.The man offered to sell his tie to Gray because ________.?

A.he wished to get some money from Gray?

B.Gray was a rich man?

C.he didn’t have any water with him?

D.he thought a millionaire needed to wear a tie?

4.If Gray ________,he would have got some water to drink in the hotel.?

A.had got a lot of money with him?

B.had put on his tie at once?

C.had said he was a famous millionaire?

D.had bought the tie from the man?

 

Answer 1

1. 解析：文章的第三句已作了交代。穿過南極洲是否乘氣球，全文沒有提到，故A項錯。去年決定穿過“死谷”，但還沒有完成，而C項為完成時，時態錯誤。該勘探者此時已是百萬富翁，而不是過去曾經是百萬富翁，故D項?錯誤?。?

答案：B

2. 解析：因為 Death Valley后有一同位語對它的解釋——地球上最熱的地方，是一個大沙漠地帶即地名。在該地有宿營地，有旅店，有人煙，也就是人們能夠去的地方，故B項錯。此地有游泳池、泉水等，故A項錯。文章并未提到人們因炎熱而死亡，故C項錯。?

答案：D

3. 解析：根據文中對話，那個人想把他的領帶賣給Gray換點錢。?

答案：A

4.解析：這是一個虛擬語氣，該句是反過來說的。?

答案：D