Question

I suddenly heard an elephant crying as though frightened. Looking down I immediately recognized that something was wrong and ran down to the edge of the near bank. There I saw Ma Shwe with her three-month-old calf struggling in the fast-rising water and it was a life-and-death struggle. Her calf was floating and screaming with fear. Ma Shwe was as near to the far bank as she could get, holding her whole body against the rushing water and keeping the calf pressed against her huge body. Every now and then the rushing water would sweep the calf away.

There was a sudden rise in the water and the calf was washed clean over the mother’s body and was gone. Ma Shwe turned quickly to reach it and pressed the calf with her head and trunk（象鼻）against the rocky bank .Then with a huge effort she picked it up in her trunk and tried until she was able to place it on a narrow shelf of rock.

Just at this moment she fell back into the river .If she were carried down ,it would be certain death. I knew as well as she did ,that there was one spot（地點）where she could get up the bank  but it was on the other side from where she had put her calf

While I was wondering what I could do next, I heard the sound of a mother’s love. Ma Shwe had crossed the river and got up the bank and was making her way back as fast as she could roaring（吼叫）all the time but to her calf it was music.

 

56．The moment the author got down to the river bank he saw______.

A．the calf was about to fall into the river

B．Ma Shwe was placing the calf on the rock

C．the calf was washed away by the rising water

D．Ma Shwe was holding the calf against the rushing water

57．How did Ma Shwe manage to save her calf from the fast-flowing water?

A．By putting it on a safe spot

B．By pressing it against her body

C．By taking it away with her

D．By carrying it on her back

58．How did the calf feel about the mother elephant’s roaring?

A．It was a great comfort      B．It was a sign of danger

C．It was a call for help       D．It was a musical note

59．What can be the best title for the text?

A．A Mother’s Love           B．A Brave Act

C．A Deadly River            D．A Matter of Life and Death

Answer 1

解析：本短文講的是“我”親眼目睹大象母親怎樣在激流中盡力營救小象上岸的。講的是“我”所看到的細節過程，這就要求考生把握細節，并且理清頭緒。

56，D 細節類型的考題，根據第一段的……ran down to the edge of the near bank. There I saw Ma Shwe with her three-month-old calf struggling in the fast-rising water and it was a life-and-death struggle.可知正確答案，這也可以說是文章的主要話題。

57，A 總結概括類試題，綜合第一二段，特別是第二段中的I knew as well as she did ,that there was one spot（地點）where she could get up the bank  but it was on the other side from where she had put her calf可知正確答案。

58，A細節類型的考題，根據最后一段的but to her calf it was music.可知應該是A。

59，A概括歸納類型考題，分析全文可知，原因見上。B項側重的是大象母親的行為，C項側重激流的致命性，D項側重事情本身的內涵，不足以表達文中大象母親對小象的那份情感。