北京高考英语阅读强化训练附答案

　　北京高考英语阅读强化训练原文

　　Shortly before sunset, the whale was finally caught. The sailors tied the whale' s carcass tothe side of the ship.

　　Because of the hot weather it was important that they cut up the whale right away.Otherwise, the meat would begin to rot and the oil would begin to spoil. When they got to thestomach, they felt something moving about wildly. They thought it would be a big fish still aliveinside. But when they opened the stomach they found James Bartley. After this trip, Bartleysettled in Gloucester, England, and never returned to sea.

　　北京高考英语阅读强化训练

　　1.This passage is mainly about

　　A.how to hunt whales for their oil and meat.

　　B.the hard and dangerous lives that whalers had to live.

　　C.the duties of each man on a whaling ship.

　　D.a man who was swallowed by a whale and lived.

　　2.The sailors knew that something was in the whale' s stomach because

　　A.they could feel it moving about wildly.

　　B.the whale seemed very heavy .

　　C.the whale was bulging(鼓起来) at one spot.

　　D.the captain heard Bartley crying for help.

　　3.James Bartley never went to sea again because

　　A.he wanted different kinds of adventures

　　B.of fright and shock.

　　C.he was hurt by the whale.

　　D.he often got seasick.

　　4. The author, in telling James Bartley's story, gives us information by

　　A.making us laugh

　　B.talking about whaling in general.

　　C.comparing whaling to other fishing.

　　D.dramatically(戏剧性地) telling what happened.

　　5. The word carcass refers to the

　　A.whale' s tail .

　　B.whale' s stomach.

　　C.dead body of the whale.

　　D.whale' s side

　　北京高考英语阅读强化训练答案

　　1.D

　　2.A

　　3.B

　　4.D

　　5.C