【同步精炼】2014年高中英语（外研版必修4）语篇训练卷： Module 6 Introduction ＆ Reading and Vocabulary （Word版含解析）.docVIP

温馨提示： 此套题为Word版，请按住Ctrl,滑动鼠标滚轴，调节合适的观看比例，答案解析附后。关闭Word文档返回原板块。 语篇训练卷(十四) Module 6　Introduction Reading and Vocabulary 阅读理解 A　　A school master of Thurso in Caithness, William Munro, wrote in a report in THE TIMES on September 8, 1809 that twelve years earlier he had been walking along Sandside Bay shore when he saw what he first thought was a naked woman, sitting on a rock and combing her light brown hair. The face was fatty round, with reddish cheeks and blue eyes. If the rock where the woman sat had not been so dangerous for swimmers, Munro would have thought it was human. After a few minutes it dropped into the sea and swam away. Others had seen it too. The island of Benbecula in the outer Hebrides, about 1830, women cutting seaweed reported they had met a creature of female form playing happily off the shore. A few days later her dead body was found two miles from where she had first been seen. The description of the creature was recorded thus, “the upper part of the creature was about the size of a well-fed child of three or four years of age, with an extraordinarily developed breast. The hair was long, dark and glossy(有光泽), while the skin was white, soft and tender. The lower part of the body was like a salmon(鲑鱼). ” 1. From the description given by the witnesses, we know that　　　　. A. mermaids did exist B. mermaids shaped like females C. mermaids looked terrible D. mermaids shaped like fish 2. This passage most probably comes from　　　　. A. scientific books　　　　 B. tales collection C. travel guide D. fishing webpages 3. Which of the following is TRUE? A. The school master and the women saw a mermaid in the same year. B. The school master saw a mermaid swimming in the sea. C. The women saw a mermaid swimming in the sea. D. It was said that mermaids developed from salmons. 4. Which of the following is WRONG? A. Not all the people believe they were mermaids. B. People have taken photos of the creature. C. The creature in the second case looked lik