【金版学案】2017高考英语一轮复习 Module 4 Great Scientists限时特训 外研版必修4.docVIP

Module 4 Great Scientists Ⅰ.阅读理解(建议用时16′) A [2016·育才中学联考二]I went to the Tsavo National Park in northern Kenya for a film. We set off early for a distant water hole. A huge elephant covered with dry mud, drank calmly and deeply. He might have traveled 50 km to reach the water. He wasnt going to hurry now. Hed drink a while and rest in the shade, and then drink again or so we thought. What actually happened was that he drank deeply and stepped away. Then he suddenly fell down. Within minutes he was dead. We called animal doctor Jeremiah Poghon immediately. He removed the head of a poisoned arrow from the elephants body, and let out over 100 liters of pus (胺)－the result of the elephants meeting with a poacher (偷猎者) months before. Todays poacher shoots from a blind. He fires an arrow, covered with poison, into the body of an elephant. If the poacher is lucky, the elephant might die in an hour or two； if not, he might have to follow the elephant for days before it dies. Often the arrow head fails to kill the elephant at once－it doesnt mean the poison wont finally kill the elephant, but it will be a slow death. Living in Tsavo through these times, I could see the results of poaching from time to time. When I think about the death of that elephant, what stays with me is the extraordinary silence after the shocking sound of his body hitting the ground. I took some comfort from the knowledge that as the dead body returned to the soil, some animals would benefit－but I couldnt escape the feeling that with the death of such a large animal, the world seemed to be a poorer and emptier place. 文章记叙了作者去拍电影的途中遇到了中毒而死的大象。 1．While filming near the water hole, the author and his team______. A．knew the elephant was injured B．found the elephant acted violently C．tried their best to save the elephant D．thought the elephant was in good condition 答案：D　事实细节题。从文中第一段“A huge elephant covered with dry mud, drank calmly and deeply. He might have...and then drink again or so we thought.”可知。 2．Furth