五、阅读理解。
Walking back to camp through the swamp(沼泽), Sam wondered whether to tell his father what he had seen.
“I know one thing,” he said to himself. “I’m going back to that little pond(池塘)again tomorrow. And I’d like to go alone. If I tell my father what I saw today, he will want to go with me. I’m not sure that is a very good idea.”
Sam was eleven. His last name was Beaver. He was strong for his age and had black hair and dark eyes like an Indian. Sam walked like an Indian, too, putting one foot straight in front of the other and making very little noise. The swamp through which he was travelling was a wild place. There was no road, and it was soft and wet underfoot, which made walking difficult.
Every four or five minutes, Sam took his compass(指南针)out of his pocket and checked his way to make sure he was going in a right direction. Canada is a big place. Much of it is wild land. Getting lost in the woods and swamps of western Canada would be a serious matter. As he trudged on, the boy’s mind was full of the wonder of what he had seen. Not many people in the world have seen the living place of a Trumpeter Swan. Sam had found one on the lonely pond on this day in spring.
He had seen the two great white birds with their long white necks and black bills.
Nothing he had ever seen before all his life had made him feel quite the way he felt, on that wild little pond, in the presence of those two large swans.
They were so much bigger than any bird he had ever seen before. The nest was big, too. The female was sitting on eggs; the male walked slowly back and forth, guarding her.
— Adapted from *The Trumpet of the Swan*
()1. Why didn’t Sam want to tell his father what he had seen?
A. Because he didn’t like his father.
B. Because his father was too busy to go with him.
C. Because his father wasn’t interested in the swans.
D. Because he didn’t want his father to go with him.
()2. The underlined word “trudged” may mean “”.
A. walked fast and easily
B. walked fast but heavily
C. walked slowly with heavy steps
D. walked slowly with light steps
()3. How did Sam feel when he thought about what he saw?
A. Bored.
B. Excited.
C. Tired.
D. Worried.
()4. What is the right order of the things Sam did?
① He was going back to that little pond. ② He saw two great white swans.
③ He checked his way with his compass. ④ He began walking back to camp.
A. ①③②④
B. ②④①③
C. ②③①④
D. ④①③②

1~4. DCBB

【分析】
这是一篇记叙文类阅读理解，解题时可以按照以下思路推进：1. 先快速浏览所有题干，明确每道题的考点，带着问题回原文定位对应内容，避免盲目读文浪费时间；2. 细节题直接找到原文对应的语句，比对选项选出匹配的答案；3. 词义猜测题要结合上下文的场景描述，排除不符合语境的选项；4. 情感推断题从原文描写人物心理的语句里找线索，不要主观臆断；5. 事件排序题逐个定位每个事件在原文出现的先后顺序，用排除法锁定正确选项。
【解析】
1. 细节理解题：根据原文第二段Sam的内心想法“And I’d like to go alone. If I tell my father what I saw today, he will want to go with me. I’m not sure that is a very good idea.”，可知Sam不想告诉父亲他看到的景象，是因为他想独自去池塘，不希望父亲和他一起去，选项A、B、C的内容原文均没有提及，因此选D。
2. 词义猜测题：前文明确提到沼泽是荒野地带，没有道路，脚下又软又湿，行走非常困难，因此可以推断Sam在这种环境下行走，只能是脚步沉重、缓慢前行，对应选项C“walked slowly with heavy steps”，其余选项里的走得快、脚步轻盈都不符合沼泽地行走的实际情况，因此选C。
3. 推理判断题：根据原文“the boy’s mind was full of the wonder of what he had seen. Nothing he had ever seen before all his life had made him feel quite the way he felt”，能看出Sam看到珍稀的号手天鹅之后，内心满是震撼和新奇，情绪是兴奋激动的，选项A无聊、C疲惫、D担忧都不符合他的状态，因此选B。
4. 事件排序题：梳理全文事件先后：首先Sam在池塘看到了两只大白天鹅②，之后他动身穿过沼泽走回营地④，返程路上他心里打定主意明天要再去那个小池塘①，随后他在返程途中每隔一段时间就拿出指南针确认方向③，对应顺序是②④①③，因此选B。
【答案】
1~4. DCBB
【知识点】
细节理解，词义猜测，阅读排序
【点评】
本题选自名著《吹小号的天鹅》的节选，情节生动，考点覆盖了初中英语阅读理解最常见的几类题型，能够很好地锻炼学生定位原文信息、结合语境推断的能力。解题时要注意所有判断都要依托原文给出的内容，不要代入自己的主观想象，做排序题时可以边读边标记每个事件的先后位置，就能快速排除错误选项。
【难度系数】
0.6