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热考素材 名著选读 In the woods that morning, snow covered the ground and ice hung from the trees. There was a silence and calm that you could almost touch; no animal spoke.
Into this silence came two horses, one brown and the other black, walking through the deep snow. Their riders, two girls of thirteen and fourteen, were laughing. The older girl, Judith, was leading the way on Gulliver, the brown horse, and looking back over her shoulder at Pilgrim.
“Look at him, Grace! He’s so funny.” Grace was laughing too much to reply. Her horse was walking with his head down, pushing his nose through the snow. Every now and then he suddenly lifted his head and threw the snow into the air. Then he jumped playfully when it fell.

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“That’s enough, you!” Grace told him finally. They made their way slowly down through the woods to an old road that was not often used. A river ran along the side. They were looking for an old railway bridge that passed over the river.
Judith saw the bridge. The path up from the road was very steep. Judith went first. Her horse, Gulliver, took a few steps and then stopped.
“Up we go, boy,” Judith told him. Gulliver felt the ground with his feet and then continued to climb. When her friend was almost at the top, Grace started to follow on Pilgrim.
“How is it?” she called. “It’s not too bad,” replied Judith. “But go slowly.”
Suddenly Grace heard the sound of Gulliver’s shoe hitting ice. Judith gave a loud cry. Then Gulliver dropped to his knees and fell back down towards the road.
Grace tried to move Pilgrim out of the way, but there was no time. Gulliver hit Pilgrim hard and both horses and their riders landed on the road. Judith was hanging from the horse by one foot. Then her head hit the hard ice and she stopped moving.
Suddenly a large truck came round the corner. The driver saw the horses in front of him, but it was too late. He couldn’t stop quickly enough on the icy road. What were those children doing? Couldn’t they hear him? Couldn’t they see him?
Grace, holding tightly onto Pilgrim’s back, could see the truck. She tried to reach Gulliver and lead him and Judith off the road. She pulled at Pilgrim and turned him towards the other horse. But there was not enough time. The truck was almost on top of them. Then the driver sounded his horn(喇叭). Pilgrim seemed to go crazy. He lifted his front legs towards the truck, and Grace was thrown onto the road.
For years afterwards the truck driver had a clear memory of that moment. The horse’s face was covered with blood, and his eyes were wild. He seemed to throw himself against the front window of the truck. Then the driver saw nothing more through the broken glass. He could not stop the truck. It continued to move across the ice before it finally came to a stop under the bridge.
Grace’s father, Robert, got back from the shops and found two messages on the answering machine of his weekend home in Chatham. One was from Annie, his wife, who was working late in New York. The other was from Mrs Dyer, at the stables where they kept Pilgrim. Soon afterwards he was on the telephone to his wife at her office. He told Annie that Grace was in hospital. She was very badly hurt. Her friend Judith was dead.
——文章节选自《马语者》(The Horse Whisperer)
()1. What did the girls do that morning?
A. They rode in the forest.
B. They played with horses.
C. They looked for animals.
D. They played with snowballs.
()2. What can we infer from Paragraph 3?
A. Pilgrim was brave.
B. Pilgrim was funny.
C. Pilgrim got wounded.
D. Pilgrim seemed unhappy.
()3. What do you think of the horses' walking up the path?
A. It was difficult to climb.
B. It was exciting to climb.
C. They couldn't climb to the top.
D. They walked easily on the path.
()4. Which is the RIGHT order of the story?
① Grace started to follow on Pilgrim.
② Judith saw the bridge was over there.
③ The two girls rode through the woods.
④ Grace tried to move Pilgrim out of the way.
⑤ Grace tried to lead Gulliver and Judith off the road.
⑥ Grace heard the sound of Gulliver’s shoe hitting ice.
A. ①②⑤⑥③④
B. ①②⑤③④⑥
C. ②⑤③①④⑥
D. ③②①⑥④⑤

Judith 和 Grace 骑着马行进在雪地中，突然一辆卡车在结冰的路上刹不住车直撞过来，Grace 的马 Pilgrim 挡住卡车，在危急时刻救了 Grace。
1. A 细节理解题。由第二段中“Into this silence came two horses, one brown and the other black, walking through the deep snow. Their riders, two girls ...”及第一段中的 woods 可知，两个女孩在森林里骑行。
2. B 推理判断题。Pilgrim 低头行走，用鼻子拱雪，不时地突然抬起头来，把雪抛向空中，然后他闹着玩地跳了起来。由此可知，Pilgrim 很有趣。并且第三段中 Judith 也这样评价 Pilgrim。
3. A 推理判断题。由“... an old road that was not often used ... The path up from the road was very steep ...”可知，走这条路是非常困难的。
4. D 信息排序题。由“They made their way slowly down through the woods to an old road ... Judith saw the bridge ... Grace started to follow on Pilgrim ... Suddenly Grace heard the sound of Gulliver's shoe hitting ice ... Grace tried to move Pilgrim out of the way ... She tried to reach Gulliver and lead him and Judith off the road.”可知，故事发生的顺序为③②①⑥④⑤。