高一英语上学期寒假作业 (2)

河北省武邑中学2018-2019学年高一英语上学期寒假作业22

阅读理解第一节阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。。

A

Last April, my husband James and I went for a walk in the countryside.We were climbing a hill when I saw a sheep lying on its side and not moving. From afar, it looked as if it was dead, but then I saw a leg move. I went over and saw the head and hooves(蹄)of a lamb coming out of her body. The head had become dry.

The sheep was hardly breathing, and I thought it was completely tired. The lamb was not moving. We watched for a few minutes, but there was no movement. So despite knowing nothing about sheep, I said I was going to help.

James googled “how to deliver（接生）a lamb”and told me how to do it. One important bit of information was that if the head is out and the two front hooves are tucked(缩拢) under the chin(下巴),that' s the correct birthing position.

I knelt down and put one hand around the back of the lamb’s head and one on its chest, so that I could put my hands inside the sheep slightly. Finally, the lamb slipped out into my arms. After a minute, I felt a heartbeat. I felt joyous.

When the lamb was breathing, I tried to stand it up but because it had been in the birthing position for so long, its legs kept curling under. The ewe, the lamb’s mother, had started pa ssing a very large afterbirth, and still wasn’t responding.After a while, she stood up and started eating grass as if nothing had happened. So we stayed around her and started “herding” (放牧)her. She slowly went towards the lamb and finally picked up the smell. She gave it a lick and the lamb slowly got to its feet.

A week later, James and I went for a drink with friends, and they invited us back for dinner. They had a leg of a lamb in the oven, but I said, "I won't eat lamb anymore. "I haven' t eaten it since.

1. When the author saw a lamb coming out of the ewe's body, she________.

A. watched carefully if help was necessary

B. thought the lamb had been dead

C. was too scared to do anything

D. knew she should take action immediately

2. Why did the author and her husband herd the ewe?

A. To get close to her.

B. To help her recover from the birth.

C. To help her make a close connection with the newborn.

D. To see if she could move properly.

3. What would be the best title for the text?

A. I learned to deliver a lamb by myself.

B. I delivered a lamb while on a country walk.

C. I saved a ewe's life with my husband.

D. I stopped eating lamb all of a sudden.

B