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大学英语1（本科） 课程考试试题（A ）卷
类别 继续教育学院 拟题人 适用专业
（答案写在答题纸上，写在试题纸上无效）
Part I Reading Comprehension (40 points)
Directions: There are 4 passages in this part . Each of the passages is followed by 5 questions or unfinished statements . For each of them there are 4 choices marked A,B,C and D.Choose the best one . Passage One
Jack Billabong is a stockman . One Friday afternoon he was riding along the track towards the Henderson farm .He was looking for a prize bull which had escaped from the Borrogee paddock . He reached the hills and saw at once that he could not go further .
There had been a fire in the forest which had gone out . But the air was still full of smoke and fallen trees had blocked the track . Jack was just going to turn back when he saw something moving in the smoke . He waited . It was a girl on a horse , and she was riding towards him .
\help me to save him .\
The girl was Cathy Henderson ,She had been on horseback for two hours . She had to jump over fallen trees that were still burning . Her pony had fallen with her twice . She was thirsty and almost dead from want of sleep . But she rode back to the farm with Jack immediately .
Joe Brook was unconscious when they reached him . They lifted him on to Jack's horse . The ride back to Borrogee was terrible . Cathy was so tired that Jack had to tie her to her pony . The pony was tired too.,but its courage was astonishing .It followed Jack right to Borrogee hospital . Nobody saw them arrive because it was night .
\she refused to say anything about the pony .\said.
But she did say one thing :\and I woudl have died.\
1Jack Billabong did not turn back because ______
A.he hadn't found the bull yet . B.He smelt a heavy smoke in the forest
C.He knew there was a burnt man there D.He saw something moving towards him. 2Why was the ride back to Borrogee terrible?
A.Because Joe was tired out . B.Because the ride started late at night
C.Because they didn't have enough courage D.Because both Cathy and her pony were exhausted
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