（十一）【2019 • 江西省中考】
I am Turere. I come from Kitengela, a farming community on the edge(边缘) of Nairobi National Park of Kenya(肯尼亚). Since the age of nine. I have helped to look after my family’s cows. As a child, in my free time. I enjoyed playing with electronics. I made my own inventions, such as electronic toys from car parts and other things. I also built other electronic devices(仪器) for my neighbors.
At the age of 13, I invented something that changed my life. It also changed the lives of many people in my community. One night, a lion from the park came into my family’s farm and killed one of our cows. I was angry. However, killing the lion, I thought, was not the best way to solve the problem. Instead, I decided to invent a solution
The first idea I got was to use fire, because I thought lions were scared of fire. But I came to realize that that didn’t really help, because it was even helping the lions to see through the cowshed (牛棚). So I didn’t give up. I continued.
And a second idea I got was to use a scarecrow(稻草人). I was trying to trick the lions into thinking that I was standing near the cowshed. But lions are very clever. They will come the first day and they see the scarecrow, and they go back. But the second day, they’ll come and they say, this thing is not moving here, it is always here! So he jumps in and kills the animals.
So one night, I was walking around the cowshed with a torch(手电筒), and that day the lions didn’t come. And I discovered that lions were afraid of a moving light. So I had an idea.
1. What was Turere interested in when he was a child?
A. Tricking the neighbors. B. Looking after cows.
C. Playing with electronics. D. Making car parts
2. What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A. The lion. B. The scarcer. C. The cow. D. The cowshed.
3. What’s the solution to driving the lion away?
A. Using a moving light. B. Using a torch. C. Using a scarecrow. D. Using fire.
4. What can we get from the passage?
A. The lion killed all the cows. B. Turere killed the lion at last.
C. The lion no longer lived in the park. D. Turere’s invention made peace with lions.
【文章大意】文章讲诉了作者小时候帮家里照看奶牛，业余时间喜欢玩电器，发明了一些东西，在他13岁时，发明了一个改变他的生活和社区的居民生活的一个东西，一天，他发现一头狮子来吃奶牛，开始他用火吓唬狮子，可是狮子不害怕火，后来他有用稻草人，但是狮子很聪明，几次后发现稻草人不是真人，后来作者用手电查看牛棚，那晚狮子没再来，他知道狮子害怕移动的光，因此他有了一个主意。
1. C【解析】细节理解题。根据As a child, in my free time. I enjoyed playing with electronics.可知喜欢玩电器；故选C。
2. B【解析】细节理解题。根据They will come the first day and they see the scarecrow, and they go back. But the second day, they’ll come and they say, this thing is not moving here, it is always here!可知是稻草人总是在那儿；故选B。
3. A【解析】细节理解题。根据I discovered that lions were afraid of a moving light.可知是移动的光赶走狮子；故选A。
4. D【解析】细节理解题。根据So one night, I was walking around the cowshed with a torch(手电筒), and that day the lions didn’t come.可知狮子没有杀死所有的奶牛，根据that day the lions didn’t come.可知也没杀死狮子，根据文章内容没有提到狮子生活在公园的事情，根据that day the lions didn’t come. And I discovered that lions were afraid of a moving light. So I had an idea可知他的发明使得和狮子和平相处；故选D。
I am Turere. I come from Kitengela, a farming community on the edge(边缘) of Nairobi National Park of Kenya(肯尼亚). Since the age of nine. I have helped to look after my family’s cows. As a child, in my free time. I enjoyed playing with electronics. I made my own inventions, such as electronic toys from car parts and other things. I also built other electronic devices(仪器) for my neighbors.
At the age of 13, I invented something that changed my life. It also changed the lives of many people in my community. One night, a lion from the park came into my family’s farm and killed one of our cows. I was angry. However, killing the lion, I thought, was not the best way to solve the problem. Instead, I decided to invent a solution
The first idea I got was to use fire, because I thought lions were scared of fire. But I came to realize that that didn’t really help, because it was even helping the lions to see through the cowshed (牛棚). So I didn’t give up. I continued.
And a second idea I got was to use a scarecrow(稻草人). I was trying to trick the lions into thinking that I was standing near the cowshed. But lions are very clever. They will come the first day and they see the scarecrow, and they go back. But the second day, they’ll come and they say, this thing is not moving here, it is always here! So he jumps in and kills the animals.
So one night, I was walking around the cowshed with a torch(手电筒), and that day the lions didn’t come. And I discovered that lions were afraid of a moving light. So I had an idea.
1. What was Turere interested in when he was a child?
A. Tricking the neighbors. B. Looking after cows.
C. Playing with electronics. D. Making car parts
2. What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A. The lion. B. The scarcer. C. The cow. D. The cowshed.
3. What’s the solution to driving the lion away?
A. Using a moving light. B. Using a torch. C. Using a scarecrow. D. Using fire.
4. What can we get from the passage?
A. The lion killed all the cows. B. Turere killed the lion at last.
C. The lion no longer lived in the park. D. Turere’s invention made peace with lions.
【文章大意】文章讲诉了作者小时候帮家里照看奶牛，业余时间喜欢玩电器，发明了一些东西，在他13岁时，发明了一个改变他的生活和社区的居民生活的一个东西，一天，他发现一头狮子来吃奶牛，开始他用火吓唬狮子，可是狮子不害怕火，后来他有用稻草人，但是狮子很聪明，几次后发现稻草人不是真人，后来作者用手电查看牛棚，那晚狮子没再来，他知道狮子害怕移动的光，因此他有了一个主意。
1. C【解析】细节理解题。根据As a child, in my free time. I enjoyed playing with electronics.可知喜欢玩电器；故选C。
2. B【解析】细节理解题。根据They will come the first day and they see the scarecrow, and they go back. But the second day, they’ll come and they say, this thing is not moving here, it is always here!可知是稻草人总是在那儿；故选B。
3. A【解析】细节理解题。根据I discovered that lions were afraid of a moving light.可知是移动的光赶走狮子；故选A。
4. D【解析】细节理解题。根据So one night, I was walking around the cowshed with a torch(手电筒), and that day the lions didn’t come.可知狮子没有杀死所有的奶牛，根据that day the lions didn’t come.可知也没杀死狮子，根据文章内容没有提到狮子生活在公园的事情，根据that day the lions didn’t come. And I discovered that lions were afraid of a moving light. So I had an idea可知他的发明使得和狮子和平相处；故选D。
