甘肃省会宁县第四中学2016届高三上学期第三次月考（期末） 英语试题
第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 (共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
A
Pesca was the smallest human being I ever saw. He had left Italy for political reasons, and had been working as a teacher in London for many years.
The ruling idea of Pesca’s life was to show his thanks to the country that had given him a shelter by doing his best to turn himself into an Englishman. He desired to become an Englishman in his habits and amusements, as well as in his personal appearance. Finding us distinguished, as a nation, by our love of athletic exercises, the little man devoted himself to all our English sports and recreations.
I saw him risk his life blindly in the sea at Brighton where we were bathing together. If we had done any exercise unique to my own nation I would have looked after Pesca carefully; but as foreigners are generally quite as well able to take care of themselves in the water as Englishmen, it never occurred to me that the art of swimming might add one more to the list of manly exercises which he believed that he could learn on the spot.
Soon after we had both struck out from shore, I stopped, finding my friend didn’t follow me. To my amazement, I saw nothing but two little arms struggling above the surface of the water. I dived and pulled him back to the shore. When he recovered, his warm Southern nature broke. He declared that he should never be happy again until he offered me some service which I might remember to the end of my days.
Little did I think then that the opportunity of serving me was soon to come; that he was eager to seize it; and that by so doing he was to turn my existence into a new channel. If I had not dived for Professor Pesca when he lay under water, I should never, perhaps, have heard even the name of the woman, who now directs the purpose of my life.
1.The author didn’t look after Pesca carefully when bathing in the sea due to the fact that .
A. he was sure that Pesca was a very good swimmer
B. foreigners were generally bathing not far from the shore
C. he was sure that Pesca would learn to swim on the spot
D. they both had done the unusual English exercise before
2.The bathing accident was mentioned mainly to show that .
A. the author was quite helpful to those in need
B. one can never be too careful when bathing in the sea
C. Pesca sometimes acted rather thoughtlessly
D. showing off one’s manly behavior may cause others trouble
