2017届广东省广州市天河区重点学校高考英语一轮复习检测：8（含答案）_高考复习指南

2017届广东省广州市天河区重点学校高考英语一轮复习检测：8（含答案）

　　54．A'指代判断题。根据第二段“I came across a bicycle attached to the back of a wheelchair rolling out of the front entrance of the nursing home.”和后文“We could now get outside for fresh air，exercise and have a chance to be more involved in neighbourhood and community activities.”可知，作者为他的女儿买了一辆轮椅自行车。有了它，全家人可以一起出去呼吸新鲜空气、做锻炼并有机会融入到社区活动中；根据第四段“I call the wheelchair bike CAREBIKE.”可知，这种轮椅自行车被作者称为CAREBIKE。

　　The elephant was lying heavily on its side, fast asleep.A few dogs started barking at it.The elephant woke up in a terrible anger: it chased the dogs into the village where they ran for safety.That didn't stop the elephant.It destroyed a dozen houses and injured several people.The villagers were scared and angry.Then someone suggested calling Parbati, the elephant princess.

　　Parbati Barua's father was a hunter of tigers and an elephant tamer.He taught Parbati to ride an elephant before she could even walk.He also taught her the dangerous art of the elephant roundup——how to catch wild elephants.

　　Parbati hasn't always lived in the jungle.After a happy childhood hunting with her father, she was sent to boarding school in the city.But Parbati never got used to being there and many years later she went back to her old life.“Life in the city is too dull.Catching elephants is an adventure and the excitement lasts for days after the chase，” she says.