4．For six hours we shot through the landscape of the Karoo desert in South Africa．Just rocks and sand and baking sun．Knowing our journey was ending，Daniel and I just wanted to remember all we had seen and done．He used a camera．I used words．I had already finished three notebooks and was into the fourth，a beautiful leather notebook I'd bought in a market in Mozambique．
Southern Africa was full of stories．And visions．We were almost drunk on sensations．The roaring of the water at Victoria Falls，the impossible silence of the Okavango Delta in Botswana．And then the other things：dogs in the streets，whole families in Soweto living in one room，a kilometre from clean water．
As we drove towards the setting sun，a quietness fell over us．The road was empty--we hadn't seen another car for hours．And as I drove，something caught my eye，something moving next to me．I glanced in the mirror of the car； I glanced sideways to the right，and that was when I saw them．Next to us，by the side of the road，thirty，forty wild horses were racing the car，a cloud of dust rising behind them--brown，muscular horses almost close enough to touch them，to smell their hot breath．I didn't know how long they had been there next to us．
I shouted to Dan："Look!"，but he was in a deep sleep，his camera lying useless by his feet．
They raced the car for a few seconds，then disappeared far behind us，a memory of heroic formsin the red landscape．When Daniel woke up an hour later I told him what had happened．
"Wild horses？"he said．"Why didn't you wake me up？"
"I tried．But they were gone after a few seconds．"
"Are you sure you didn't dream it？"
"You were the one who was sleeping!"
'Typical，he said．"The best photos are the ones we never take．"
We checked into a dusty hotel and slept the sleep of the dead．
65．During their journey in Africa，the two travelersD
A．made friends with local residents
B．complained about the poor living conditions
C．enjoyed the sunset in the Karoo desert most
D．recorded their experiences in different ways
66．What does the phrase"heroic forms"in Paragraph 4refer to？B
A．Racing cars．B．Wild horses．C．Eye-catching locals．D．Running dogs．
67．What did Daniel think when he woke up and was told what had happened？A
A．He always missed out on the best thing．B．He had already taken beautiful pictures．
C．A sound sleep was more important．D．The next trip would be better．
68．What is'the passage mainly about？B
A．How to view wildlife in Africa．B．Running into wildlife in Africa．
C．Tourist attractions in southern Africa．D．Possible dangers of travelling in the desert．
分析 我們在南非臺地高原荒蕪的沙漠穿行了六個小時．只有石頭，沙子以及烘烤的太陽．知道我們的旅行即將結(jié)束，丹尼爾和我只是想把我們看到的以及做過的事情都記�。孟鄼C，我用文字．我已經(jīng)寫了三本筆記，已經(jīng)開始寫第四本，第四本是我在莫桑比克市場買的精美的皮革筆記本．
非洲南部充滿了故事以及風(fēng)景．我們幾乎沉醉在各種震撼的感覺中．維多利亞瀑布咆哮的水流，位于博茨瓦納的奧卡萬戈三角洲讓人難以置信的寧靜．
然后還有其他的一些：街上的狗，索維托地區(qū)一大家人擠在離干凈水源一千米的屋里．
我們開車往太陽下山的位置行駛的時候，一種寧靜籠罩著我們．路是空的--我們連著幾個小時一輛車都沒見到．正當(dāng)我開車的時候，我看到了什么，它們離的很近，幾乎可以摸到，也可以聞到它們熱乎乎的呼吸．我不知道它們這樣跟我們近距離挨著有多久了．
我對丹大喊，"快看！"．但是他睡得很沉，他的相機在他的腳下，也沒法用．它們和汽車賽跑了幾秒鐘，然后消失在我們身后，給我在這片紅色的土地上留下了英勇身影的記憶．
一個小時后丹尼爾醒了，我告訴他發(fā)生了什么．
"野馬？"他問道，"索菲，你為什么不叫醒我？"
"我叫了，但是它們幾秒鐘就消失了．"
"你確定你不是在做夢？"
"是你在睡覺好不好！"
"典型的例子"，他說，"最好的照片就是我們沒照到的照片．"
我們住進了一家滿是灰塵的旅館，睡得很死．
解答 65．答案D 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)Daniel and I just wanted to remember all we had seen and done．He used a camera．I used words．可知 丹尼爾和我只是想把我們看到的以及做過的事情都記�。孟鄼C，我用文字．故選D．
66．答案B 猜測詞義題．根據(jù) They raced the car for a few seconds，then disappeared far behind us，a memory of heroic formsin the red landscape．When Daniel woke up an hour later I told him what had happened．"Wild horses？"he said．"Why didn't you wake me up？"可知 它們和汽車賽跑了幾秒鐘，然后消失在我們身后，給我在這片紅色的土地上留下了英勇身影的記憶．一個小時后丹尼爾醒了，我告訴他發(fā)生了什么．"野馬？"他問道，"索菲，你為什么不叫醒我？"句意內(nèi)容指追汽車的野馬．故選B．
67．答案A 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)The best photos are the ones we never take．可知最好的照片就是我們沒照到的照片．故選A．
68．答案B 文章主旨題．文章主要敘述了我們在晚上被一群野馬追逐的景觀，所以文章的大意是Running into wildlife in Africa．故選B．
點評 本文有一定的難度，出現(xiàn)了許多生詞需要自己的判斷理解才能讀懂，本文要求讀懂文章意思，明白文章在講什么，從整體把握，才可以做好．從文中尋找答案，并且結(jié)合自己的理解來做題．
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