答案 A

解析 从第二段第三、四两句"For this was not a youngster, but a fully grown-up one. He must have known about men and their guns. "可以推断出A项正确。

3. After reading the whole passage, we can know that the passage is written in a(n) 　　　tone.

A. worried B. excited

C. sad D. happy

答案 C

解析 根据全文尤其是最后两段可知作者是以一种很忧伤的笔调写这篇文章的。

4. According to the passage, the reason why the writer gave up hunting is that 　　　.

A. he lost heart as he missed a good chance

B. he felt guilty and was sorry for the innocent deer

C. he wanted to do something for wildlife protection

D. he realized hunting is too dangerous

答案 B

解析 这头鹿对作者毫无戒心, 这使作者非常感动, 而它的悲惨结局又让人觉得遗憾, 故B项为最佳答案。

　　About a hundred yards along the path we came to a deep valley, on the far side of which the path led into some very thick bushes. Rather than push through these, I decided that if we walked along the bottom of this valley we could go up again and rejoin the path on the far side of the bushes.

　　As I climbed down into the valley a bird flew off a rock on which I had put my hand. On looking at the spot from which the bird had risen I saw two eggs. They were a kind that I did not have in my collection. So I placed them carefully in my bag, wrapping them in dry grass.

　　As we went further down the valley, the sides became steeper(陡峭)and not far from where I had entered it came to a drop of about twelve to fourteen feet. The water that rushed down all these small valleys in the rainy season had worn the rock as glass. As it was too deep to climb down, I handed my gun to one of the men and slid down it. My feet had hardly touched the sandy bottom when two men jumped down, one on each side of me. They quickly gave me the gun and asked me if I had heard the tiger. In fact, I had heard nothing, possibly because of the noise I made sliding down the rock. The men said they had heard a tiger growling(吼)somewhere nearby, but they did not know from which direction the noise had come.

5. According to the passage, we know that the writer decided to 　　　.

A. push through the thick bushes

B. walk along the bottom of the valley

C. give up climbing up the mountain

D. find some food to eat