阅读理解题型分类练（十二） 词义猜测题———代词指代类 A （2024·合肥最后一卷）Colorado’s Grays Peak rises 14，278 feet above sea level， high enough that trees can’t grow towards the top， though there are plenty of bushes， rocks， etc.It was in this unforgiving place that Bev Wedelstedt was unlucky enough to have a bitter experience. It was August 2018， and Wedelstedt， 56， was on her way back down the trail （小路） with three friends.A storm was upon， and they were anxious to get off the mountain.When they approached a rocky drop of a couple of feet， Wedelstedt decided that instead of walking down slowly — the safe way to go — she would leap.Then she landed on her left leg and heard a snap （啪嗒声）. Every step after that was painful.Before long， she had to stop.As one friend ran down to get help， a number of other hikers， all strangers， attempted to help her down the narrow trail by walking on either side of her to support her weight， but that proved slow and dangerous. Finally， one hiker， Matt， asked her， “How do you feel about a fireman’s carry？” Before she knew it， he lifted her over his shoulder.Matt clearly couldn’t carry her all the way down by himself.So six hikers and one of her friends followed.Three hours and two mountainous miles later， this human conveyor belt finally met the ambulance men， who took Wedelstedt to the hospital. Now Wedelstedt has mostly recovered from her ill-fated hike， but she knows she’ll never shake one thing from that day： the memory of the band of strangers who came to her rescue.“I told them I wanted to meet a lot of guys， but this isn’t the way I wanted to do it.I’m still in awe now，” she said. 1.What is the author’s purpose of writing the first paragraph？（ ） A.To call on readers to take a trip there. B.To introduce the scenery of Grays Peak. C.To show the difficult situation for hikers. D.To describe Wedelstedt’s favourite travel. 2.What does the underlined word “that” in Paragraph 3 refer to？（ ） A.Walking down the rocky mountain. B.Supporting Wedelstedt to walk. C.Leaping from the mountain top. D.Keeping Wedelstedt on the trail. 3.How did strangers help Wedelstedt？（ ） A.By giving her encouragement. B.By supporting her on both sides. C.By following her all the way. D.By carrying her by turns. 4.What does Wedelstedt want to convey in the last paragraph？（ ） A.She is still scared nowadays. B.She will forget the sad event. C.She has a fresh good memory. D.She is respectful to the strangers. B （外刊原创·BBC网站）B.F.Skinner， a famous psychologist and Harvard University professor， came up with an idea after conducting a series of experiments.He showed that pigeons become more addicted to pecking （啄食） a button that delivers seeds if they don’t know when the seeds will be given. Like pigeons pecking at that button， we tap away on our phones， often disappointed but sometimes getting something that we find excitin ... ...
