A．his experience as a teacher in China

　　B．his first visit to the Three Gorges

　　C．his first ride on a boat along the Yangtze River

　　D．the Three Gorges Dam

　　答案：B

　　2．Read each paragraph and find out what the writer did.

place what the writer did Para.1 Fuling ①Buying tickets for the Jiangyou boat Para.2 From Fuling to Fengdu ②Leaving the docks and docked at Fengdu Para.3 Along the Qutang Gorge ③Sleeping through the first gorge Para.4 At Wushan ④Making a detour up the Daning River to see some of the smaller gorges Along the Wu Gorge ⑤Going through the big gorges and pass the Xiang River Para. 5 Out of the Xiling Gorge ⑥Sailing into the construction site of the Three Gorges Dam 　　Ⅱ.Careful­reading

　　Choose the best answer according to the text.

　　1．Which of the following about Peter Hessler is TRUE?

　　A．Peter Hessler is an old American teacher.

　　B．Peter Hessler comes from Canada.

　　C．Peter Hessler spent two years teaching English in a teacher training college.

　　D．Peter Hessler doesn't like China at all.

　　2．Which route about the writer's trip along the Three Gorges is RIGHT?

　　A．The Qutang Gorge→the Xiling Gorge→the Wu Gorge.

　　B．The Qutang Gorge→the Wu Gorge→the Xiling Gorge.

　　C．The Xiling Gorge→the Wu Gorge→the Qutang Gorge.

　　D．The Wu Gorge→the Qutang Gorge→the Xiling Gorge.

　　3．On the way along the Three Gorges the writer .

　　A．slept through the second gorge the Wu Gorge

　　B．saw men ride bamboo rafts along the river's edge and coal boats go past

　　C．went through the Wu Gorge on a cloudy morning

　　D．saw many temples and buildings

　　4．Which of the following about Qu Yuan is TRUE?

　　A．He was a famous poet of ancient China.

　　B．He lived in the 3rd century BC.

　　C．His home was on the Xiang River.

　　D．A, B and C.

　　5．According to this passage, how do you understand the sentence "Every rock looked like a person or animal, every stream that joined the great river carried its legends, every hill was heavy with the past"？

　　A．It describes the beautiful scenery along the Yangtze River.

　　B．It shows that there was so much history along the Yangtze River.

　　C．It indicates the writer wondered at what he had seen.

　　D．All of the above.

　　答案：1～5　CBBDD

　　Ⅲ.Studyreading

　　Analyze the following difficult sentences in the text.

　　1．Every rock looked like a person or animal, every stream that joined the great river carried its legends, every hill was heavy with the past.

[句式分析]　该句由三个句子构成排比句。在第二个句子中含有一个由that引导的定