DuringallthistimeIneverstoppedthinkingaboutescape(逃跑).WhenItravelledacrosstotheothersideoftheislandIcouldseetheotherislandsandIsaidtomyself“PerhapsIcangettherewithaboat.PerhapsIcangetbacktoEnglandoneday.”
SoIdecidedtomakemyselfaboat.Icutdownabigtreeandthenbegantomakealongholeinit.ItwashardworkbutaboutsixmonthslaterIhadaveryfinecanoe(独木舟).NextIhadtogetitdowntothesea.HowsillyIwas!Whydidn’tIthinkcarefullybeforeIbegantowork?Ofcoursethecanoewastooheavy.Icouldn’tmoveit!Ipulledandpushedandtriedeverythingbutitdidn’tmove.Iwasveryunhappyforalongtimeafterthat.
InmysixthyearontheislandIdidmakemyselfasmallercanoebutIdidnottrytoescapeinit.TheboatwastoosmallforalongjourneyandIdidnotwanttodieatsea.TheislandwasmyhomenowandIwasjusthappytobealive.AyearortwolaterImademyselfasecondcanoeontheothersideoftheisland.IalsobuiltmyselfasecondhousethereandsoIhadtwohomes.
Ikeptfoodandtoolsatbothofmyhousesandalsowildgoats.ThereweremanygoatsontheislandandImadefieldswithhighfencestokeepthemin.TheylearnttotakefoodfrommeandsoonIhadgoats’milktodrinkeveryday.Ialsoworkedhardinmycornfields.Andsomanyyearswentby.
1. Wecaninfer(推断)fromthefirstparagraphthatthewriter.
A.wasprobablyfromEngland B.livedhappilyontheisland
C.losthiswayontheisland D.wasbornontheisland
2. WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?
A.Thewritermadehimselfasmallercanoeinhissixthyearontheisland.
B.Thewritermadefieldswithhighfencestokeepmanywildgoatsin.
C.Thewriterdidn’ttrytoescapebecausehehadtwohomesontheisland.
D.Thewriterknewthecanoewastoosmallforalongjourneyacrossthesea.
3. Thisstoryismainlyabouthowthewriter.
A.keptgoatsinthefields B.escapedfromtheisland
C.builthousesbyhimself D.survivedontheisland