2026年启东中学作业本七年级英语上册译林版宿迁专版第67页解析答案

D
“Thanks for your help!” Chief Strong Buffalo says to his daughter. He laughs out loud. “Ha! Ha! Before the sun sets tonight, I will have half of Wise Owl’s horses.”
“I must go now. I must go and meet Wise Owl. Dark Eyes will not tell him the truth. He will lie to Wise Owl. It’s time to go and get my horses.” Strong Buffalo is happy.
Strong Buffalo gets onto his horse. He is riding very fast. And he is laughing. Strong Buffalo meets Wise Owl. “Dark Eyes will never tell you the truth! He will not say that Fireball is dead. He will say that he doesn’t know where Fireball is. He will not tell you the story of my daughter Blue Feather and Fireball’s heart. Let’s go and talk to him. Let’s hear what he will say. And then you must give me half of your horses!” Strong Buffalo is very happy.
Wise Owl is sad. He is sad because his favourite horse is dead. “Dark Eyes will be very scared of me. Will he really tell the truth?” Wise Owl and Strong Buffalo are with Dark Eyes now. “Tell me!” Wise Owl says to Dark Eyes. “How’s Fireball?”
Dark Eyes is thinking. How can he tell Chief Wise Owl the truth? How can he tell him the story of Blue Feather and Fireball’s heart? He is very scared and unhappy. He looks into Chief Wise Owl’s eyes for a long time. “Wise Owl,” he says, “Fireball is dead!” Then he tells him the story of Blue Feather’s illness and Fireball’s heart. He tells him everything. He tells him the truth.
—Adapted from Fireball’s Heart
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)12. Why does Strong Buffalo feel happy?
A. Because Dark Eyes likes his daughter.
B. Because he thinks he will have half of Wise Owl’s horses.
C. Because his daughter is better again.
D. Because Fireball is dead.
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)13. Strong Buffalo thinks that Dark Eyes will

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A. tell the story of Fireball’s heart
B. say where Fireball is
C. say that Fireball is dead
D. never tell Wise Owl the truth
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)14. Which is the right order of the story?
① Dark Eyes tells the truth to Wise Owl.
② Strong Buffalo meets Wise Owl.
③ Strong Buffalo thanks his daughter.
④ Wise Owl asks Dark Eyes about Fireball.
A. ③→②→④→① B. ③→④→②→①
C. ②→③→④→① D. ①→②→③→④
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)15. What do you think of Dark Eyes?
A. Foolish. B. Kind.
C. Unkind. D. Careless.

答案：12. B 【点拨】根据第三段中“‘And then you must give me half of your horses!’Strong Buffalo is very happy.”可知，他高兴的原因是他认为他将拥有智慧猫头鹰一半的马。故选 B。
13. D 【点拨】根据第三段中“Strong Buffalo meets Wise Owl. ‘Dark Eyes will never tell you the truth... ’”可知选 D。
14. A 【点拨】根据全文内容可知，事情发生的正确顺序是③→②→④→①。故选 A。
15. B 【点拨】根据最后一段可知，他是友善的。故选 B。

解析：

【分析】
做这类阅读理解题，需先通读全文把握故事脉络，再针对每道题的题干关键词定位原文对应段落，对比选项排除错误答案选出正确选项：第12题需定位Strong Buffalo开心的原因；第13题需定位他对Dark Eyes的看法；第14题需梳理故事发生的先后顺序；第15题需根据人物行为判断性格。
【解析】
12. 定位原文第三段“‘And then you must give me half of your horses!’ Strong Buffalo is very happy.”，可知他开心是因为认为能得到Wise Owl一半的马，对应选项B，故选B。
13. 定位原文第三段“Strong Buffalo meets Wise Owl. ‘Dark Eyes will never tell you the truth... ’”，可知他认为Dark Eyes不会说真话，对应选项D，故选D。
14. 梳理故事顺序：首先开头Strong Buffalo感谢女儿（③），接着他骑马去见Wise Owl（②），之后两人找到Dark Eyes，Wise Owl询问Fireball的情况（④），最后Dark Eyes说出真相（①），正确顺序为③→②→④→①，对应选项A，故选A。
15. 定位原文最后一段，Dark Eyes虽害怕但仍说出真相，可知他是友善的，对应选项B，故选B。
【答案】
12.B 13.D 14.A 15.B
【知识点】
阅读理解细节理解、阅读理解排序题、阅读理解人物评价
【点评】
本题为故事类阅读理解，侧重考查学生对文章细节信息的定位、梳理及人物性格的分析能力，要求学生仔细阅读原文，准确抓取关键语句。
【难度系数】
0.6