D
The pirates, the Lost Boys, the Indians and the beasts are all walking round and round the island in a circle(圆). They never catch each other because they are all walking at the same speed. At the end of the procession, there is an enormous crocodile(鳄鱼). The boys are the first to leave the circle. They disappear very quickly into their home under the ground. The entrances to their home are in seven large trees. There's one for each Lost Boy—Nibs, Slightly, Tootles, Curly, the Twins—and one for Peter Pan. Each boy enters through a hole in the trunk(树干) of his tree. Hook does not know where their home is, but he wants to find it.
Later, Nibs goes out for a walk. While he is walking through the woods, the pirates see him. Starkey, the ship's mate, takes out his pistol(手枪), but Hook stops him and says, "No. I don't want to shoot one Lost Boy. I want to kill all of them. Go and look for them! I want to find their house!"
The pirates disappear into the woods. Now Captain Hook and Mr Smee, the ship's bosun, are alone. Hook begins to talk about the Lost Boys.
"I want Peter Pan, Smee," he says. "Peter Pan and the crocodile made me lose my left hand."
"Oh, yes. I know that you are afraid of crocodiles," says Smee.
"I am not afraid of all crocodiles," explains Hook quickly. "Just one crocodile. It has my hand and now it wants to eat the rest of me." Then he sits down on a large mushroom.
"Smee," he says, "that crocodile wants to kill me, but luckily it has a clock inside it. The clock makes a noise: tick-tock, tick-tock. When I hear the tick-tock of the clock, I have time to run away before the crocodile can catch me."
—Adapted from Peter Pan
()37. The pirates, the Lost Boys, the Indians and the beasts never catch each other because .
A. they are each other's good friends
B. they are walking round and round in a circle
C. they don't want to be eaten by the crocodile
D. they are all walking at the same speed
()38. How many Lost Boys are there on the Neverland?
A. 5. B. 6. C. 7. D. 8.
()39. Which is the correct order of the following sentences?
a. Hook asks Starkey to go and look for the Lost Boys.
b. Each boy enters through a hole in the trunk of his tree.
c. Peter and the crocodile made Hook lose his left hand.
d. The boys leave the circle first.
e. Hook sits down on a large mushroom.
A. c-d-b-a-e B. c-e-b-a-d
C. d-b-a-c-e D. b-d-c-a-e
()40. What can we know from the passage?
A. Hook likes the clock inside the crocodile.
B. Hook is afraid of all crocodiles on the Neverland.
C. Hook doesn't want to kill any of the Lost Boys.
D. Hook knows the crocodile is coming by hearing the noise.