1. (2024八下·温州开学考) 任务型阅读

Anna hated helping with the cooking. What she loved best was riding Copper. Since Mum died, Dad has made it clear to her that she should be safe. Anna never had the chance to drive the cattle on Copper. 

After washing cups and going to her bed, she listened to the men talking about the next day's work.

"A storm's coming," Dad said. "The cattle will be afraid."

Anna tried to sleep but couldn't. "The men will need my help!" She thought. But when she asked Dad, he refused her offer. Anna crossed her arms and looked at the sky. The stars disappeared under a blanket of clouds. The wind blew hard. The cattle were nervous.

The camp slept everyone but Anna. Tears ran down her face. Why couldn't Dad understand? She knew he had gone through much pain about Mum's death, but how could he try to protect Anna from everything? Anna felt a few drops of rain. She got up, took her hat and went towards her horse. "Copper!" She whispered. The horse seemed to understand her. It walked close to Anna and she rode slowly into the darkness. Pulling her hat down against the rain, she lost herself in memories of riding with her parents.

A loud sound of thunder (雷声) shook Anna from her thought. Copper became nervous, too. As lightning (闪电) lit the land, Anna saw the cattle and felt the same fear. More lightning crashed. The cattle became more nervous and at last, some young ones began to run wildly. 

Stampede (动物惊跑) ! All of them were coming to the camp! 

Anna turned Copper around and raced back, shouting loud. Anna saw the men trying to get out of the way. The lightning was bright as daylight. At full speed, Anna led Copper towards the cattle. 

She raced forward with the cattle, shaking her hat at them and trying to change their direction (方向). It was hard, but slowly more and more followed. Finally, the camp was safe. Dad and all the other men came along and helped lead the cattle back.

Later when Anna was making coffee to warm them, Dad looked down at her seriously. Something different was in his usually gentle brown eyes. "Good job!" Finally he pulled Anna into a bear hug. "If you forgive (原谅) an old man for loving his girl too much, I'd have you ride with us tomorrow."

1. （1） From the passage, we know that Copper is ____.

   A . a man B . a bike C . a horse D . a head of cattle
3. （2） Which of the following shows the correct order of the events? 

   a. Anna saved the whole camp. b. Anna's Mun died.

   c. Dad refused Anna's help. d. A storm came, along with the stampede.

   e. Anna was sad and rode out alone.

   A . b-d-c-e-a B . b-c-e-d-a C . e-c-b-a-d D . e-b-c-a-d
5. （3） What can we infer from the passage?

   A . Dad doesn't like Anna because of Mum's death. B . Anna wasn't afraid when the lightning arrived. C . The cattle began to run because Anna drove them. D . Dad finally realized that he shouldn't protect Anna too much.
7. （4） Would Anna forgive her father? And what would she do the next day?