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  3. (1) Ralph felt a kind of affectionate reverence for the conch (海螺), even tho

(1) Ralph felt a kind of affectionate reverence for the conch (海螺), even tho

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问题     (1) Ralph felt a kind of affectionate reverence for the conch (海螺), even though he had fished the thing out of the lagoon himself. He faced the place of assembly and put the conch to his lips. The others were waiting for this and came straight away. The place of assembly filled quickly; Jack, Simon, Maurice, most of the hunters, on Ralph’s right; the rest on the left, under the sun. Piggy came and stood outside the triangle. This indicated that he wished to listen, but would not speak; and Piggy intended it as a gesture of disapproval.
    (2) "The thing is: we need an assembly."
    (3) No one said anything but the faces turned to Ralph were intent. He flourished the conch. He had learnt as a practical business that fundamental statements like this had to be said at least twice, before everyone understood them. One had to sit, attracting all eyes to the conch, and drop words like heavy round stones among the little groups that crouched or squatted. He was searching his mind for simple words so that even the littluns would understand what the assembly was about.
    (4) "We need an assembly. Not for fun. But to put things straight. "
    (5) He paused for a moment and automatically pushed back his hair. Piggy tiptoed to the triangle, his ineffectual protest made, and joined the others. Ralph went on.
    (6) "We have lots of assemblies. Everybody enjoys speaking and being together. We decide things. But they don’t get done. We were going to have water brought from the stream and left in those coconut shells under fresh leaves. So it was, for a few days. Now there’s no water. The shells are dry. People drink from the river."
    (7) There was a murmur of assent. He licked his lips.
    (8) "Then there’s huts. Shelters."
    (9) The murmur swelled again and died away.
    (10) "You mostly sleep in shelters. Tonight, except for Samneric up by the fire, you’ll all sleep there. Who built the shelters?"
    (11) Clamor rose at once. Everyone had built the shelters. Ralph had to wave the conch once more.
    (12) "Wait a minute! I mean, who built all three? We all built the first one, four of us the second one, and me’n Simon built the last one over there. That’s why it’s so tottery (摇摇欲坠的). No. Don’t laugh. That shelter might fall down if the rain comes back. We’ll need those shelters then."
    (13) Piggy held out his hands for the conch but Ralph shook his head. His speech was planned, point by point. He paused, feeling for his next point. "And another thing."
    (14) Someone called out. "Too many things."
    (15) There came a mutter of agreement. Ralph overrode them.
    (16) "And another thing. We nearly set the whole island on fire. And we waste time, rolling rocks, and making little cooking fires. Now I say this and make it a rule, because I’m chief. We won’t have a fire anywhere but on the mountain. Ever."
    (17) There was a row immediately. Boys stood up and shouted and Ralph shouted back.
    (18) "Because if you want a fire to cook fish or crab, you can jolly well go up the mountain. That way we’ll be certain."
    (19) Hands were reaching for the conch in the light of the setting sun. He held on and leapt on the trunk.
    (20) "All this I meant to say. Now I’ve said it. You voted me for chief. Now you do what I say."
    (21) They quieted, slowly, and at last were seated again. Jack stood up, scowling in the gloom, and held out his hands.
    (22) "I haven’t finished yet."
    (23) "But you’ve talked and talked!"
    (24) "I’ve got the conch."
    (25) Jack sat down, grumbling.
    (26) "Then the last thing. This is what people can talk about."
    (27) He waited till the platform was very still.
    (28) "Things are breaking up. I don’t understand why. We began well; we were happy. And then—Then people started getting frightened."
    (29) A murmur, almost a moan, rose and passed away. Ralph went on, abruptly.
    (30) "But that’s littluns’ talk. We’ll get that straight. We’ve got to talk about this fear and decide there’s nothing in it. I’m frightened myself, sometimes; only that’s nonsense! Like bogies. Then, when we’ve decided, we can start again and be careful about things like the fire." A picture of three boys walking along the bright beach flitted through his mind. "And be happy."
    (31) Ceremonially, Ralph laid the conch on the trunk beside him as a sign that the speech was over. What sunlight reached them was level. [br] Ralph’s speech about the shelters indicates that ______.
选项 A、the shelters were going to be abandoned
B、there were not enough place to dwell in
C、group collaboration was in urgent need
D、new shelters must be constructed at once
答案 C
解析 原文第八段至第十二段提到，拉尔夫说大家都睡在窝棚里，而他又问到都有谁参与过搭建窝棚，第一个窝棚大家都有份，而第二个就只有四个人参加搭建，最后一个窝棚只有两个人搭，所以不够结实，而这些窝棚是大家都需要的，由此可推知拉尔夫想说的是大家的合作急需加强，故C项为答案。第十二段明确说明这些窝棚大家都需要，可见它们不会被丢弃，故排除A项；拉尔夫并没有说住的地方不够，也没有说需要搭建新的窝棚，因此B项和D项均与原文不符，故排除。
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