Question

【題目】 The sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville made everybody sad as he was a nice and respected man and had made many friends in Dartmoor during the two years he was at Baskerville Hall.

Mr Barrymore, the butler(男管家), said that Sir Charles had been sad and stressed these days. He told Barrymore that he was planning to return to London the next day. Then, he went for his usual evening walk. He did not return, and at midnight, Barrymore went to look for him. He followed Sir Charles’s footprints along the path until he found his master’s body lying near the end of it.

A man called Murphy was on the moor at the time and said that he heard shouting, but he was drunk at the time and no one would believe what he said.

The report said that Sir Charles had a weak heart and died of a heart attack. And this made it clear that the stories of a huge hound should not be believed.

“Do you know anything more than what is in the newspapers?” said Holmes when Dr. Mortimer had finished.

“Yes indeed. Sir Charles would never go out onto the moor at night because he was in fear of being attacked. He asked me several times whether I had heard the hound howling at night, but I never had. I was there within an hour when he died. I went over to see his body. He lay face down on the ground with his arms out and his fingers dug into the ground. At the inquest, Barrymore said that he saw nothing else, but I did. I saw footprints, Mr Holmes.”

“Footprints?” said Holmes, leaning forward. “A man’s or a woman’s?”

Mortimer looked at us for a moment before replying. “Mr.Holmes, they were the footprints of a huge hound!”

【1】What can we know about Charles Baskerville?

A.He had been in a good mood for a few days.

B.He was going back to London the next day.

C.He usually took a walk with Barrymore at night.

D.He could not get along with others and had few friends.

【2】Which is the correct order of what happened?

①M(fèi)ortimer arrived at the scene and checked the body.

②Mortimer found footprints of a huge hound.

③Barrymore saw a man called Murphy on the moor.

④Charles Baskerville went out for a evening walk.

⑤Barrymore went out to look for his master.

A.④③⑤②①B.③④⑤①②C.④⑤③①②D.④⑤①③②

【3】The underlined word“this” in Paragraph 3 refer to ____________.

A.the cause of Charles’ deathB.what Murphy said

C.Charles’s footprintsD.the hound’s footprints

【4】We can infer(推斷) from the passage that _____________.

A.What Barrymore said was trueB.Murphy saw who the murderer was

C.Sir Charles killed himselfD.the murderer was playing a trick

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【解析】

這篇短文給我們講述了福爾摩斯的一個(gè)案子。查爾斯·巴斯克維爾爵士的突然去世，莫蒂默醫(yī)生在現(xiàn)場看到了一只大獵犬的腳印。報(bào)告說查爾斯爵士心臟虛弱，死于心臟病發(fā)作。這清楚地表明，不應(yīng)該相信一只大獵犬的故事。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第2段第2句“He told Barrymore that he was planning to return to London the next day.”可知查爾斯·巴斯克維爾第二天就要回倫敦了。故選B。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第2段第3句“he went for his usual evening walk. He did not return, and at midnight, Barrymore went to look for him.”可知首先，④ 查爾斯·巴斯克維爾晚上出去散步。然后，⑤ 巴里摩爾出去找他的主人。根據(jù)第3段“A man called Murphy was on the moor at the time and said that he heard shouting, but he was drunk at the time and no one would believe what he said.”可知接下來，③ 巴里摩爾在荒野上看到一個(gè)叫墨菲的人。 根據(jù)第6段中“I was there within an hour when he died. I went over to see his body. He lay face down on the ground with his arms out and his fingers dug into the ground. At the inquest, Barrymore said that he saw nothing else, but I did. I saw footprints, Mr Holme”可知再往后，① 莫蒂默趕到現(xiàn)場檢查了尸體。最后是，② 莫蒂默發(fā)現(xiàn)了一只大獵犬的腳印。故發(fā)生的事情的正確順序是④⑤③①②；選C。

【3】詞義猜測題。the cause of Charles’ death 查爾斯的死因；what Murphy said墨菲說的話；Charles’s footprints查爾斯的腳�。�the hound’s footprints獵犬的腳印。上文“The report said that Sir Charles had a weak heart and died of a heart attack.”句意是：報(bào)告說查爾斯爵士心臟虛弱，死于心臟病發(fā)作。此句“And this made it clear that the stories of a huge hound should not be believed.”句意是：這清楚地表明，不應(yīng)該相信一只大獵犬的故事。根據(jù)這兩句句意可知this指代上文查爾斯的死因；故選A。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第4段可知報(bào)告說查爾斯爵士心臟虛弱，死于心臟病發(fā)作，有人說是一只大獵犬所為。下文莫蒂默說在現(xiàn)場看到了一只大獵犬腳印。根據(jù)這些細(xì)節(jié)可知兇手在�；ㄕ小９蔬xD。

在閱讀理解題，詞義猜測題是常見的一種題型，所猜測詞匯可以是生詞，也可以是熟詞新義，還可以是人稱代詞的指代內(nèi)容。詞義猜測題主要考查考生根據(jù)上下文推測詞義和語義的能力，突出考查對語境的分析和把握能力。常見的猜詞法有：(1)利用上下文語境。猜測任何詞義都離不開上下文，所以要借助上下文對需要猜測的詞或短語進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推測。 (2)利用定義或解釋性的線索。閱讀文章中的有些生詞往往在其后會(huì)有對該詞進(jìn)行解釋說明的短語或句子，利用它們猜詞義較容易 (3)利用文章的邏輯關(guān)系答題。如并列、對比、因果、轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系等。這些邏輯關(guān)系往往通過一些相應(yīng)的詞或短語表達(dá)出來，如but, or, however, so, because等。(4)利用構(gòu)詞法知識(shí)答題。熟記一些前綴、后綴所表達(dá)的意思，不僅可以擴(kuò)大詞匯量，而且?guī)椭�我們猜測詞義。第3小題的詞義猜測題就是利用第1種解題方法。