Question

【題目】Have you ever read stories of Sherlock Holmes---a famous detective? Here is one of his cases.

Stapleton, Charles’ younger brother, found that he would inherit (繼承) the Baskerville lands if Charles and his nephew(侄子) ---Henry both died.

Charles who had a weak heart believed super natural stories. After knowing this, Stapleton had the idea of buying a huge hound, and of using the phosphorus(磷) to make it shine like the hound in one story.

Then Stapleton asked his friend Laura to write a letter to bring Charles to the moor gate on that sad night. The hound, which was shining with phosphorus, chased Charles down the Yew Alley. Charles’ fear was so great that his weak heart stopped, and he died but the animal did not touch the dead body. There was no sign of murder. It was difficult for Holmes to find the murderer.

Two weeks later, Stapleton learned that Henry had reached England. He took his wife and the hound with him. He wore a false beard and followed Henry in London. He wanted to use the same way to murder Henry there. He needed something to give the hound Henry’s smell, so he paid a woman at Henry’s hotel to steal one of his shoes. The first one was a new one, which was no use for the hound, so it was put back. And then another older shoe was stolen. Before he was ready to murder Henry, he wasn’t sure if his wife would keep his secret, so he did not tell her the truth. He locked her up in their hotel. She knew that he must have some evil plans. She sent Henry a letter which was made of words cut from a newspaper.

After receiving the letter, Henry realized he was in great danger and it must have something to do with his uncle Charles’ death. So he asked Holmes for help.

【1】What does the underlined word “hound” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. 魔獸??? B. 獵犬??? C. 匕首??? D. 獵槍

【2】Paragraph 4 is mainly about _______.

A. how Stapleton bought the hound??? B. how Stapleton made the hound shine

C. how the hound killed Charles??? D. how the hound chased Charles

【3】The first new shoe was not useful for the hound because ___________.

A. it didn’t have Henry’s smell??? B. it belonged to Henry’s wife

C. the hound saw nothing about Henry??? D. the hound didn’t like the smell

【4】What may happen if Stapleton’s wife didn’t send the letter to Henry?

A. It may be easy for Henry to find that he was in danger.

B. It may be easy for Stapleton’s wife to know the truth.

C. Henry may be murdered easily with no sign like Charles.

D. Henry may get to know the truth much more easily.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】我們都聽說過著名的偵探福爾摩斯，他是一個神奇的私人偵探，破了很多奇怪的案子。這篇短文給我們講述了福爾摩斯的一個案子。

【1】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)下文Charles’ fear was so great that his weak heart stopped, and he died but the animal did not touch the dead body.可知，這句話中的the animal指的就是hound，因此我們可以知道這是一種動物。再根據(jù)下文He needed something to give the hound Henry’s smell可知，這種動物有好的嗅覺，結(jié)合選項(xiàng)我們可以知道hound的意思是獵犬。故選B。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段中He wanted to use the same way to murder Henry there.以及這一段的內(nèi)容可知，這一段描寫的是Stapleton如何利用獵犬來殺死Henry，故應(yīng)選C。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第四段中He needed something to give the hound Henry’s smell, so he paid a woman at Henry’s hotel to steal one of his shoes. The first one was a new one, which was no use for the hound, so it was put back可知，Stapleton想用同樣的方法殺死Henry，他首先要讓獵犬知道Henry的氣味，所以他買通了賓館的一個服務(wù)員，偷了Henry的一只鞋子。但是這只鞋子是新的，它上面沒有Henry的氣味，所以是沒用的。故應(yīng)選A。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文意可知，Stapleton利用獵犬殺死了Charles，并且絲毫沒有謀殺的跡象。在短文第四段中He wanted to use the same way to murder Henry there提到，他想用相同的手法殺死Henry。因此如果他的妻子沒有給Henry報信，那么Henry 就會像Charles一樣被毫無跡象的殺死。因此應(yīng)選C。