Question

【題目】閱讀理解

When someone who is in good health dies suddenly, there is usually an inquest(審問). A coroner(驗尸官)will do it. His job is to find out exactly how a person died.

If there is nothing suspicious about the death, he will decide that the person died from natural causes or an accident, if, however, he is suspicious, he may decide that the person’s death was caused by a person or persons unknown.

One day the coroner was trying to find out exactly what had caused the death of a local businessman, Henry Watson.

The man’s wife was explaining something. She was very sad and had to stop from time to time. The coroner did not want to make her sadder than necessary, but he had to find out the truth. There were questions he had to ask. “Mrs. Watson, I know this is painful for you,” he said, “but I want you to think very carefully and then answer my questions. You and your husband were having dinner at home. Is that correct? ”

“Yes.” ‘‘Suddenly he fell to the floor? ” “Yes.”

“You stood up and hurried to him? You knelt(跪下)beside him? His stomach was in great pain? ” “Yes.” “Did he say anything? ” The wife kept her head down．

“Please, Mrs. Watson, you must answer the question. What were his last words? ”

The wife took a deep breath and then spoke. “He said,” She replied in a very low voice, “I'm not surprised that seafood we had for dinner cost you only 50 cents.”

【1】What is the purpose(目的)of an inquest when a healthy person dies suddenly?

A.To help the poor family.B.To do a research on death.

C.To find out the cause of death.D.To ask questions about the person.

【2】What is the meaning of the underlined(劃線的) word “suspicious” in the passage?

A.可怕的B.可憐的C.可能的D.可疑的

【3】What was the probable cause of Henry Watson’s death?

A.Eating the food that went bad.B.Getting too old.

C.Having a serious heart attack.D.Being murdered by his cook.

【4】According to the story, what would probably happen to the wife after this inquest?

A.She would become a bad woman.B.She would never buy any seafood.

C.She would be much healthier.D.She would ask the coroner to keep the secret.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】

當一個健康的人突然死亡時，審問的目的是找出死亡的原因。一位妻子的丈夫死亡，訊問這名妻子的目的就是能知道其丈夫的死亡是因為食用壞了的海產(chǎn)品。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)His job is to find out exactly how a person died. 他的工作是查明一個人究竟是怎么死的。可知，他的目的是找出死亡的原因。故選C。

【2】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)文中he will decide that the person died from natural causes or an accident, if, however, he is suspicious, he may decide that the person’s death was caused by a person or persons unknown. 他將決定該人死于自然原因或事故，但如果他懷疑，他可以決定該人的死亡是由一個或多個未知的人造成的�？芍�，這里表達的是“懷疑，疑惑”，故應(yīng)該選D。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)His stomach was in great pain? ” “Yes.”和“I’m not surprised that seafood we had for dinner cost you only 50 cents, ”可知，Henry Watson死亡可能的原因是吃了壞了的食物，故選A。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文最后The wife took a deep breath and then spoke. “He said,” She replied in a very low voice, “I'm not surprised that seafood we had for dinner cost you only 50 cents. ”可知丈夫的死亡是因為食用壞了的海產(chǎn)品，所以妻子可能以后都不會再買海產(chǎn)品了，以免讓自己回憶起傷心的事情，故選B。