Question

On Thursday afternoon Mrs Clake locked the door and went to the women’s club as usual. It was a pleasant way of ___1___ time for an old woman who lived ___2___.
When she came home she ___3___ something unusual. Had someone got in? The back door and the windows were all locked and there was no ___4___ of forced entry(進入). Had anything been taken? She went from room to room, ___5___, and found her camera and spare watch missing.
The following Thursday she went out at her ___6___ time, but didn’t go to the club. Instead, she took a short walk in a park ___7___ and came home, letting herself in through the ___8___ door. She settled down to wait and see what would happen.
It was 4 o’clock when the front doorbell rang. Mrs Clarke was ___9___ tea at the time. The bell rang again, and the next moment she ___10___ her letter-box being pushed open. Picking up the kettle of boiling water, she moved ___11___ towards the letter-box. A piece of ___12___ appeared through the letter-box, and then a hand. The wire turned and caught around the knob(原形旋鈕) on the door-lock. Mrs Clarke ___13___ the kettle and poured the water over the hand. A ___14___ cry was heard outside as the wire ___15___ to the floor and the hand was pulled ___16___, which was followed by the sound of ___17___ feet.
It wasn’t long ___18___the police caught the thief. And Mrs Clarke was greatly ___19___ at the club for her successful ___20___.
1. A. saving         B. passing        C. stealing         D. finding
2. A. lonely          B. alone           C. sadly            D. easily
3. A. learned        B. found          C. sensed          D. hoped
4. A. sight            B. exhibition        C. note                 D. sign
5. A. watching            B. searching            C. looking         D. checking
6. A. late          B. dinner          C. usual            D. own
7. A. faraway       B. club           C. nearby          D. hurriedly
8. A. open            B. back            C. front            D. broken
9. A. drinking       B. making        C. pouring         D. planting
10. A. saw           B. watched       C. heard            D. smelled
11. A. quietly        B. loudly          C. fast            D. angrily
12. A. wood         B. equipment       C. chalk            D. wire
13. A. discovered    B. brought        C. raised           D. supported
14. A. soft           B. gentle           C. sharp          D. loud
15. A. pushed       B. put            C. stuck          D. fell
16. A. up           B. forward        C. back           D. down
17. A. walking       B. jumping        C. running        D. steady
18. A. after          B. when           C. before         D. until
19. A. admired      B. encouraged       C. instructed       D. supported
20. A. self-satisfaction B. self-protection      C. self-respect         D. self-service

Answer 1

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本文講述的是 Mrs Clarke 在發(fā)現(xiàn)家中有被盜后采取措施，靠智慧保護了自家財產，同時用開水懲治小偷，并幫助警察捉到了小偷的故事。
1. B。從上下文來看，此處說的是 Mrs Clake 每到星期四下午都去女子俱樂部來消磨時光/打發(fā)時間。
2. B。從語境可知，Mrs Clake 是獨自一人住，當她外出時只好鎖門。lonely 意為“孤獨的，孤單的”，alone 意為“獨自一人的”。
3. C。從后面的幾個問句來看，她對是否出現(xiàn)了問題還沒有把握，故這只是她回到家時的一種“感覺”，覺得有點“反�！�，但不能說是 learn(得知)，find(發(fā)現(xiàn))，更不能是 hope(希望)。sense 在此為動詞，意為“覺察到，感覺到”。
4. D。從 The back door and the windows were all locked 及下文來看，此處應用 sign，即沒有人強行進入的跡象 / 痕跡(sign)。
5. D。從 Had anything been taken 來看，她仍不知道是否丟失了東西，由此可推測此時只能是“核實”一下是否有丟失的東西，而不是注視著(watch)，搜查(search)或看(look)。
6. C。由第 1 段第 1 句話知她每逢星期四下午就到女子俱樂部去，由此可推測在下星期四她又像往常一樣出門了。at her usual time 指在往常的時間，與往常一樣。
7. C。由語境可推測，這家公園應離她家很近，否則她不會那么快就趕回家等著捉賊。她沒去 club，且代之以 a short walk in a park 等來看，這是她設下圈套準備捉賊。
8. B。為防止被賊看到，Mrs Clake 從后門偷偷地進了家門。前面已提到她已把門鎖上了，故排除 open。
9. B。從下文的 Mrs Clarke raised the kettle and poured the water over the hand 來看，此處說的是她正在沏茶(make tea)，并非是喝茶(drink tea)或倒茶(pour tea)或種茶(plant tea)。
10. C。從上下文來看，賊在外面，Mrs Clarke 在里面，只能是聽到外面 letter-box 被打開，而 see, watch, smell 都不合此時捉賊的情景。
11. A。為不讓賊發(fā)現(xiàn)家里有人，Mrs Clarke 應是悄悄地向 letter-box 走去才合乎情景。
12. D。從后面的 A sharp cry was heard outside as the wire fell to the floor來看，此處說的是盜賊用鐵絲作工具來行竊。
13. C。前面說當出現(xiàn)動靜時她正在沏茶，此處說的是她舉起沏茶用的熱水壺，然后把水澆在伸進來的那只手上。
14. C。她舉起熱水壺把開水澆在那只手上，由此可想象那人應是痛得尖叫起來，即 a sharp cry。
15. D。由一聲尖叫可推測，那只手被燙著了，由此可判斷此處說的是鐵絲掉到了地上。fall to the floor 意為“掉到地上”。
16. C。前面說鐵絲掉在了地上，可以想象剛伸進來的那只手應該是本能地縮回去，故用 back。pull back 意為“縮回去”。
17. C。這是盜賊被冷不防遭到襲擊后的反應：先是鐵絲掉到了地上，接著把手縮回去，然后就逃跑了，故此處說的是她聽到了逃跑的腳步聲。
18. C。It wasn’t long before… 是常用句型，意為“不久就……”。這里說的是不久警察就把小偷捉到了。
19. A。Mrs Clarke 憑借智慧捉到了小偷，自然在女子俱樂部受人羨慕/受到了贊揚。Admire 有“夸獎，贊揚”的意思。
20. B。結合全文，可知她這種做法是“自我保護”，故用 self-protection。