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【題目】A drunken burglar in the Orrell Park area of Liverpool, ended up leaping out of a window after a 10-year-old girl asked him to prove he was a superhero.

The drunken thief who pretended he was Superman to stop a child raising the alarm has been caught after he leapt from the apartment building in his pants to make the girl convinced.

Thief Ethan Adamson, 25, told police that he had broken into a fifth-floor flat after a drinking party, believing it was empty.

But he was horrified when the owner’s 10-year-old daughter woke up while he was there.

From his hospital bed, the thief told reporters, “To keep her quiet, I told her I was really Superman and I’d soon be flying off back to my secret headquarters.”

“She called my bluff (向…攤牌) and told me, ‘If you’re Superman, show me you can fly or I’ll scream’.”

“I had no choice so I stripped to my pants to look more like a superhero and went to the window. I saw another roof below and I thought I could make it but it turned out to be a lot further down than thought. I know it doesn’t make sense but it did to me when I was drunk.”

Police later found him on the roof in just his yellow pants, covered in cuts and bruises(淤青) after a neighbor heard his cries of pain.

He now faces seven years behind bars for burglary.

Police spokesman Frank Armado said, “He was in quite a serious state and couldn’t move until we got up there using ladders. He was treated for his injuries and we got him some fresh clothes, before taking him to hospital where he is being kept under guard until he is well enough to be arrested.”

【1】What does the underlined part in the passage mean?

A. I could land safely on the roof.

B. I could make the girl trust me.

C. I could prove I was a superhero.

D. I could make a successful escape.

【2】What’s the right order of the event?

a. Ethan Adamson told reporters of the burglary.

b. The 10-year-old girl called Ethan Adamson’s bluff.

c. Ethan Adamson attended a drinking party.

d. Ethan Adamson leapt out of a window.

A. cabd B. dbca C. cbda D.dcab

【3】What is the author’s purpose of writing the passage?

A. To report on a joking burglary.

B. To call our attention to the burglary.

C. To explain how the burglar was caught.

D. To look back on an adventure story.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】A

【解析】

試題分析：本文報(bào)道了一個(gè)聰明的小女孩智捉小偷的故事，小女孩就嚇唬闖進(jìn)家里的賊Ethan Adamson，如果不能像超人那樣飛就尖叫，他只好跳了出去，受了重傷，最后被警察抓住。

【1】A 詞義猜詞題。根據(jù)前面的內(nèi)容可知，這個(gè)喝醉了竊賊假裝成超人，想欺騙小女孩，結(jié)果小女孩讓他像超人一樣飛，否則就報(bào)警，所以他沒(méi)有辦法就只能真的假裝像超人飛一下，所以又根據(jù)下文I saw another roof below and I thought I could make it。 他看到下面有一個(gè)屋頂，想落到屋頂上，在根據(jù)個(gè)搭配“make it 成功”。由此可知答案選A。

【2】C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章三、四、五三段Thief Ethan Adamson, 25, told police that he had broken into a fifth-floor flat after a drinking party, .........“To keep her quiet, I told her I was really Superman and I’d soon be flying off back to my secret headquarters.”可知Ethan Adamson先去參加聚會(huì)，酒后闖進(jìn)10歲小女孩的家里，小女孩就嚇唬他，如果不能像超人那樣飛就尖叫，他只好跳了出去，受了重傷，被警察抓住后接受記者采訪。故C項(xiàng)順序正確。

【3】A 主旨大意題。本文報(bào)道了一個(gè)聰明的小女孩智捉小偷的故事，小女孩就嚇唬闖進(jìn)家里的賊Ethan Adamson，如果不能像超人那樣飛就尖叫，他只好跳了出去，受了重傷，最后被警察抓住。故A正確。