Question

One evening two young men were walking in the street together. They tried to find a chance to steal something. The clock struck twelve. Most of people went to bed. Quietly they came to a house. There were no lights in the house and it seemed that everyone in the house had fallen asleep. Standing at the front door gate, one said in English in a low voice, “You wait here. I’ll go round to the back door and then get into the house…” Suddenly out of the house ran a dog, barking at them. The two men were very frightened and ran away as fast as they could. They dare not stop until they got into a lonely place. The man said: “It’s too bad. I hadn’t expected that the dog could understand English.”

1.The two young men were ________.

A. workers     B. doctors      C. thieves

2.There were no lights in the house because _______.

A. the people in the house had been out

B. nobody lived there.

C. It seemed that everyone was asleep.

3.“One said in English to the other in a low voice.” Here means _______.

A. he knew English

B. he didn’t want to let anyone else understand what they would say

C. both A and B

4.“Did the dog understand English really?” _______.

A. Yes, it did.   B. No, it didn’t.   C. No, but it wanted to understand.

5.The dog ran out of the house and barked at them only because ________.

A. it understood English    B. it heard them talking    C. the two men frightened it

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.C

3.C

4.B

5.B

【解析】

1.根据文章内容They tried to find a chance to steal something.可知答案为C

2.根据文章内容There were no lights in the house and it seemed that everyone in the house had fallen asleep可知答案为C

3.根据我中年人大意可知答案为C

4.根据常识判断可知答案为B

5.根据文章内容可知答案为B