Question

A Brooklyn man who was quarreling with his girlfriend yesterday threw a dog off the balcony（阳台） of her 23rd-story apartment in TriBeCa, killing it, the police said.
The man, John Jefferson, 43, of Bedford-Stuyvesant, has been charged（指控） with robbery, criminal possession of a weapon and animal cruelty, the police said. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital Center yesterday for psychiatric evaluation（精神病鉴定）, they said.
The incident began shortly before 11 a.m., the police said, when Mr. Jefferson went to visit his girlfriend, Eugenia Miller, 41, at her apartment on 80 North Moore Street. She had filed a police report on Friday accusing（控告）Mr. Jefferson of stealing from her, but yesterday she allowed him in and they began arguing, the police said.
Mr. Jefferson threatened Ms. Miller with a knife, and she called 911, the police said. When officers arrived at her door, she ran into the hallway and Mr. Jefferson stayed in the apartment, they said. Mr. Jefferson began throwing Ms. Miller’s things off the balcony, first the television, the air-conditioner and clothes, then her dog, Ribsy, the police and witnesses said.
The dog had lived in the neighborhood for more than a decade and was well liked by children. “He was like a person and he would hang out with us guys or go visit kids at the basketball court,” said neighbors.
【小题1】The man was taken to hospital because _____.

A．he killed a pet dog

B．he was badly injured

C．his girlfriend asked to do so

D．he needed a psychiatric evaluation

【小题2】John Jefferson was accused of the following except _____.

A．his arguing with his girlfriend

B．criminal possession of a weapon

C．animal cruelty

D．robbery

【小题3】From the passage we know that _____.

A．the dog was badly hurt and sent to hospital

B．the dog was popular in the neighborhood

C．the dog was able to play basketball

D．the dog never went out

Answer 1

【小题1】D
【小题2】A
【小题3】B

解析试题分析：本文叙述了John Jefferson和他的女朋友有争执时，把她家的电视、空调和狗都从阳台上扔到了23层的楼下，结果他的女朋友的狗死了，John Jefferson被指控有抢劫，私藏枪支和对动物残忍等罪名，他现已被送往医院进行精神病鉴定。
【小题1】这是细节理解题。根据He was taken to Bellevue Hospital Center yesterday for psychiatric evaluation（精神病鉴定）故选D。
【小题2】这是细节理解题。根据The man, John Jefferson, 43, of Bedford-Stuyvesant, has been charged（指控） with robbery, criminal possession of a weapon and animal cruelty,故选A。
【小题3】这是细节理解题。根据The dog had lived in the neighborhood for more than a decade and was well liked by children. “He was like a person and he would hang out with us guys or go visit kids at the basketball court,可知这只狗在这个小区很受欢迎，故选B。
考点：这是故事类的文章。
点评：细节题为阅读考题的重头戏，所占比例很高，相对而言较简单，因为这类题虽然要求理解准确，但基本上限于字面意义的理解，范围也限于局部，因此是我们可望得高分的部分。细节题绝大部分体现“中心思想是解”这一原理。本文都是细节理解题，在文中比较容易找到答案。