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【题目】根据短文理解,选择正确答案。
A drunken burglar(盗贼) 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 session, 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 (吓唬) 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 after a baffled neighbor heard his cries of pain.
He now faces seven years behind bars for burglary.
Police spokesman Frank Amado 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 session.
d. Ethan Adamson leapt out of a window.
A.cabd
B.dbca
C.cbda
D.dcab
(3)Which of the following is TRUE?
A.Adamson was set free a few days after staying in hospital.
B.Adamson was badly treated before he was rushed to hospital.
C.Adamson was being watched while he was in hospital.
D.Adamson was sent to the police station before he's taken to hospital.
(4)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.

【答案】
(1)A
(2)C
(3)C
(4)A
【解析】一则令人发笑的盗窃案。记叙了一个喝醉酒了的窃贼去行窃,没想到撞到一个小女孩,他本想欺骗小女孩他是超人,结果小女孩让他像超人一样飞一下以证明真伪,为了使女孩信服并制止孩子报警他只好飞,结果受了重伤被人们发现并报警。

⑴词义猜词。根据前面的内容可知,这个喝醉了的窃贼假装超人,想欺骗小女孩,结果小女孩让他像超人一样飞以证明真伪,他没有办法就只能真的像超人那样飞,他想落在下面屋顶上,所以I could make it意为“成功降落在屋顶上”。故选A。

⑵细节理解。题目问事件的正确顺序是什么? 根据文章内容可以判断cdba,故选C。

⑶细节理解。根据文章最后一句before taking him to hospital where he is being kept under guard until he is well enough to be arrested.可知,Adamson住院期间被监视。故选C。

⑷主旨大意。根据文章第一段和文章内容可知,作者写这篇文章的目的是报道一个可笑的盗窃案。故选A。

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