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(进入). 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(原形旋钮) 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

1--  20      BBCDD   CCBBC   ADCCD   CCCAB  

解析:

本文讲述的是 Mrs Clarke 在发现家中有被盗后采取措施，靠智慧保护了自家财产，同时用开水惩治小偷，并帮助警察捉到了小偷的故事。

1. B。从上下文来看，此处说的是 Mrs Clake 每到星期四下午都去女子俱乐部来消磨时光/打发时间。

2. B。从语境可知，Mrs Clake 是独自一人住，当她外出时只好锁门。lonely 意为“孤独的，孤单的”，alone 意为“独自一人的”。

3. C。从后面的几个问句来看，她对是否出现了问题还没有把握，故这只是她回到家时的一种“感觉”，觉得有点“反常”，但不能说是 learn(得知)，find(发现)，更不能是 hope(希望)。sense 在此为动词，意为“觉察到，感觉到”。

4. D。从 The back door and the windows were all locked 及下文来看，此处应用 sign，即没有人强行进入的迹象 / 痕迹(sign)。

5. D。从 Had anything been taken 来看，她仍不知道是否丢失了东西，由此可推测此时只能是“核实”一下是否有丢失的东西，而不是注视着(watch)，搜查(search)或看(look)。

6. C。由第 1 段第 1 句话知她每逢星期四下午就到女子俱乐部去，由此可推测在下星期四她又像往常一样出门了。at her usual time 指在往常的时间，与往常一样。

7. C。由语境可推测，这家公园应离她家很近，否则她不会那么快就赶回家等着捉贼。她没去 club，且代之以 a short walk in a park 等来看，这是她设下圈套准备捉贼。

8. B。为防止被贼看到，Mrs Clake 从后门偷偷地进了家门。前面已提到她已把门锁上了，故排除 open。

9. B。从下文的 Mrs Clarke raised the kettle and poured the water over the hand 来看，此处说的是她正在沏茶(make tea)，并非是喝茶(drink tea)或倒茶(pour tea)或种茶(plant tea)。

10. C。从上下文来看，贼在外面，Mrs Clarke 在里面，只能是听到外面 letter-box 被打开，而 see, watch, smell 都不合此时捉贼的情景。

11. A。为不让贼发现家里有人，Mrs Clarke 应是悄悄地向 letter-box 走去才合乎情景。

12. D。从后面的 A sharp cry was heard outside as the wire fell to the floor来看，此处说的是盗贼用铁丝作工具来行窃。

13. C。前面说当出现动静时她正在沏茶，此处说的是她举起沏茶用的热水壶，然后把水浇在伸进来的那只手上。

14. C。她举起热水壶把开水浇在那只手上，由此可想象那人应是痛得尖叫起来，即 a sharp cry。

15. D。由一声尖叫可推测，那只手被烫着了，由此可判断此处说的是铁丝掉到了地上。fall to the floor 意为“掉到地上”。

16. C。前面说铁丝掉在了地上，可以想象刚伸进来的那只手应该是本能地缩回去，故用 back。pull back 意为“缩回去”。

17. C。这是盗贼被冷不防遭到袭击后的反应：先是铁丝掉到了地上，接着把手缩回去，然后就逃跑了，故此处说的是她听到了逃跑的脚步声。

18. C。It wasn’t long before… 是常用句型，意为“不久就……”。这里说的是不久警察就把小偷捉到了。

19. A。Mrs Clarke 凭借智慧捉到了小偷，自然在女子俱乐部受人羡慕/受到了赞扬。Admire 有“夸奖，赞扬”的意思。

20. B。结合全文，可知她这种做法是“自我保护”，故用 self-protection。