Question

Bond had walked for only a few minutes when it suddenly occurred to him that he was being followed. There was no evidence for it except a slight headache and a little knowing the people near him but believed in his sixth sense and he at once stopped in front of the shop window he was passing and looked occasionally back along 46th Street. Nothing but a lot of miscellaneous people moving slowly on the sidewalks, mostly on the same side as himself, the side that was back from the sun. There was no sudden movement into a doorway, nobody wiping his face with a handkerchief to avoid recognition, nobody bending down to tie a shoelace.

He went on and turned into the Avenue of the Americans, stopping in the first doorway, the entrance to a woman’s underwear store where a man in a blue suit with his back to him was examining the black lace paints on a particularly realistic-dummy（模型）.

And then something grasped his arm and a voice came, “All right, Limey. Take it easy unless you want lead for lunch,” and he felt something press into his back just above the kidney.

There was a tap as his fist was caught in the other man’s left hand, and at the same time as the contact telegraphed to Bond’s mind that there could have been no gun, there came the well remembered laugh and the lazy voice saying: “No good, James. The angles have got you.”

Bond straightened himself slowly and for a moment he could only gaze into the smiling face of Felix Leiter with blank dis-belief, his built-up tension（紧张）slowly relaxing.

“So you were doing a front tail, you bastard（赝品）,” he finally said.

1. Bond realized that he was being followed by means of _____.

A. his common sense　 B. his sense of humour C. his sight　 D. his sixth sense

2. When Bond stopped and looked back along 46th Street, he observed all the following except _____.

A. most people on the sidewalks were on the same side as himself

B. no one suddenly turned into a doorway

C. a man was looking into the window of a store

D. no one wiped his face with a handkerchief

3. Why did Bond stop in the doorway to the underwear shop?

A. To see who was following him.　　　 　 B. To look at the man in the blue suit.

C. To avoid the sunshine.　　　　 　　 D. To look at the underwear.

4. What did the man mean by saying “Take it easy unless you want lead for lunch”?

A. Put up your hands.　　

B. Don’t move or I’ll shoot you.

C. If you want to have lunch, you must listen to me.　　

D. You go first slowly and we’ll have lunch together.

5. What is “a front tail”?

A. Pretending to be someone else.　 　 B. Following somebody from in front.

C. Following someone from behind.　 　 D. Standing in front of a shop window.

Answer 1

1—5 DCABB

1. 细节题。根据There was no evidence for it except a slight headache and a little knowing the people near him but believed in his sixth sense可知，他是通过第六感觉觉察到自己被人跟踪了。

2. 细节题。当Bond停下来时，他观察到的情况有：mostly on the same side as himself... no sudden movement into a doorway...nobody wiping his face with a handkerchief ... nobody bending down to tie a shoelace.只有C项没有提及。

3. 推断题。根据he was being followed, ...believed in his sixth sense and he at once stopped in front of the shop window... looked occasionally back along 46th Street可以推断出，Bond停下来的目的是要弄清楚到底是谁在跟踪他。

4. 句意推测题。后面有句话：he felt something press into his back just above the kidney.他感觉到什么东西顶在他的腰部，他意识到可能遇上歹徒了。持枪歹徒通常会威胁受害人：Don’t move or I’ll shoot you.故B项最佳。

5. 词语猜测题。从前面部分我们了解到，当他往后面看的时候，并没有发现可疑的情况。后面有人跟踪的话，我们一般会说：“后面有尾巴。”而a front tail则是反过来说的，所以，a front tail，应该是“被人从前面跟踪了”。因为这是朋友搞的恶作剧。