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【题目】 The sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville made everybody sad as he was a nice and respected man and had made many friends in Dartmoor during the two years he was at Baskerville Hall.

Mr Barrymore, the butler(男管家), said that Sir Charles had been sad and stressed these days. He told Barrymore that he was planning to return to London the next day. Then, he went for his usual evening walk. He did not return, and at midnight, Barrymore went to look for him. He followed Sir Charles’s footprints along the path until he found his master’s body lying near the end of it.

A man called Murphy was on the moor at the time and said that he heard shouting, but he was drunk at the time and no one would believe what he said.

The report said that Sir Charles had a weak heart and died of a heart attack. And this made it clear that the stories of a huge hound should not be believed.

“Do you know anything more than what is in the newspapers?” said Holmes when Dr. Mortimer had finished.

“Yes indeed. Sir Charles would never go out onto the moor at night because he was in fear of being attacked. He asked me several times whether I had heard the hound howling at night, but I never had. I was there within an hour when he died. I went over to see his body. He lay face down on the ground with his arms out and his fingers dug into the ground. At the inquest, Barrymore said that he saw nothing else, but I did. I saw footprints, Mr Holmes.”

“Footprints?” said Holmes, leaning forward. “A man’s or a woman’s?”

Mortimer looked at us for a moment before replying. “Mr.Holmes, they were the footprints of a huge hound!”

【1】What can we know about Charles Baskerville?

A.He had been in a good mood for a few days.

B.He was going back to London the next day.

C.He usually took a walk with Barrymore at night.

D.He could not get along with others and had few friends.

【2】Which is the correct order of what happened?

①Mortimer arrived at the scene and checked the body.

②Mortimer found footprints of a huge hound.

③Barrymore saw a man called Murphy on the moor.

④Charles Baskerville went out for a evening walk.

⑤Barrymore went out to look for his master.

A.④③⑤②①B.③④⑤①②C.④⑤③①②D.④⑤①③②

【3】The underlined word“this” in Paragraph 3 refer to ____________.

A.the cause of Charles’ deathB.what Murphy said

C.Charles’s footprintsD.the hound’s footprints

【4】We can infer(推断) from the passage that _____________.

A.What Barrymore said was trueB.Murphy saw who the murderer was

C.Sir Charles killed himselfD.the murderer was playing a trick

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【解析】

这篇短文给我们讲述了福尔摩斯的一个案子。查尔斯·巴斯克维尔爵士的突然去世，莫蒂默医生在现场看到了一只大猎犬的脚印。报告说查尔斯爵士心脏虚弱，死于心脏病发作。这清楚地表明，不应该相信一只大猎犬的故事。

【1】细节题。根据第2段第2句“He told Barrymore that he was planning to return to London the next day.”可知查尔斯·巴斯克维尔第二天就要回伦敦了。故选B。

【2】细节题。根据第2段第3句“he went for his usual evening walk. He did not return, and at midnight, Barrymore went to look for him.”可知首先，④ 查尔斯·巴斯克维尔晚上出去散步。然后，⑤ 巴里摩尔出去找他的主人。根据第3段“A man called Murphy was on the moor at the time and said that he heard shouting, but he was drunk at the time and no one would believe what he said.”可知接下来，③ 巴里摩尔在荒野上看到一个叫墨菲的人。 根据第6段中“I was there within an hour when he died. I went over to see his body. He lay face down on the ground with his arms out and his fingers dug into the ground. At the inquest, Barrymore said that he saw nothing else, but I did. I saw footprints, Mr Holme”可知再往后，① 莫蒂默赶到现场检查了尸体。最后是，② 莫蒂默发现了一只大猎犬的脚印。故发生的事情的正确顺序是④⑤③①②；选C。

【3】词义猜测题。the cause of Charles’ death 查尔斯的死因；what Murphy said墨菲说的话；Charles’s footprints查尔斯的脚印；the hound’s footprints猎犬的脚印。上文“The report said that Sir Charles had a weak heart and died of a heart attack.”句意是：报告说查尔斯爵士心脏虚弱，死于心脏病发作。此句“And this made it clear that the stories of a huge hound should not be believed.”句意是：这清楚地表明，不应该相信一只大猎犬的故事。根据这两句句意可知this指代上文查尔斯的死因；故选A。

【4】推理判断题。根据第4段可知报告说查尔斯爵士心脏虚弱，死于心脏病发作，有人说是一只大猎犬所为。下文莫蒂默说在现场看到了一只大猎犬脚印。根据这些细节可知凶手在耍花招。故选D。

在阅读理解题，词义猜测题是常见的一种题型，所猜测词汇可以是生词，也可以是熟词新义，还可以是人称代词的指代内容。词义猜测题主要考查考生根据上下文推测词义和语义的能力，突出考查对语境的分析和把握能力。常见的猜词法有：(1)利用上下文语境。猜测任何词义都离不开上下文，所以要借助上下文对需要猜测的词或短语进行合乎逻辑的推测。 (2)利用定义或解释性的线索。阅读文章中的有些生词往往在其后会有对该词进行解释说明的短语或句子，利用它们猜词义较容易 (3)利用文章的逻辑关系答题。如并列、对比、因果、转折关系等。这些逻辑关系往往通过一些相应的词或短语表达出来，如but, or, however, so, because等。(4)利用构词法知识答题。熟记一些前缀、后缀所表达的意思，不仅可以扩大词汇量，而且帮助我们猜测词义。第3小题的词义猜测题就是利用第1种解题方法。