Question

Long, long ago there was a very foolish(傻的) thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal(偷) the bell on his neighbour’s door, he walked up to the door, took hold of(抓住) the bell and pulled hard（用力）. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home.

Then he sat down to think, “I must do something about the noise,” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. “Ah, I’ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.” The next day he went to the door of his neighbour, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbour came running out. “Steal my bell? I’ll teach you a lesson(教训),”the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose.

The foolish thief did not know how the neighbour found out he was stealing the bell. “Why did he come out just then?” he wondered(感到疑惑).

1.The thief was trying to get .

A. his neighbour B. his neighbour’s doorbell

C. some cotton D. a door with a bell on it

2.The thief put some cotton in his ears. He thought it would be for him to steal theDoorbell.

A. safe B. difficult

C.dangerous D. easy

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The thief understood why he was hit on the nose.

B. The thief knew why the neighbour came out.

C .The thief thought the neighbour could not hear the bell.

D. The thief didn’t want to know why the neighbour ran out just at the time he stole the doorbell.

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章主要讲了，著名的谚语故事---掩耳盗铃的故事，讲述了自以为聪明的贼，去偷邻家的玲，但是当他摸的时候响了，所以想了自以为聪明的方法，把耳朵堵上，最后在大家捉住了。

1.细节理解题。根据When he wanted to steal (偷) the bell on his neighbor’s door可知他想头邻居的门铃，故选B。

2.细节理解题。四个选项分别表示安全的，困难的，危险地和简单的，这是掩耳盗铃的故事，这个贼自以为安全了，故选A.

3.细节理解题。根据短文最后一句话，那个时候他为什么出来了，说明这个贼仍认为邻居听不到铃声，故选C。

考点：故事类短文阅读。