Question

Long, long ago there was a very foolish 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. 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 (拉)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 the doorbell.

A. safe B. difficult

C.dangerous D. easy

3.The neighbour hit the thief to .

A. give him lessons

B. punish (惩罚) him for stealing

C. help him with the bell

D. be his teacher

4.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.B

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述的是掩耳盗铃的故事。从前有一个愚蠢的贼，他试图偷邻居家的门铃。可是他一拉门铃就响，于是他想了个办法，把耳朵堵上，他以为这样就安全了。可是当他去偷时，被主人逮住并挨了打。

1.When he wanted to steal(偷) the bell on his neighbour’s door,可知贼试图偷邻居家的铃铛。 故选B。

2.I’ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.以及他后来就这样去偷铃，可知，他以为堵住耳朵，自己听不见铃响就安全了。A. safe安全的；B. difficult 困难的；C.dangerous 危险的； D. easy容易的。故选A。

3.I’ll teach you a lesson(教训)，可知邻居打他是为了教训他，惩罚他偷东西，故选B。

4.“Why did he come out just then?”他不知道邻居为什么会这时候出来，可知，他以为邻居听不到铃响。所以C的说法正确。

考点：故事类短文阅读。