Question

Some people do not like anything to be out of place; they are never late for work; they return their books to the library on time; they remember people's birthdays; and they pay their bills as soon as they arrive. Mr. Dodds is such a person .

Mr. Dodds works in a bank, and lives on his own. The only family he has is in the next town :his sister lives there with her husband, and her son, Mark, Mr. Dodds does not see his sister, or her family, from one year to the next, but he sends them Christmas cards, and he has not forgotten one of Mark’s seventeen birthdays.

Last week Mr. Dodds had quite a surprise. He drove home from the bank at the usual time, driving neither too slowly nor too fast. He parked his car where he always parked it, out of the way of other cars, and he went inside to make his evening meal. Straight away, there was a knock at the door. Mr Dodds opened the door to find a policeman standing on the door-step .

“What have I done wrong ?” Mr. Dodds asked himself . “Have I driven on the wrong side of the road? Has there been some trouble at the bank? Have I forgotten to pay an important bill?”

“Hello, Uncle ,” said the policeman,” My name is Mark.”

1.From the passage we know that his sister ______.

A. lives in the next town with her husband and son

B. is the only member of the family that he knows

C. never writes back to him

D. has a small family: a son and Mark, her husband

2.“He has not forgotten one of Mark’s seventeen birthdays” means ____.

A. he has not forgotten Mark’s seventeenth birthday.

B. he sent Mark something on his seventeenth birthday

C. he always sent a Christmas card on Mark’s birthday

D. he always sent Mark something on his birthday

3.There was a knock at the door when Mr. Dodds was ______.

A. driving home from the bank

B. parking his car

C. ready to make his evening meal

D. just about to shut the front door

4.The policeman was there _______.

A. to ask Mr. Dodds to go to see his uncle

B. to ask Mr. Dodds to park his car not too near to other cars

C. to meet Mr. Dodds, his uncle

D. to see Mr. Dodds about some trouble at the bank

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章主要讲了Mr. Dodds先生是一个循规蹈矩的人，他从来不去看自己的姐姐一家，但是每次都给他们邮去礼物。有一天一位警察来到Mr. Dodds先生家，Mr. Dodds不知道自己犯了什么错误，原来是自己的侄子来看自己。

1.】A 细节题。根据The only family he has is in the next town :his sister lives there with her husband, and her son, Mark可知从文章中可以看出，他的姐姐和她的丈夫和儿子住在隔壁的城镇，选A。

2.】D 细节题。根据Mr. Dodds does not see his sister, or her family, from one year to the next, but he sends them Christmas cards, and he has not forgotten one of Mark’s seventeen birthdays.可知“他没有忘记Mark的17岁生日”意思是他总是在Mark生日时，给他寄礼物。选D。

3.】C 细节题。根据and he went inside to make his evening meal.可知当Dodds先生正在做晚饭时，忽然有人敲门，选C。

4.】C 推断题。根据“Hello, Uncle ,” said the policeman,” My name is Mark.”可知这位警察是来看他的叔叔Mr. Dodds。

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