Question

I had just gone to bed after a very hard day when the phone rang. It was an eccentric(怪僻的)farmer. I had never met him before although, I had often heard people talk about him. He sounded quite nervous and he had been talking for a minute or so before I understood anything. Even then all I could make out was that someone called Milly had had a very bad accident. I had not the slightest idea who she was but I obviously had to go.
It had been snowing heavily that day and I did not know the way. I had been driving for at least an hour when I finally found his place. He was standing there, waiting for me. It seemed Milly had died. “She meant more to me than anyone…even my wife!” he said. I could see that he had been crying. I thought something terrible had taken place, a possible scandal(丑聞). I was even more shocked when he told me he had put her in the barn(廄). “I wouldn't leave her out in the cold!” he said.
Milly had clearly been a secret lover of his. I was about to tell him he could not expect me to cover anything up when he opened the barn door. He lifted his candle and I saw a dark figure on the ground. “She was such a good cow! I wouldn't let anyone but a doctor touch her!” he said, and burst into tears again.
小題1:The underlined phrase make out in the first paragraph means _____.

A．expect

B．understand

C．see clearly

D．hear clearly

小題2:Before he arrived at the farmer's house, the writer expected to see Milly lying _____.

A．on the ground of a barn	B．on the floor of a room
C．in bed in a room	D．in bed in a barn

小題3:What do we know about Milly from the story?

A．She had met with an accident.	B．She had caused a scandal.
C．She was seriously ill	D．She was hidden somewhere.

小題4:The farmer wished that the writer might _____.

A．look into the matter	B．bring Milly back to life
C．free him from a scandal	D．keep the whole thing a secret

小題5:The person who told the story is probably a _____.

A．farmer

B．policeman

C．country doctor

D．newspaper reporter

Answer 1

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:C
小題4:B
小題5:C

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了一個(gè)古怪的農(nóng)夫給一個(gè)醫(yī)生打電話要給馬里看病，醫(yī)生以為那是農(nóng)夫的情人，但其實(shí)那是農(nóng)夫的牛。
小題1:詞意猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)短文第一段he had been talking for a minute or so before I understood anything描述，在我能理解某事前他一直講了大約有一分鐘左右。故后文是我能聽懂的是一個(gè)叫馬里的人出了一起事故。故選B。
小題2:推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段. I thought something terrible had taken place, a possible scandal(丑聞). I was even more shocked when he told me he had put her in the barn(廄).描述我以為是一件丑聞。當(dāng)他告訴我他已經(jīng)把她放在廄我就更震驚了。我認(rèn)為那是他的情人，所以應(yīng)該在屋子里，故選C。
小題3:推理判斷題。根據(jù)上下文可知那頭牛，馬里，病的很嚴(yán)重，所以農(nóng)夫才找醫(yī)生，故選C。
小題4:推理判斷題。根據(jù)“She was such a good cow! I wouldn't let anyone but a doctor touch her!”根據(jù)農(nóng)夫的話可以判斷，他對(duì)醫(yī)生治愈牛給予了巨大的希望，故選B。
小題5:推理判斷題。根據(jù)“She was such a good cow! I wouldn't let anyone but a doctor touch her!”根據(jù)農(nóng)夫的話，可知作者是個(gè)醫(yī)生，故選C。