Question

On Thursday afternoon Mrs. Clarke, dressed for going out, took her handbag with her money and her key in it, pulled the door behind her to lock it and went to the Over 60s Club. She always went there on Thursdays. It was a nice outing for an old woman who lived alone.

At six o’clock she came home, let herself in and at once smelt cigarette smoke. Cigarette smoke in her house? How? Had someone got in? She checked the back door and the windows. All were locked or fastened, as usual. There was no sign of forced entry.

Over a cup of tea she wondered whether someone might have a key that fitted her front door—“a master key ”perhaps. So she stayed at home the following Thursday. Nothing happened. Was anyone watching her movements? On the Thursday after that she went out at her usual time, dressed as usual, but she didn’t go to the club. Instead she took a short cut home again, letting herself in through her garden and the back door. She settled down to wait.

It was just after four o’clock when the front door bell rang. Mrs. Clarke was making a cup of tea at the time. The bell rang again, and then she heard her letter box being pushed open. With the kettle of boiling water in her hand, she moved quietly toward the front door. A long piece of wire appeared through the letter box, and then a hand. The wire turned and caught around the knob on the door lock. Mrs. Clarke raised the kettle and poured the water over the hand. There was a shout outside, and the skin seemed to drop off the fingers like a glove. The wire fell to the floor, the hand was pulled back, and Mrs. Clarke heard the sound of running feet.

1.Mrs. Clarke looked forward to Thursday because__________.

A. she worked at a club on the day

B. she lived alone

C. she visited a club on Thursdays

D. a special visitor came on Thursday Clarke

2. If someone had made a forced entry,________.

A. Mrs. Clarke would have found a broken door or window

B. he or she was still in the house

C. things would have been thrown about

D. he or she would have needed a master key

3.According to the passage, which of the following is right?

A. She is about more than 50 years old.

B. The next day after she found something unusual in her house, she stayed at home.

C. The man who tried to enter her house wore a pair of gloves.

D. Mrs. Clarke was in an attempt to trick the thief when she noticed something unusual.

4.The wire fell to the floor________.

A. because Mrs. Clarke refused to open the door

B. when the man’s glove dropped off

C. because it was too hot to hold

D. because the man just wanted to get away

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了Mrs. Clarke每到周四都去俱樂部去，有一天她照常去那里，等到回到家中，她發現家里好像有人來過，于是她想出來一個辦法來看個究竟，那天，她裝著去俱樂部，但是一會就回來了，躲在一個地方看著是否有人來，結果賊真的來了，她用準備好的熱水澆了賊的手，賊嚇得跑開了。

1.細節理解題。根據…went to the over 60s Club. She always went there on Thursdays. 太太盼望星期四因為在這天她要去俱樂部。故選C。

2.推理題。根據She checked the back door and the windows. All were locked or fastened, as usual. There was no sign of forced entry.可知如果有人強行進入的話，門窗就會壞了，故選A。

3.細節理解題。根據but she didn’t go to the club. Instead she took a short cut home again, letting herself in through her garden and the back door. She settled down to wait.她故意讓賊看見她出去，但是她又回來了，想看個究竟，故選D

4.推理題。根據Mrs. Clarke raised the kettle and poured the water over the hand. There was a shout outside, and the skin seemed to drop off the fingers like a glove. The wire fell to the floor, the hand was pulled back, and Mrs. Clarke heard the sound of running feet.可知這個人是想逃跑，故選D。

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