Question

【題目】 That morning， we noticed a cab following Sir Henry and Dr．Mortimer in London． But who？

We went to Sir Henry's hotel． Holmes asked Dr． Mortimer if anyone with a black beard lived in or near Baskerville Hall．

"Yes，" said Dr．Mortimer，"Barrymore．"

"We must send a telegram to check whether Barrymore is in London or at Baskerville Hall，"said Holmes．

Sir Henry said he wanted to go to Baskerville Hall．

"OK"， said Holmes． "But you mustn't go alone． Watson can go with you．"

Sir Henry and I agreed to take the 10：30 train on Saturday．

Holmes thought deeply on the way home： the story of the Hound， Sir Charles's death， the strange letter， the missing boot and the black-bearded man． He sat in his room all afternoon， smoking and thinking．

Just before dinner， a telegram arrived． It said，"Barrymore is at Baskerville Hall．"

"That becomes a dead end， Watson． We will have to look for another way to go forward．

Just then the door bell rang． It was the cab driver who drove the man with the black beard． "I got a message that you are asking for me"， he said． "I've never had a complaint． I came here to ask you what you had against me! "

"No， no，" said Holmes． "Instead， I'll give you money if you tell me about the man in your cab this morning． He watched this house at 10：00 and then told you to follow the two gentlemen．"

The driver looked surprised and then answered，"The man said he was a detective（偵探） and that I shouldn't tell anyone about him． "

"It's serious， my friend， and you may be in trouble if you refuse to answer．" "His name，" said the driver， "was Sherlock Holmes．"

I'd never seen Holmes more surprised． Then he laughed． "He scored against me that time， Watson．"

The driver told us everything he knew． Holmes gave him the money and sent him away． "This is a dangerous enemy （敵人）， Watson．"

-Taken from The Hound of the Baskervilles

【1】According to the passage， the underlined phrase "dead end" in Paragraph 10 means ______ ．

A.Holmes wanted to give up solving the case

B.the road in front of Baskerville Hall was closed

C.the cab driver didn't find his way and turned round

D.they didn't know who the man with a black beard was

【2】According to the passage， we can know that the cab driver ______ ．

A.was as dangerous as the black-bearded man

B.received a complaint from the black-bearded man

C.didn't know why Holmes asked for him at the beginning

D.didn't tell Holmes anything about the black-bearded man

【3】Which of the following is the correct order according to the passage？ ______

a． Holmes received the telegram．

b． The cab driver came to see Holmes．

c． Watson was asked to go with Sir Henry．

d． Holmes was surprised and then laughed．

e． Watson and Sir Henry took the 10：30 train．

A.cabdeB.ceabdC.abcdeD.acebd

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】A

【解析】

本文章主要講述了福爾摩斯找尋一個(gè)黑色胡子男士的斷案過(guò)程。

【1】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)后面 We will have to look for another way to go forward，可知是說(shuō)是一條死胡同，需要另尋出路，再根據(jù)上文中 the missing boot and the black-bearded man…thinking．可知他并不知道黑胡子的人是誰(shuí)。故選D。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)推理題。根據(jù)文章 "I got a message that you are asking for me",he said."I've never had a complaint.I came here to ask you what you had against me! "可知馬車(chē)駕駛員并不知道福爾摩斯一開(kāi)始找他的原因，故選C。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第六段可知Watson 被要求與Henry 先生同行；根據(jù)第九段可知，福爾摩斯收到電報(bào)；根據(jù)第十一段可知，出租車(chē)司機(jī)來(lái)見(jiàn)福爾摩斯；根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段可知，福爾摩斯很驚訝并笑了起來(lái)；根據(jù)第七段以及下文可知，Watson和Henry先生乘周六十點(diǎn)的火車(chē)發(fā)生在最后。故選A。