Question

【題目】An extract from The Greatest Tales of Sherlock Holmes

I think I will tell you what happened last night. My husband Sir Eustace went to bed at about half past ten. The servants had already gone to their rooms. Only my housekeeper s【1】 in her room at the top of the house until I needed her.

I sat until after eleven in this room, deep in a book. Then I walked round to see that all was right before I went u【2】 . I always did this myself, to be sure that everything is OK. I went into the kitchen, the store room, the living room, and f【3】 the dining-room. As I came near the window, which is covered with thick curtains, I suddenly felt the wind blow on my face, and realized that it was o【4】. I pulled the curtain to one side, and found myself face to face with a broad-shouldered, elderly man who had just walked into the room, The window is a long French one, which really forms a door leading to the lawn, By the light of my bedroom candle, I saw two other men entering behind the first. I was so scared, trembling. I s【5】 back quickly, but the man was on me in a moment. He caught me first by the wrist and then by the throat. I struggled to scream, but he hit me heavily over the eyes, and I fell to the ground.

I must have been unconscious for a few minutes. When I woke up, I found that they had torn down the bell-rope and had tied me tightly to the c【6】 standing at the head of the dining table. I was so firmly bound that I could not move, and a handkerchief round my mouth prevented me from making any sound. It was at this moment that my unfortunate husband came into the room. He had c【7】 heard some suspicious sounds, and he came prepared. When he rushed at one of the burglars, another man bent down and took the poker(拔火棍) out of the fireplace and struck him heavily as he passed. My husband fell without a groan（呻吟）and never moved again.

(To be continued)

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】stayed

【2】upstairs

【3】finally

【4】open

【5】stepped

【6】chair

【7】clearly

【解析】

這是一篇夏洛克·福爾摩斯最偉大的故事摘錄。主要介紹作者昨天晚上遇到壞人的事情，昨天晚上她準備睡覺時，發(fā)現(xiàn)窗戶開了，結果有三個壞人進到了房里，其中一個壞人將她打暈，她丈夫聽到可疑的聲音，當他沖向一個壞人時，另兩個壞人把他也打倒了，他很不幸，再也不能動了。

【1】句意：只有我的管家在我需要她之前一直呆在她在房頂?shù)姆块g里。

根據(jù)文意，只有“我”的管家待在（stay）樓上的房間里，當我需要她的時候，她才會從樓上下來。如果用 sleep 一詞，則不符合 until I needed her 的文意，只能填 stay。且整篇文章是由 Sir Eustace 的妻子向 Sherlock Holmes 講述的昨晚的一個事件，所以動詞需要使用一般過去時。故正確答案為 stayed。

【2】句意：然后我在上樓之前四處走動，看看一切都好了。

根據(jù)文意，“我”會在上樓（upstairs）休息之前巡視房子，以確認是否一切正常。并且從下文“我”檢查的地方有廚房、儲藏室、客廳以及餐廳，可以推斷臥室是在樓上的。故正確答案為 upstairs。

【3】句意：我走進廚房，儲藏室，起居室，最后是餐廳。

觀察句子，這里應該是缺少一個副詞做狀語修飾句子。根據(jù)文意，“我”檢查了廚房、儲藏室、客廳，最后是（finally）餐廳。故正確答案為 finally。

【4】句意：我突然感覺到風吹到我的臉上，意識到它是開著的。

觀察句子，這里缺少一個形容詞作表語，根據(jù)“我”突然感到有風吹在“我”的臉上，所以應該是“我”意識到窗戶是開著的（open）。故正確答案為 open。

【5】句意：很快就后退了一步，但那個人一會兒就追上了我。

根據(jù)文意，借助臥室蠟燭的光，“我”看到有兩個人進入了房子，“我”非常害怕，忍不住打顫，快速地后退（step back），但那個男人馬上就抓住了“我”。此處還要注意時態(tài)為一般過去時，故正確答案為 stepped。

【6】句意：當我醒來時，我發(fā)現(xiàn)他們把鈴繩扯下來了，并把我緊緊地綁在餐桌前面的椅子上。

觀察句子，這里應該是用名詞，tie sb to sth把某人綁在…上，結合句意，故正確答案為 chair。

【7】句意：他顯然聽到了一些可疑的聲音，他有備而來。

由 he came prepared 可知，“我”的丈夫是有備而來的。他顯然（clearly）是聽到了一些可疑的聲音。故正確答案為 clearly。