Question

The young policeman, Constable Rider, walked more quickly than usual, because of the cold, but he did not consciously neglect any part of his work. His torch flashed on doorways and windows as he looked for anything that was at all suspicious, and when he even thought that anything was unusual he went to try the door and window, probably unheard by the people sleeping in the room just above his head. As he turned a comer, he heard a slight rustling sound—it might be a cat, it could even be a dog, although few dogs wandered about at night. It might be a pair of lovers or it might be anything. Rider saw nothing.

A cat then? Usually if you disturbed a cat, it ran off and jumped, and you heard or noticed something else. By doing a lot of night work, you learned to notice these things, but now all riders noticed was the silence which had followed the rustling sound. So he acted cautiously. He did not flash his torch about the houses near the comer but walked on, and, a little way from the spot where he had heard the sound, stopped and bent his head, as if he was lighting a cigarette. A policeman who stopped to light a cigarette seemed the most unsuspicious policeman in the world.

There was still no sound. There were bushes in the garden of the house where Rider had first heard it and he knew that a man could hide there out of sight. But if he went back, it would ware any such man. So instead he stood and shone his torch at the window nearest him, and as if he had noticed something unusual, he walked towards it and opened the wooden gate, which made no sound at all. He reached the entrance and shone the torch on the keyhole of the front door and as he did so, the rustle came again, this time much more softly. He looked round quickly.

　　  1. What was Constable Rider doing on this very cold evening?

　　　　   A. He was looking for anything out of the ordinary.

　　    B. He was looking for something that had been lost.

　　　　   C. He was being careful not to disturb people.

　　　　   D. He was being careless in carrying on these duties.

　　  2. When he heard the rustling sound, he

　　　　   A. thought that it was probably caused by some animal

　　 B. knew that he had disturbed a cat

　　　　   C. thought that it was caused by the wind

　　　　   D. realized that he had turned a comer

　　  3. As he then heard no more sounds, Rider decided

　　　　   A. that he had been mistaken, and walked on

　　　　   B. that he might as well have a cigarette

　　　　   C. to flash his lamp on a window near the comer

　　　　  D. not to show that he had noticed anything

　　  4. Why did Constable Rider not go right back to the house on the comer?

　　　　   A. He had seen a man hiding there.

　　　　   B. He didn't want to use his torch.

　　　　   C. It would show that he had noticed something.

　　　　   D. There was still no sound from the garden.

 

Answer 1

答案：A;A;D;C
解析：

1.A。細節(jié)題。Rider警官在值勤時警覺性非常高。文章第二句講，他用手電筒在各家各戶的大門、窗戶上照來照去，看是否有可疑之處。如果引起他的懷疑，他會親自去試一試，看門和窗是否安全。這些舉動表明，選項A的內(nèi)容正確。其他三項與上述細節(jié)均有偏差。     2.A。細節(jié)題。文章第三句講，當聽到沙沙聲響時，他心想可能是一只貓或一只狗引起的聲響。選項A正確。選項C和D的內(nèi)容明顯錯誤。至于選項B，文章并沒有交待說，他驚擾了一只貓，所以選項B亦錯。     3.D。細節(jié)題。文章第二段講，當聲響消失后，Rider警官小心翼翼地行事。他關(guān)掉手電筒，在走到距發(fā)出聲響不遠處，假裝停下來，低頭點火吸煙，表明他并未注意到任何異�，F(xiàn)象。據(jù)此，選項D正確。其他三項均與上述細節(jié)不符。     4.C。細節(jié)題。文章第三段講，Rider發(fā)覺可能有人躲藏起來。因此，他想，如果他返回原來檢查過的地方再次檢查，這將引起藏匿人的懷疑。于是，他站在原地，打開手電筒檢查距他最近的窗子，假裝他沒有注意到有異�，F(xiàn)象發(fā)生。據(jù)此，選項C正確。其他三項與上述細節(jié)不符。

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