A famous Renoir had been stolen from a museum. Detective Earl Blackman was to work on the case.
Everyone was in the dark before an art professor came to point out the false picture. So the museum even didn’t know when the picture had been stolen. Thousands of people came to visit the museum every day. After long work, some art students were focused on.
The five students who had made copies of the Renoir during the last six months were asked to bring their copies to the museum. The fifth student said she had sold her copy, which was later proved to be the one in the museum. She, however, could only remember the buyer was a man with the little finger on his left hand missing.
Blackman went back and stayed in his office looking at all the pictures of known thieves. No success.
The next afternoon, at about closing time, Blackman went to the museum to ask if the cleaning men were in the museum after everyone else had left. The director told him they had no cleaning man but six cleaning women.
As the detective left the director’s office, he saw five cleaning women. He stopped one and asked about her work. Then came the sixth cleaning woman. She was dressed just like the other women except the gloves on her hands which made her different. Blackman watched her for some time. When she came near, Blackman caught her. The woman cried out in a man’s voice, “What was that?” Blackman was more sure.
小題1:Everything came to light ________________.
A.when an art student was asked
B.when the cleaning man came into the office
C.when Blackman looked at all the pictures
D.when the cleaning woman cried
小題2:Arrange the following sentences in the right order.
a. The museum asked for help.
b. The four students showed their copies.
c. An art professor came.
d. The detective looked at all the pictures.
e. The thief bought a picture.
A.a(chǎn)-c-e-d-bB.c-a-d-s-bC.e-c-a-b-dD.e-a-b-d-c
小題3:Blackman caught the cleaning woman because of __________.
A.the gloveB.the clothesC.her sexD.her work

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:A

試題分析:文章講述了一個名畫失竊的故事。博物館里的名畫被假畫替換掉了,報案之后,偵探著手調(diào)查。在博物館工作的六位女清潔工引起了他的注意,其中一位假冒的清潔工所戴的手套露出了馬腳。
小題1:根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段的“six cleaning women”和最后一段的“Then came the sixth cleaning woman...The woman cried out in a man’s voice,”可知,六個女清潔工中有一個是男的假扮的。當(dāng)他叫出來時,真相也就大白了。故選D。
小題2:根據(jù)第一二、三段的“A famous Renoir had been stolen from a museum...an art professor came to...So the museum even didn’t know when the picture had been stolen...were asked to bring their copies to the museum...looking at all the pictures”可知,名畫丟失--美術(shù)教授發(fā)現(xiàn)博物館的畫是假的--博物館報案--偵探找來五位學(xué)生,收集來四幅畫--偵探觀察這四幅畫。故選C。
小題3:根據(jù)最后一段的“...except the gloves on her hands which made her different”可知,第六個清潔工與其他五位不同的是他的手套。故選A。
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