According to an old story, a farmer once found that a bag of corn had been stolen from his house. He went to the judge and told him about his loss. The judge ordered all the people of the farm to come before him. He took a number of sticks of equal length and gave one stick to each man.
　He then said, “Come before me again tomorrow. I shall then know which of you is the thief because the stick given to the thief will be one inch longer than the others.”
　The thief was afraid of being found out, and so he cut an inch off his stick. The next day the thief’s stick was found to be one inch shorter than any of the others. In this way the thief was found out, and was at once taken away to prison.
小題1:The judge gave each man a stick _______.
A．to change back the farmer’s corn
B．to beat the thief
C．a(chǎn)s a tool to find out the thief
D．so as to play a game together
小題2:Since the thief cut the stick short, ________.
A．he was found out
B．the judge couldn’t catch him
C．his stick had an equal length with the others’
D．his stick wouldn’t be any longer
小題3:The wise way the judge found out the thief in the end was to make ______.
A．the thief cut the stick off
B．the thief cut an inch off the stick
C．the stick grow an inch longer
D．the other’s sticks would become one inch shorter

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:B

試題分析：
小題1:C 推理題。根據(jù)文章第2,3段內(nèi)容，說明判官用木棍作為工具來找到小偷。故C正確。
小題2:A 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段The next day the thief’s stick was found to be one inch shorter than any of the others. In this way the thief was found out, and was at once taken away to prison.說明正是因為小偷的木棒比別人的要短，所以他才被發(fā)現(xiàn)，故A正確。
小題3:B 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第三段第一行The thief was afraid of being found out, and so he cut an inch off his stick.說明小偷害怕被抓住所以才削短木棒。故B正確。
點評：文章介紹了一個聰明的判官找小偷的故事。本文集中考查細節(jié)題，要求考生在閱讀時關(guān)注重要的地點，人物，和關(guān)鍵點，做好標志，減少回讀的次數(shù)，提高閱讀的效率和速度。
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