Question

Peter Judd wanted very much to be a soldier when he was a child．So he joined the army when he was eighteen, and for several months he was taught how to be a good soldier．He did quite well in everything except shooting．One day he and his friends were practicing their shooting, and all of them were doing quite well except Peter．After he had shot at the target(靶子)nine times and hadn't hit it once, the officer who was trying to teach the young soldiers to shoot said, “You are quite hopeless, Peter!Don't waste your last bullet(子弹)!Go behind that wall and shoot yourself with it!”Peter felt ashamed(羞愧的)．He went behind the wall and a few seconds later, the officer and the other young soldiers heard the sound of a shot．“Oh, dear!”the officer said．“Has that silly man really shot himself?”He ran behind the wall as quickly as he could, but Peter was all right．“I'm sorry, sir, ”he said, “but I missed again．”What happened at the end of the story?

1. A.
   Peter became a good soldier．
2. B.
   Peter killed himself behind the wall．
3. C.
   The officer was pleased with Peter in the end．
4. D.
   Peter missed the target for the tenth time．

Answer 1

D
Peter射击不行，打了九发子弹后仍没有中一发；教官很生气，骂他不可药救，应该用最后的子弹(第十发)枪毙自己才行．结果连第十发也没打中目标(他自己)．