Question

Long, long ago there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal(偷) the bell on his neighbour’s door, he walked up to the door, took hold of(抓住) the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home.

    Then he sat down to think, “I must do something about the noise,” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. “Ah, I’ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.” The next day he went to the door of his neighbour, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbour came running out. “Steal my bell? I’ll teach you a lesson(教训),”the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose.

   The foolish thief did not know how the neighbour found out he was stealing the bell. “Why did he come out just then?” he wondered(感到疑惑).

1.The thief was trying to get            .

A. his neighbour                       B. his neighbour’s doorbell

C. some cotton                        D. a door with a bell on it

2. The thief put some cotton in his ears. He thought it would be      for him to steal the doorbell.

A. safe         B. difficult        C.dangerous       D. easy

3.The neighbour ran out probably(很可能) because__________________.

A. he knew his doorbell was being stolen 

B. he thought someone was eager(渴望的)to visit him

C. He realized(意识到)something strange happened

D. Both B and C

4.The neighbour hit the thief to_____________________.

A. give him lessons                   B. punish (惩罚) him for stealing

C. help him with the bell               D. be his teacher

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The thief understood why he was hit on the nose.

B. The thief knew why the neighbour came out.

C .The thief thought the neighbour could not hear the bell.

D. The thief didn’t want to know why the neighbour ran out just at the time he stole the doorbell.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文就是我们汉语成语“掩耳盗铃”的故事。

1.细节判断题。根据文章中的When he wanted to steal(偷) the bell on his neighbour’s door,可判断选B。

2.细节推理题。根据文章中的When he wanted to steal(偷) the bell on his neighbour’s door以及在文章的最后，这位小偷还在疑惑，说明他认为捂住自己的耳朵，别人就听不见铃声了，所以是安全的。故选A。

3.推理判断题。邻居听到铃声“不一般”，故认为发生了奇怪的事情。故选C。

4.细节理解题。根据邻居说的那句话，邻居打小偷是为了惩罚他。判断选B，。

5.综合判断题。根据文章的最后一句话说明A是错误的；掩耳盗铃的小偷不知道邻居为什么会出来判断B是错误的；小偷捂上自己的耳朵就认为别人听不到，才大胆去偷铃，C与文章相符。

考点：人生百味类短文阅读。