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 neighbor, 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 neighbor fond 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 neighbor B. his neighbor’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 neighbor 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

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：很久很久以前，有一个非常愚蠢的小偷。你知道有一天他做了什么？当他想偷邻居家的门上的铃的时候，抓住铃时，它会响。他想：我会放一些棉花在我的耳朵。然后我就听不到噪音。结果就在他进行偷门铃的时候被抓住了。

1.he wanted to steal(偷) the bell on his neighbour’s door 句意：他想偷邻居家的门上的铃。结合选项，明确为第二项。故选B

2.I’ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.句意：我会放一些棉花在我的耳朵。然后我就听不到噪音。从中介绍了他认为这样会是很安全的偷到邻居家的门铃。故选 A

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考点：寓言故事类短文阅读。