“My dear lady,” says Holmes. “You’re shivering. Are you old? Do you want a cup of hot tea?”

“I’m not cold,” the woman replies, “I fear for my life!”

“We are here to help you. Don’t worry about anything. I don’t know you. But I know many things about you. For example, I know how you travel. You came to London by train. You also ride to the train station on a horse-drawn wagon(马车).”

“Why, yes. You’re right. But how do you know these things?”

“ I see a return ticket in your glove. I see fresh mud on the left arm of your dress. Now tell us your problem.”

“My name is Helen Stoner,” she states, “ My mother and father are dead. I am living with my stepfather, Dr Grimesby Roylott. He comes from a rich family. But they are no longer rich. They have nothing except a small piece of land and a huge old house. We are living in the house. Dr Roylott is using my mother’s money for expenses(开支). Part of it was for my sister and me. It was for our marriages.”

Holmes is sitting in his chair. His eyes are closed. He is listening carefully to Helen’s story. He hears every detail.

Helen continues. “My stepfather has no friends. He fights with everyone. He is strong and gets angry quickly. Everyone is afraid of him.”

“He has no friends at all?” asks Holmes.

“No. He talks to no one except the gypsies. They are poor people who travel from place to place. A band of gypsies is staying on our land right now.”

“Are you and your sister afraid of the gypsies?”

“My dear Mr Holmes. You are making me so sad. My sister is dead. That is why I am standing here in this room.”

1.Paragraph 6 beginning with “My name is …” is mostly about_______________.

A．Helen’s dead sister                     B．Helen’s trip to London

C．the house Helen lives in                  D．Helen’s stepfather and the family

2.What is Holmes doing while Helen is telling her story?

A．Walking slowly                         B．Listening carefully

C．standing sadly                          D．Writing quickly

3.Which of the following can best describe the gypsies according to the passage?

A．They are very rich                       B．They are afraid of other people

C．They live on a horse-drawn wagon          D．They move from one place to another

4.The passage is probably from __________.

A．a novel           B．a guide           C．a poem           D．an advertisement

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　　One evening Beethoven was walking in a street 1 he suddenly stopped outside a little house. He heard someone 2 his Sonata in F.

　　From the small house came 3 voice: “I can't play any more. This piece of music is so 4 to play. How I wish I could hear Beethoven himself play it.”

　　“Ah, my sister, but we are so 5 ,” said a young man. “We can't afford to buy tickets to the concert.”

　　“Forget it,” said the girl. “I just said for 6 .”

　　Beethoven knocked at the door and it opened. In the dim candle light a girl was 7 before a piano. A young man was making shoes by a table near her.

　　“Pardon me,” said Beethoven, “but I heard the music. You wish to hear …” He stopped. To 8 surprise he found the girl was blind. “Excuse me, who taught you to play the music? You learned it 9 ” “I heard the woman next door playing this music. I listened to her outside her window for a long time.”

　　Beethoven said 10 . He sat down 11 the piano. The moon shone 12 in through the window. He looked 13 to the sky for a while. Then he said to himself, “I'll play a Sonata to the Moonlight!” He began to play.

　　The girl and the young man listened to him silently near the piano. They both lost 14 in the beautiful music.

　　After Beethoven went back home he worked all night 15 down the new piece of music. He called it the Moonlight Sonata.

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