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 (拉)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(教訓(xùn)),” 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 hit the thief to .

A. give him lessons

B. punish (懲罰) him for stealing

C. help him with the bell

D. be his teacher

4.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

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述的是掩耳盜鈴的故事。從前有一個(gè)愚蠢的賊，他試圖偷鄰居家的門鈴�？墒撬�一拉門鈴就響，于是他想了個(gè)辦法，把耳朵堵上，他以為這樣就安全了�？墒钱�(dāng)他去偷時(shí)，被主人逮住并挨了打。

1.When he wanted to steal(偷) the bell on his neighbour’s door,可知賊試圖偷鄰居家的鈴鐺。 故選B。

2.I’ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.以及他后來就這樣去偷鈴，可知，他以為堵住耳朵，自己聽不見鈴響就安全了。A. safe安全的；B. difficult 困難的；C.dangerous 危險(xiǎn)的； D. easy容易的。故選A。

3.I’ll teach you a lesson(教訓(xùn))，可知鄰居打他是為了教訓(xùn)他，懲罰他偷東西，故選B。

4.“Why did he come out just then?”他不知道鄰居為什么會這時(shí)候出來，可知，他以為鄰居聽不到鈴響。所以C的說法正確。

考點(diǎn)：故事類短文閱讀。