Agatha Christie went out at night．She never forgot the night when she met a robber many years ago．
That evening, she was invited to a birthday party which lasted until 2 o’clock in the morning．Agatha walked in the quiet street alone． Suddenly from the shadow of a dark building a tall man with a sharp knife in his right hand ran out at her． “Good morning, lady,” the man said in a low voice, “I don't think you wish to die here!”
“What do you want?” Agatha asked．
“Your earrings(耳環(huán))． Take them off!”
Agatha suddenly had a bright idea． She tried to cover her necklace with the collar (衣領(lǐng) ) of her overcoat while she used the other hand to take off both of her earrings and then she quickly threw them on the ground．
“Take them and let me go,” she said． The robber saw that the girl didn’t care for the earrings at all, only trying to protect the necklace． He thought the necklace would cost more, so he said, “Give me your necklace．”
“Oh, sir． It’s not worth much． Please let me keep it．”
“Stopping rubbish(廢話)． Quick!”
With shaky hands, Agatha took off her necklace． As soon as the robber disappeared, she picked up her earrings and ran as fast as she could to one of her friends．
The earrings cost 480 pounds and the necklace the robber had taken away cost only six pounds．
小題1:Agatha never forgot the night, for she _______．
A．was robbed of her earrings
B．had a good time at the birthday party
C．was robbed of her necklace
D．was robbed, but she fooled the robber
小題2:The birthday party ___________．
A．was over at 2B．didn’t end after 2
C．ended before 2D．didn’t end at 2
小題3:Which of the following is not true? ______．
A．Agatha pretended not to care for her earrings
B．Agatha pretended to care for her necklace
C．Agatha really cared for her earrings
D．Agatha didn’t care for her earrings at all because they were not too expensive
小題4:After reading the story，you may know that Agatha was a _____ girl．
A．brave and famousB．clever and brave
C．foolishD．beautiful

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:B
講述了一個小女孩利用自己的聰明才智愚弄了歹徒保護(hù)了個人財產(chǎn)的故事。
小題1:推理題。通讀全文可知是她被搶劫但是用自己的聰明才智騙了歹徒。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段第一行she was invited to a birthday party which lasted until 2 o’clock in the morning．
小題3:推理題。實際上她發(fā)現(xiàn)在意耳環(huán)，可知D錯誤。
小題4:推理題。通讀全文可知這個女孩非常聰明而且勇敢。
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