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 neighbor’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 neighbor came running out. “Steal my bell? I’ll teach you a lesson (教訓),”the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose.
The foolish thief did not know how the neighbor found out he was stealing the bell. “Why did he come out just then?” he wondered (感到疑惑).
【小題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

【小題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

【小題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 (意識到) something strange happened

D．Both B and C

【小題4】The neighbor 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

【小題5】Which of the following is TRUE?

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

B．The thief knew why the neighbor came out.

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

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

Answer 1

【小題1】B
【小題2】A
【小題3】D
【小題4】B
【小題5】C

解析試題分析：這篇短文講述了是中國經典寓言故事——掩耳盜鈴。描述的是一個人以為堵住了自己的耳朵，鄰居也就聽不到鈴聲，結果被抓住，受到懲罰。
【小題1】根據短文描述，可知這個人想要偷他的鄰居的門鈴，故選B。
【小題2】根據第二段“Ah, I’ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.” 可知他認為這樣是安全的，故選A。
【小題3】根據短文描述，結合常識可知鄰居出來肯定是因為聽到了鈴聲，要么是有人偷門鈴，要么是有人來訪，故選D。
【小題4】根據“Steal my bell? I’ll teach you a lesson (教訓),”the angry man shouted.描述，可知選B。
【小題5】根據短文描述，可知他認為自己聽不到鈴聲，鄰居也就聽不到鈴聲。故選C。
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