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 (教训),”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).

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 neighbor 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

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.B

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述了是中国经典寓言故事——掩耳盗铃。描述的是一个人以为堵住了自己的耳朵，邻居也就听不到铃声，结果被抓住，受到惩罚。

1.根据短文描述，可知这个人想要偷他的邻居的门铃，故选B。

2.根据第二段“Ah, I’ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.” 可知他认为这样是安全的，故选A。

3.根据短文描述，结合常识可知邻居出来肯定是因为听到了铃声，要么是有人偷门铃，要么是有人来访，故选D。

4.根据“Steal my bell? I’ll teach you a lesson (教训),”the angry man shouted.描述，可知选B。

5.根据短文描述，可知他认为自己听不到铃声，邻居也就听不到铃声。故选C。

考点：故事类记述文阅读