Question

I was going to bed the other night when my wife told me that I had left the light on in the shed（储藏室）. She could see it from the bedroom window. As I looked for myself, I saw that there were thieves in the shed taking things. I phoned the police, but they told me that no one was in this area to help at this time, but they would send someone over as soon as they were free.

I said OK, hung up, and waited one minute, then phoned the police back, “Hello, I just called you a minute ago because there were thieves in my shed. Well, you don’t have to worry about them now because I’ve killed them all.”

Within five minutes there were six police cars in the area. Of course, they caught the thieves very quickly. One of the officers said: “I thought you said that you’d killed them!” I replied with “I thought you said there was nobody free!”

1.There were thieves in the        .

A. shed                  B. bedroom     C. kitchen     D. garden

2.The man        when he found the thieves.

A. caught them by himself                     B. called the police at once

C. did nothing but wait            D. killed them

3.The police said that        so they couldn’t come and help at first.

A. it was too far                                      B. the car was broken

C. they were all busy          D. it was too cold

4.The police        when the man called them again.

A. found it boring                                  B. took it serious

C. let it go                    D.have a rest

5.The thieves were        at the end of the story.

A. lost                 B. killed                  C. caught     D. away

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.B

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了作者有一天晚上发现有贼进入他家的储藏室偷东西，给警察打电话，警察却说他们人手不够，忙不过来，不能来帮忙，等到作者说他已经把贼打死了，警察就很快来到他家了，把贼抓住了。

1.细节理解题。根据I saw that there were thieves in the shed taking things. 看见贼在储藏室里偷东西，故选A。

2.细节理解题。根据I phoned the police, 作者立即给警察打电话，故选B。

3.细节理解题。根据they told me that no one was in this area to help at this time, but they would send someone over as soon as they were free.警察说他们人手不够，忙不过来，不能来帮忙，故选C。

4.推理判断题。根据Within five minutes there were six police cars in the area.作者再次打电话，警察引起了重视，故选B。

5.细节理解题。根据they caught the thieves very quickly. 小偷被警察抓住了，故选C。

考点：故事类短文阅读。