Question

I had just gone to bed after a very hard day when the phone rang. It was an eccentric(怪癖的) farmer. I had never met him before although I had often heard people talk about him. He sounded quite nervous and he had been talking for a minute or so before I understood anything. Even then I could make out that someone called Milly had had a very bad accident. I hadn’t the slightest(轻微的) idea who she was but I obviously had to go.

It had been snowing so heavily that I didn’t know the way. I had been driving for at least an hour when I finally found his place. He was standing there, waiting for me. It seemed Milly had died. “She meant more to me than anyone… even my own wife!” he said. I could see that he had been crying. I thought something terrible had taken place, a possible scandal (丑闻) . I was even more shocked when he told me he had put her in the barn. “I wouldn’t leave her out in the cold!” he said.

Milly had clearly been a secret lover of his. I was about to tell him he could not expect me to cover anything up when he opened the barn door. He lifted his candle and I saw a dark figure on the ground. “She was such a good cow! I wouldn’t let anyone but a doctor touch her !” he said, and burst into tears again.

1.The underlined phrase “make out” in the first paragraph means____.

A. expect      B. understand

C. see clearly  D. hear clearly

2.What do we know about Milly from the story?

A. She had met with an accident       B. She had caused a scandal.

C. She was seriously ill.             D. She was hidden somewhere.

3.The farmer wished that the writer might ____.

A. look into the matter            B. bring Milly back to life

C. free him from a scandal         D. keep the whole thing a secret

4.The person who told the story is probably a ____.

A. farmer               B. policeman

C. country doctor       D. newspaper reporter

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：短文的作者在晚上接到一个农民的电话，在一开始他还以为自己要救治的是这个农民的秘密情人，等打开牲口棚的门以后才知道，这个农民让他救治的是一头牛。

1.that someone called Milly had had a very bad accident 描述，可知此处指的是我明白了有一个名叫米莉的人遭遇了严重的事故。故选B，明白。

2.that someone called Milly had had a very bad accident 可知米莉遭遇了严重的事故。故选A。

3.

4.

考点：考查故事类阅读