Question

Have you ever read stories of Sherlock Holmes---a famous detective? Here is one of his cases.

Stapleton, Charles’ younger brother, found that he would inherit (继承) the Baskerville lands if Charles and his nephew(侄子) ---Henry both died.

Charles who had a weak heart believed super natural stories. After knowing this, Stapleton had the idea of buying a huge hound, and of using the phosphorus(磷) to make it shine like the hound in one story.

Then Stapleton asked his friend Laura to write a letter to bring Charles to the moor gate on that sad night. The hound, which was shining with phosphorus, chased Charles down the Yew Alley. Charles’ fear was so great that his weak heart stopped, and he died but the animal did not touch the dead body. There was no sign of murder. It was difficult for Holmes to find the murderer.

Two weeks later, Stapleton learned that Henry had reached England. He took his wife and the hound with him. He wore a false beard and followed Henry in London. He wanted to use the same way to murder Henry there. He needed something to give the hound Henry’s smell, so he paid a woman at Henry’s hotel to steal one of his shoes. The first one was a new one, which was no use for the hound, so it was put back. And then another older shoe was stolen. Before he was ready to murder Henry, he wasn’t sure if his wife would keep his secret, so he did not tell her the truth. He locked her up in their hotel. She knew that he must have some evil plans. She sent Henry a letter which was made of words cut from a newspaper.

After receiving the letter, Henry realized he was in great danger and it must have something to do with his uncle Charles’ death. So he asked Holmes for help.

1.What does the underlined word “hound” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. 魔兽    B. 猎犬    C. 匕首    D. 猎枪

2.Paragraph 4 is mainly about _______.

A. how Stapleton bought the hound    B. how Stapleton made the hound shine

C. how the hound killed Charles    D. how the hound chased Charles

3.The first new shoe was not useful for the hound because ___________.

A. it didn’t have Henry’s smell    B. it belonged to Henry’s wife

C. the hound saw nothing about Henry    D. the hound didn’t like the smell

4.What may happen if Stapleton’s wife didn’t send the letter to Henry?

A. It may be easy for Henry to find that he was in danger.

B. It may be easy for Stapleton’s wife to know the truth.

C. Henry may be murdered easily with no sign like Charles.

D. Henry may get to know the truth much more easily.

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.C

【解析】我们都听说过著名的侦探福尔摩斯，他是一个神奇的私人侦探，破了很多奇怪的案子。这篇短文给我们讲述了福尔摩斯的一个案子。

1.词义猜测题。根据下文Charles’ fear was so great that his weak heart stopped, and he died but the animal did not touch the dead body.可知，这句话中的the animal指的就是hound，因此我们可以知道这是一种动物。再根据下文He needed something to give the hound Henry’s smell可知，这种动物有好的嗅觉，结合选项我们可以知道hound的意思是猎犬。故选B。

2.细节理解题。根据第四段中He wanted to use the same way to murder Henry there.以及这一段的内容可知，这一段描写的是Stapleton如何利用猎犬来杀死Henry，故应选C。

3.细节理解题。根据短文第四段中He needed something to give the hound Henry’s smell, so he paid a woman at Henry’s hotel to steal one of his shoes. The first one was a new one, which was no use for the hound, so it was put back可知，Stapleton想用同样的方法杀死Henry，他首先要让猎犬知道Henry的气味，所以他买通了宾馆的一个服务员，偷了Henry的一只鞋子。但是这只鞋子是新的，它上面没有Henry的气味，所以是没用的。故应选A。

4.推理判断题。根据文意可知，Stapleton利用猎犬杀死了Charles，并且丝毫没有谋杀的迹象。在短文第四段中He wanted to use the same way to murder Henry there提到，他想用相同的手法杀死Henry。因此如果他的妻子没有给Henry报信，那么Henry 就会像Charles一样被毫无迹象的杀死。因此应选C。

点睛：这篇短文给我们讲述了著名侦探福尔摩斯断案的一个故事。短文内容叙述清楚、详细，比较容易理解。后面的题目设置有细节理解题和推理判断题，做题时，我们应注意从原文搜索有用信息来作答。例如第3小题，根据短文第四段的描述可知，Stapleton想利用猎犬杀死Henry，首先要让猎犬知道Henry的气味，因此他买通了Henry住的宾馆的服务员，偷了Henry的一只鞋子。但因为鞋是新的，没有用，因此我们可以推测新鞋上没有Henry的气味，所以没有用，故应选A。