Question

On Thursday afternoon Mrs. Clarke locked the door and went to the women’s    36    as usual. It was a pleasant way of passing time for an old woman who lived    37  .

When she came home she sensed    38   unusual. Had someone got in? The back door and the    39   were all locked and there was no sign of forced entry ( 进入). Had anything been     40  ? She went from room to room, checking, and found her camera and watch     41    .

The following Thursday she went out at her    42    time, but she didn’t go to the club.     43   , she took a short walk in a park nearby and came home,     44   herself in through the back door. She settled down to wait and see what would    45  .

It was 4 o’clock when the front doorbell rang. Mrs. Clarke was making tea at the time. The bell rang again, and    46   she heard her letter-box being pushed open.    47   the kettle（壶）of boiling water, she moved quietly towards the door. A piece of wire appeared through the letter-box, and then a    48   . The wire turned and caught around the knob (圆型旋包钮) on the door-lock. Mrs. Clarke raised the kettle and    49 _ the water over the hand.    50 __ was heard outside as the    51    fell to the floor and the hand was pulled back, which was    52   by the sound of running feet.

It wasn’t long    53  the police caught the thief. And Mrs. Clarke was greatly    54   at the club for her successful     55  .

1.                A．organization     B．party           C．movement D．club

2.                A．lonely          B．alone          C．away D．busily

3.                A．everything      B．nothing         C．something D．anything

4.                A．windows        B．rooms          C．doors    D．gates

5.                A．found          B．opened         C．taken D．broken

6.                A．losing          B．missing         C．leaving   D．disappearing

7.                A．same          B．spare          C．special   D．usual

8.                A．Therefore       B．However        C．Instead   D．Again

9.                A．pushing        B．letting          C．pulling   D．leading

10.               A．appear         B．follow          C．happen   D．continue

11.               A．the next moment B．for a while      C．in time    D．at once

12.               A．Putting down    B．Laying aside     C．Picking up D．Taking away

13.               A．knife          B．hand           C．letter D．key

14.               A．spread         B．dropped        C．poured    D．covered

15.               A．A sad voice      B．A sharp cry      C．A warning shout D．A strange noise

16.               A．key            B．kettle          C．door-lock  D．wire

17.               A．followed        B．caused         C．produced  D．ended

18.               A．before         B．since          C．until  D．when

19.               A．surprised       B．admired        C．inspired   D．supported

20.               A．self-satisfaction  B．self-protection   C．self-respect    D．self-service

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.C

6.B

7.D

8.C

9.D

10.C

11.A

12.C

13.B

14.C

15.B

16.D

17.A

18.A

19.B

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述的是Mrs. Clarke在发现家中被盗后采取措施，靠智慧保护了自家财产，同时用开水惩治小偷，并帮助警察捉到了小偷的故事

1.考查名词：A. organization组织B. party 聚会C. movement运动D. club俱乐部，Mrs Clarke去妇女俱乐部，下文的but she didn’t go to the club有暗示，选D

2.考查副词：A. lonely孤单的B. alone 单独，一个人C. away离开D. busily忙，Mrs Clarke如果事务繁忙(busily)就无法去妇女俱乐部，她也不可能在很远(away)的地方，这样不方便。后文她的日常活动反映出距离不远。lonely"孤独的"为形容词，不能修饰动词lived。从后文可以得出，她是独自(alone)一个人住着。选B

3.考查不定代词：A. everything一切B. nothing没有什么C. something 某些东西D. anything任何东西，她回家后觉得有什么情况反常，选C

4.考查名词：A. windows窗户B. rooms房间C. doors 门D. gates门，后门和窗户还都完好地锁着。选A。

5.考查动词：A. found发现B. opened打开C. taken拿D. broken打破，有什么东西被拿了吗？选C

6.考查动词：A. losing丢失B. missing不见C. leaving离开D. disappearing消失，发现照相机和手表不见了，应该是missing或者lost，选B

7.考查形容词：A. same 同样的B. spare备用的C. special特殊的D. usual通常的，与文章首句呼应一致，Mrs Clarke不可能在同一(same)时间，也不是在空闲的(spare)或特定的(special)时间出门，而是在通例、惯例的(usual)时间去俱乐部。选D

8.考查副词：A. Therefore因此B. However然而C. Instead相反D. Again再一次，没做前面的事，而做了后面的事，中间用instead。therefore表示因果关系；however表示转折关系；instead表示对立相反和替代意义；again表示再次。Mrs Clarke这次出门没有去俱乐部，相反(instead)她在附近走走却又回到了家。选C。

9.考查动词：A. pushing推B. letting 让C. pulling 拉D. leading带领，push、pull 和lead的意义中都含着外力"推、拉、拖"和"引导、带领"的意思。Mrs Clarke进自己的家轻车熟路，径直让(let)自己进去就是了，而无需推、拉、拖、领着。选D

10.考查动词：A. appear 出现B. follow跟随C. happen发生D. continue继续，appear通常指具体物件的显现；follow表示跟随、继起，它强调事件出现的先后次序；continue继续、连续，强调事件发生的连续性；happen通常指偶然性的预期不到的事情的发生。Mrs Clarke静下心来等候着看会发生什么事情。选C

11.考查词组：A. the next moment 接下来B. for a while 有一会C. in time及时D. at once立刻，the next moment紧接着、随即；next表示"隔壁，下一个，靠得最近的，紧挨着发生的"，它强调时间之短，动作之快和连贯性。门外的小偷按了第二次铃后随即打开了信箱。选A

12.考查动词：与后文联系起来看。Mrs Clarke没有把壶放下(put down)，放到旁边(lay aside)，而是提开(pick up)了壶，并一直没放下(take away)壶。选C

13.考查名词：A. knife刀B. hand手C. letter信D. key钥匙，从下文的the water over the hand.可知选B

14.词义比较：Mrs Clarke不是让热开水掉(drop)、也不是扩散(spread)、覆盖(cover)，而是倾倒，灌注(pour)在小偷的手上，表现出她动作的干净利落，表现出她对小偷的极端仇恨的心情。选C

15.考查词组：小偷的手被开水浇烫，自然感到奇怪(strange)、痛苦(sad)，但发出的不会是乐音(voice)或噪音(noise)，而是高声的尖叫声(a sharp cry)，哪有闲暇来警告(warning)别人。选B

16.考查名词：A. key钥匙B. kettle 水壶C. door-lock门锁D. wire电线。常识运用 小偷被烫缩手，电线(wire)脱手。选D

17.考查动词： follow紧接着，表示动作的连续性；cause，produce产生，导致；end结束。紧接着(follow)，听到的是门外小偷逃跑的脚步声。选A

18.考查连词： It wasn't long before…的意思是"过不久就……"。不久小偷就被抓到了。选A

19.考查动词：人们自然会感到惊奇(surprised)，会支持(support)她，会受到鼓舞(inspired)，但她的有勇有谋，大智大勇，当然会受到赞扬、称道(admire)。选B

20.词义比较 纵观全文，我们可以看出Mrs Clarke的行为是一种自我保护(self-protection)行为，而不是自满(self-satisfaction)，自尊、自重(self-respect)或自助、自理(self-service)的行为。选B

考点：考查故事类短文