Question

Long, long ago there was a very foolish(傻的) thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal(偷) the bell on his neighbour’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 neighbour, 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 neighbour 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 neighbour 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 neighbour    B. his neighbour’s doorbell

C. some cotton      D. a door with a bell on it

2.“cotton” means _____________ in Chinese.

A. 布         B. 棉花        C.泡泡      D. 粉笔

3.The neighbour 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 neighbour 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 neighbour came out.

C.The thief thought the neighbour could not hear the bell.

D. The thief didn’t want to know why the neighbour ran out just at the time he stole the doorbell.

Answer

1.B

2.B

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.

2.in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.描述，可知他是用棉花来堵耳朵。故选B。

3.

4.“Steal my bell? I’ll teach you a lesson (教训),”the angry man shouted.描述，可知因为他的盗窃行为而惩罚他，故选B。

5.细节理解题。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。

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