Many years ago, a rich man found that someone wan taking valuable things from his house. He locked all the doors and all the windows .Still the things went. It must be one of the servants! How could he catch the servant? He thought of a good plan.
Late one evening. When it was dark, he called all the servants together, “There is a thief in the house, but I know how to catch him.”He said.”In the next room there is a square box. In that box there is a chicken which is magic. Each of you must go into the room alone. It is quite dark in the room. You must feel your way to the table and press the first finger of your right hand on the top of the box. If you are not the thief, nothing will happen. If you are the thief, the chicken will make such a loud sound that everyone in the house will hear it.”Some of the servants said that they did not want to do this. They were frightened of the magic chicken. But the man said that they must do what he said. If they had done nothing wrong. They had nothing to fear.
So the servants went into the dark room one at a time, while the rest listened carefully. Soon everyone had been in the room. but the chicken made no sound.”Good “said the man.”Now I know who the thief is! The servants looked very surprised.“Show me your right hands! The chicken did not make a sound for a very good reason. There is no chicken in the box at all! But the top of the box was covered with paint. You all have paint on your fingers, except for one person. That person is the thief, and he was afraid to put his finger on the box.”He pointed to one of the servants.”Your finger is clean! You are the thief!”
小題1:Were the rich man call all the servants together?
A. Yes, they were.  B. No, they weren’t.   C.I don’t know.
小題2:When did the rich man call all the servants together?
A. In the morning B. In the afternoon C. In the evening
小題3: Did the rich man catch the thief at last?
A. Yes, he did B. No, he didn’t   C. He gave up the plan
小題4: Which of the following is NOT true?
A. There was paint on the box.
B. All of the servants touched the box.
C. All of the servants went into the dark room
小題5: What do you think of the rich man?
A. Brave.   B. Clever   C. Friendly.

小題1:A
小題1:C
小題1:A
小題1:B
小題1:B

【主旨大意】一位富人發(fā)現(xiàn)家里的東西丟了，即使把所以的門和窗子都關(guān)上。于是他便猜測(cè)是自己的傭人干的。他便通過(guò)自己的聰明才智，輕松的查出了小偷。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)賓第一段中的句子“He locked all the doors and windows. Still the things went.”可判斷選項(xiàng)為A。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第一句話“Later one evening, when it was dark, he all the servants together.”，可以推斷出選項(xiàng)C是正確的。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段富人的分析及句子"your finger is clean. You are the thief!"可以推斷抓住了小偷，故選A。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段的句子“but the top of the box was covered with paint.”可知A項(xiàng)是正確的；由最后一段的最后一句“your finger is clean. You are the thief!”可推斷B項(xiàng)是錯(cuò)誤的；根據(jù)最后一段第一句和第二句話可知選項(xiàng)C是正確的。故選B。
小題1:主旨大意題。根據(jù)整篇文章的主要內(nèi)容可知富人憑著自己的聰明才智，查出了小偷，故選項(xiàng)為B。
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