Question

The young policeman, Constable Rider, walked more quickly than usual, because of the cold, but he did not consciously neglect any part of his work. His torch flashed on doorways and windows as he looked for anything that was at all suspicious, and when he even thought that anything was unusual he went to try the door and window, probably unheard by the people sleeping in the room just above his head. As he turned a comer, he heard a slight rustling sound—it might be a cat, it could even be a dog, although few dogs wandered about at night. It might be a pair of lovers or it might be anything. Rider saw nothing.

A cat then? Usually if you disturbed a cat, it ran off and jumped, and you heard or noticed something else. By doing a lot of night work, you learned to notice these things, but now all riders noticed was the silence which had followed the rustling sound. So he acted cautiously. He did not flash his torch about the houses near the comer but walked on, and, a little way from the spot where he had heard the sound, stopped and bent his head, as if he was lighting a cigarette. A policeman who stopped to light a cigarette seemed the most unsuspicious policeman in the world.

There was still no sound. There were bushes in the garden of the house where Rider had first heard it and he knew that a man could hide there out of sight. But if he went back, it would ware any such man. So instead he stood and shone his torch at the window nearest him, and as if he had noticed something unusual, he walked towards it and opened the wooden gate, which made no sound at all. He reached the entrance and shone the torch on the keyhole of the front door and as he did so, the rustle came again, this time much more softly. He looked round quickly.

　　  1. What was Constable Rider doing on this very cold evening?

　　　　   A. He was looking for anything out of the ordinary.

　　    B. He was looking for something that had been lost.

　　　　   C. He was being careful not to disturb people.

　　　　   D. He was being careless in carrying on these duties.

　　  2. When he heard the rustling sound, he

　　　　   A. thought that it was probably caused by some animal

　　 B. knew that he had disturbed a cat

　　　　   C. thought that it was caused by the wind

　　　　   D. realized that he had turned a comer

　　  3. As he then heard no more sounds, Rider decided

　　　　   A. that he had been mistaken, and walked on

　　　　   B. that he might as well have a cigarette

　　　　   C. to flash his lamp on a window near the comer

　　　　  D. not to show that he had noticed anything

　　  4. Why did Constable Rider not go right back to the house on the comer?

　　　　   A. He had seen a man hiding there.

　　　　   B. He didn't want to use his torch.

　　　　   C. It would show that he had noticed something.

　　　　   D. There was still no sound from the garden.

 

Answer 1

答案：A;A;D;C
解析：

1.A。细节题。Rider警官在值勤时警觉性非常高。文章第二句讲，他用手电筒在各家各户的大门、窗户上照来照去，看是否有可疑之处。如果引起他的怀疑，他会亲自去试一试，看门和窗是否安全。这些举动表明，选项A的内容正确。其他三项与上述细节均有偏差。     2.A。细节题。文章第三句讲，当听到沙沙声响时，他心想可能是一只猫或一只狗引起的声响。选项A正确。选项C和D的内容明显错误。至于选项B，文章并没有交待说，他惊扰了一只猫，所以选项B亦错。     3.D。细节题。文章第二段讲，当声响消失后，Rider警官小心翼翼地行事。他关掉手电筒，在走到距发出声响不远处，假装停下来，低头点火吸烟，表明他并未注意到任何异常现象。据此，选项D正确。其他三项均与上述细节不符。     4.C。细节题。文章第三段讲，Rider发觉可能有人躲藏起来。因此，他想，如果他返回原来检查过的地方再次检查，这将引起藏匿人的怀疑。于是，他站在原地，打开手电筒检查距他最近的窗子，假装他没有注意到有异常现象发生。据此，选项C正确。其他三项与上述细节不符。

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