Sherlock Holmes is considered by many people as the greatest detective in fictional literature. He is, in fact, more famous than his own creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In the popular series of stories, Holmes is described as “tall and lean, pope-smoking, always in his cape and speaks in a splendid manner”. Doyle gave Holmes’ address as 221-B Baker Street, London, and to this day some visitors to London still go to Baker Street to search for 221-B. Of course, there never was really any such address. Holmes’ flat was supposed to be shared by the lovable, but sometimes clumsy Doctor Watson who went around with Holmes trying to solve crimes before Holmes did. Poor Dr Watson lost out to Holmes every time.
Doyle gave Holmes a masterly skill of deduction---the ability to come up with interesting conclusion from the simplest clues found at the scene of a crime. Doyle said that the description of Holmes was modeled on one of his lecturers at Edinburgh University where he studied medicine. That man was Dr Joseph Bell. Sherlock Holmes first appeared in Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet published in 1887. Holmes was so loved by all that when his author killed him off in one of his stories, readers wrote in anger to complain. They refused to allow Holmes to die! Holmes was brought back to “l(fā)ife” and appeared in further stories.  
The stories of Sherlock Holmes have been reprinted many times ever since then. Today we can watch Holmes at work on cinema and television screens as well as on stage.
小題1:Sherlock Holmes was________.
A．the greatest detective who ever lived
B．Dr Joseph Bell
C．Arthur Conan Doyle
D．only a character made up by Arthur Conan Dolye
小題2:Dr Watson was________.
A．tall and learn
B．lovable but always clumsy
C．lovable but sometimes clumsy
D．lovable and never clumsy
小題3:Holmes was supposed to have lived_______.
A．with Dr WatsonB．with Dr Joseph Bell
C．with the greatest detectiveD．with Doyle
小題4:Doyle made up the description of Holmes_______.
A．from his own imagination
B．based on a famous London doctor
C．based on Dr Joseph Bell at Edinburgh University
D．based on a model of Holmes

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:C

小題1:從第一段前兩句話可知：Holmes (福爾摩斯）被公認(rèn)為是虛構(gòu)文學(xué)中最偉大的偵探家，事實(shí)上他比他的創(chuàng)作者Arthur Conan Doyle 先生還出名，由此可知Holmes是Arthur Conan Doyle 筆下虛構(gòu)的一個(gè)人物形象。
小題2:由第一段倒數(shù)第二句話可知：福爾摩斯和很可愛(ài)但有時(shí)難免笨拙的華倫醫(yī)生住在一起。華倫醫(yī)生伴隨福爾摩斯左右并試圖在福爾摩斯之前破案，但可憐的他每次都輸給福爾摩斯。由此可知答案。
小題3:由第一段倒數(shù)第二句可知在小說(shuō)中Holmes即福爾摩斯被安排和華倫醫(yī)生住在一起，故選A。
小題4:由第二段第二句話可知福爾摩斯的原型來(lái)源于愛(ài)丁堡大學(xué)的Joseph Bell 博士。
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