Question

Some people do not like anything to be out of place; they are never late for work; they return their books to the library on time; they remember people's birthdays; and they pay their bills as soon as they arrive. Mr. Dodds is such a person .

Mr. Dodds works in a bank, and lives on his own. The only family he has is in the next town :his sister lives there with her husband, and her son, Mark, Mr. Dodds does not see his sister, or her family, from one year to the next, but he sends them Christmas cards, and he has not forgotten one of Mark’s seventeen birthdays.

Last week Mr. Dodds had quite a surprise. He drove home from the bank at the usual time, driving neither too slowly nor too fast. He parked his car where he always parked it, out of the way of other cars, and he went inside to make his evening meal. Straight away, there was a knock at the door. Mr Dodds opened the door to find a policeman standing on the door-step .

“What have I done wrong ?” Mr. Dodds asked himself . “Have I driven on the wrong side of the road? Has there been some trouble at the bank? Have I forgotten to pay an important bill?”

“Hello, Uncle ,” said the policeman,” My name is Mark.”

1.From the passage we know that his sister ______.

A. lives in the next town with her husband and son

B. is the only member of the family that he knows

C. never writes back to him

D. has a small family: a son and Mark, her husband

2.“He has not forgotten one of Mark’s seventeen birthdays” means ____.

A. he has not forgotten Mark’s seventeenth birthday.

B. he sent Mark something on his seventeenth birthday

C. he always sent a Christmas card on Mark’s birthday

D. he always sent Mark something on his birthday

3.There was a knock at the door when Mr. Dodds was ______.

A. driving home from the bank

B. parking his car

C. ready to make his evening meal

D. just about to shut the front door

4.The policeman was there _______.

A. to ask Mr. Dodds to go to see his uncle

B. to ask Mr. Dodds to park his car not too near to other cars

C. to meet Mr. Dodds, his uncle

D. to see Mr. Dodds about some trouble at the bank

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章主要講了Mr. Dodds先生是一個循規(guī)蹈矩的人，他從來不去看自己的姐姐一家，但是每次都給他們郵去禮物。有一天一位警察來到Mr. Dodds先生家，Mr. Dodds不知道自己犯了什么錯誤，原來是自己的侄子來看自己。

1.】A 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)The only family he has is in the next town :his sister lives there with her husband, and her son, Mark可知從文章中可以看出，他的姐姐和她的丈夫和兒子住在隔壁的城鎮(zhèn)，選A。

2.】D 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)Mr. Dodds does not see his sister, or her family, from one year to the next, but he sends them Christmas cards, and he has not forgotten one of Mark’s seventeen birthdays.可知“他沒有忘記Mark的17歲生日”意思是他總是在Mark生日時，給他寄禮物。選D。

3.】C 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)and he went inside to make his evening meal.可知當Dodds先生正在做晚飯時，忽然有人敲門，選C。

4.】C 推斷題。根據(jù)“Hello, Uncle ,” said the policeman,” My name is Mark.”可知這位警察是來看他的叔叔Mr. Dodds。

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