Question

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   I had just gone to bed after a very hard day when the phone rang. It was an eccentric (怪僻的) farmer. I had often heard people talk about him,but I had never met him before. He sounded quite nervous and he had been talking for a minute or so before I understood anything. Even then all I could make out was that someone called Milly had had a very bad accident. I didn’t know who she was,but I had to go.

   It had been snowing heavily that day and 1 didn’t know the way. I had been driving for at least an hour when I finally found his place. He was standing there,waiting for me. It seemed that Milly had died.“She meant more to me than anything…even my life! ” he said. I could see that he had been crying. I thought something terrible had happened,a possible scandal (丑聞). I was even more surprised when he told me he had put her in the barn (馬廄). “I wouldn’t leave her out in the cold! ” he said.

   Milly had clearly been a secret lover of him. I was about to tell him he could not expect me to cover anything up when he opened the barn door. He lifted his candle and I saw something dark on the ground. ‘‘She was such a good cow!I wouldn’t let anyone but a doctor touch her!”he said.

41.The phrase make out in the first paragraph means.

   A. expect   B. understand

   C. see clearly   D. hear clearly 

42.Before he arrived at the farmer’s house,the writer expected to see Milly  lying.

A.on the ground of a barn 

B.on the floor of a room 

C.in bed in a room 

D.in bed in a barn

43.What do we know about Milly from the story?

A.She had met with an accident.

B.She had made a scandal.

C.She was badly ill.

D.She was hidden somewhere.

44.The farmer wished that the writer might.

A.look into the matter 

B.bring Milly back to life 

C.free him from the scandal 

D.keep the whole thing a secret

45.Maybe the person who told the story is a  .

A. farmer          B. policeman

C. country doctor     D. teacher

Answer 1