The mystery stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle are famous all over the world.
The detective in his stories is called Sherlock Holmes. He solves mysteries in a most surprising way. His assistant, Dr Watson, watches with admiration and then writes up the story of the mystery afterwards.
This is a useful story writing skill. Because Watson is not very clever, the story remains a mystery until the end. The readers can sometimes pick up some clues before he does! Then, to make Watson understand the mystery, Holmes has to explain it all, step by step. So we, the readers, get to see it step by step too. Watson is almost as good a character in the story as Sherlock Holmes!
The very first time they meet, Holmes greatly surprises Watson. When they are first introduced, Holmes says to Watson, ‘How do you do? I see you have been to Afghanistan(阿富汗).’
Watson is too amazed by this to ask Holmes how he knows this. Watson has, indeed, been to Afghanistan. Later, he asks Holmes about it. Holmes explains that there is nothing magical about what he does. He gets to know it all by very, very careful observation(觀察).
Observation One
Watson was introduced to Holmes as a doctor. Yet Holmes thought that the way he stood and walked made him seem like a soldier. So, this meant he was probably an army doctor.
Observation Two
Watson's face was quite dark skinned. But his wrists were pale. So his dark face was probably sun burnt. This meant that he had been to a hot, sunny country.
Observation Three
At the time, the British army had soldiers at bases in many parts of the world. So there were still a lot of places to choose from. However, Holmes saw that Watson looked very tired and he was always holding his left arm, as if it was painful. So, he had probably been with the army to a place where they were fighting. There was only one place where the British army was fighting at that time: Afghanistan.
小題1:The writer most probably created the character, Dr Watson, to ______.
A．give Holmes help when solving mysteries
B．show Holmes' careful observation
C．help readers pick up some clues about the mystery
D．get readers to see the mystery step by step
小題2: The first time they meet, ______.
A．Holmes explains how he knows Watson has been to Afghanistan
B．Holmes surprises Watson by telling that he has been to Afghanistan
C．Watson tells Holmes he has been to Afghanistan
D．Watson asks Holmes how he knows he has been to Afghanistan
小題3:From the passage we know that the British army ______ at that time.
A．only had soldiers in Afghanistan
B．had many army doctors at bases in many parts of the world
C．was fighting with several countries
D．was fighting with Afghanistan

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:D

試題分析：短文大意：亞瑟爵士柯南道爾的神秘故事著名于世界各地。在他的故事中，偵探Sherlock福爾摩斯以最驚人的方式解決奧秘。
小題1:推理判斷題。作者最有可能創(chuàng)造角色，華生醫(yī)生，為了讓讀者一步一步看到神秘，所以該選D。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段開頭The very first time they meet, Holmes greatly surprises Watson.可知該選B。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文最后There was only one place where the British army was fighting at that time: Afghanistan.可知該選D。
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