【題目】 The year was 1999. I was 18, living with friends in a town about an hour north of Milwaukee. Desperate for adventure, we often talked about haunted (鬧鬼的) locations, and even wandered around the woods near Rienzi Cemetery. So when a friend shared a story about an abandoned house just down the road from Rienzi, how could I possibly resist? The group of us jumped in the car and headed off into the wild unknown, completely unaware of the misfortune that would soon befall us.

The house was isolated, overgrown and barely visible from the road. Most of its windows were broken. It seemed completely neglected except the locked door and a NO ENTRY sign outside. How would anyone notice, or possibly even care, if we went in and looked around?

We stole inside, hoping for anything to prove the legend. Nothing valuable was found until an old letter, addressed to a Mr. J. Witherell, caught my eye. Its paper was stiff and yellowed. Excited by the physical evidence, I slipped the letter into my back pocket. I was about to exit the house when I noticed firetrucks and police cars lining up out on the road. While most of us were exploring the house, one of us managed to knock a fire detector off the ceiling, which triggered an automated alarm at the fire department. I quickly alerted the others, but there would be no escape.

After a moment of panic, we decided to go outside and face the music. To avoid a theft charge, I left the letter where it was before stepping outside.

The result? Not only did we all get fined for entering, we were required to pay for property damage totaling $1,500 each — too much for us to afford.

For so many years, I have been wondering: Why is the deserted house so heavily protected with detectors and other security measures? Why is the property regularly maintained? What's the story behind that mysterious letter?

【1】What did the shabby appearance of the house seem to remind the kids?

A.They would have no trouble entering it.

B.Their entry would bring them a surprise.

C.Their entry would disturb the neighbours.

D.Their behavior would be noticed by its owner.

【2】Why did the author attempt to take the letter away?

A.It might reveal who had been maintaining the house.

B.It might help uncover the mystery of the abandoned house.

C.It must have been written to disclose a tragedy.

D.It was an evidence of the house being heavily protected.

【3】What led the police cars and firetrucks to arrive so quickly?

A.The police officers were checking there.

B.The house owner reported to the police.

C.The police cars were passing by accident.

D.Some boy started the fire alarm system.

【4】What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A.The empty house has been under strict protection.

B.The author wonders why they got fined.

C.No maintenance to the house is conducted regularly.

D.There is much mystery about the abandoned house.

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【4】D

【解析】

這是一篇記敘文。文章主要講述了作者和朋友們?nèi)ヌ剿饕婚g廢棄的房子，有人不小心觸動了火警系統(tǒng)，引來了警車和火警車，他們因為非法進入被罰款而且賠償了損失。直到現(xiàn)在作者都想不通很多問題，并認為這間房子有很多謎團。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段的Most of its windows were broken. It seemed completely neglected except the locked door and a NO ENTRY sign outside. How would anyone notice, or possibly even care, if we went in and looked around? (它的大部分窗戶都被打破了，似乎除了那扇鎖著的門和外面的禁止入內(nèi)的表之外，房間里什么都沒有，如果我們進去四處看看，怎么會有人注意到，甚至關心呢)可推測，破舊的房子讓作者和朋友們認為進去很容易，而且不會被別人注意到。A. They would have no trouble entering it. (他們進去不會有麻煩)符合以上說法，故選A項。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段的Excited by the physical evidence, I slipped the letter into my back pocket.可知，作者認為那封信是物證，所以想偷偷把它帶走。由此推測，作者認為這封信可以解開這間廢棄的房子的秘密。B. It might help uncover the mystery of the abandoned house. (它可能幫助揭示這間廢棄的房子的秘密)符合以上推測，故選B項。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段的While most of us were exploring the house, one of us managed to knock a fire detector off the ceiling, which triggered an automated alarm at the fire department. (當我們大多人在探索房子時，有個人把天花板上的火警探測器撞了下來，這觸發(fā)了消防隊的自動報警)可知，因為某個男孩啟動了火警系統(tǒng)，所以消防車和警車很快就來了。D. Some boy started the fire alarm system. (某個男孩啟動了火警系統(tǒng))符合以上說法，故選D項。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段的For so many years, I have been wondering: Why is the deserted house so heavily protected with detectors and other security measures? Why is the property regularly maintained? What’s the story behind that mysterious letter? (這么多年來，我一直在想：為什么廢棄的房子會被探測器和其它安全措施重重保護？為什么定期維護物業(yè)？那封神秘的信背后有什么故事？)可推測，這間廢棄的房子有很多未解之謎。D. There is much mystery about the abandoned house. (這間廢棄的房子有很多未解之謎)符合以上推測，故選D項。

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