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【題目】After her husband had gone to work,Mrs.Richards send her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom.She was too excited to do any housework that morning.

In the evening she would go to a fancy dress party with her husband.She wanted to dress up as a ghost and as she had made her costume the night before,she was impatient to try it on.Though the costume consisted only of a sheet,it was really splendid.After putting it on,She went downstairs to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear.

Just as Mrs.Richards was entering the dining-room,there was a knock on the front door.She knew it must be the baker.She had told him to come straight in if ever she failed to open the door and to leave the bread on the table.Not wanting to frighten the poor man,she quickly hid in the smell store-room under the stair.She heard the front door opened and heavy footsteps in the hall.Suddenly the door of the store-room was opened and in came a man.Mrs.Richards realized it must be the man from the Electricity Board who had come to read the meter.She tried to explain the situation,saying "It's only me." but it was too late,the man let out a cry and jumped back several paces.When Mrs.Richards walked towards him,he fled,losing the door heavily behind him.

【1】The reason for Mrs.Richards' excitement that day was that .

A. she was to attend an evening party B. she had sent her children to school

C. she wouldn't do any housework that morning D. she had made a special costume the night before

【2】Mrs.Richards went downstairs with the costume on so as to .

A. frighten the person who was knocking on the door B. find out if she had finished the costume

C. made sure that the costume fitted her well D. receive the bread and do some cooking

【3】The man who was knocking at the door was .

A. a baker B. an electricity man C. a thief D. her husband

【4】What did the man do after he knocked on the front door?

A. He entered just as Mrs.Richards had told him to.

B. He did not do anything as Mrs.Richards had expected him to.

C. He went straight in so as to find Mrs.Richards.

D. He stepped directly towards the meter.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】B

【4】D

【解析】本文敘述了理查德夫人的丈夫上班走了，她把孩子送往學校后到了樓上的臥室。她激動得難以干家務活，因為在晚上她要和丈夫一起去參加一個化妝舞會。她想裝扮成一個幽靈，服裝由一個床單改成，但效果不錯。理查德夫人穿上后到樓下想看一看是否顯得舒適。正當他走進客廳的時候，有人敲門，她猜是面包店送面包來了，因為她告訴過他如果門不開，就直接進來把面包放在餐桌上。因為不想嚇著他，理查德夫人就藏在了樓梯下的儲藏室里。后來他意識到一定是電力局的人來抄電表。她想解釋，但還是把人給嚇跑了。

【1】B

細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)In the evening she would go to a fancy dress party with her husband. 她要和她的丈夫去參加化妝舞會，故選B。

【2】C

細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)After putting it on, She went downstairs to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear.她走到樓下想看看服裝是否合身，故選C。

【3】B

細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Mrs Richards realized it must be the man from the Electricity Board who had come to read the meter. 她確定是查電表的人，故選B。

【4】D

細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)那個人沒有按照她說的話去做，故選D。