1. Who did they expect to see?
2. What was the room like?
3. Who was tied to a post?
4. How did Stapleton want to kill Sir Henry?
5. What is the meaning of the "hound"?
Stapleton
2. What was the room like?
It was made into a kind of museum for Stapleton's butterflies and insects
3. Who was tied to a post?
Mrs Stapleton
4. How did Stapleton want to kill Sir Henry?
With the dog
5. What is the meaning of the "hound"?
A kind of dog
答案：1.They expected to see Stapleton.
2.The room was made into a kind of museum for Stapleton's butterflies and insects.
3.Mrs. Stapleton.
4.He wanted to kill Sir Henry with the dog.
5.It is a kind of dog.
2.The room was made into a kind of museum for Stapleton's butterflies and insects.
3.Mrs. Stapleton.
4.He wanted to kill Sir Henry with the dog.
5.It is a kind of dog.
二、根据上文,填写适当的词,使文章通顺
Lestrade heard someone (1)
Lestrade heard someone (1)
moving
in the house. Holmes kicked the door down and they rushed in. To their surprise, they saw (2)Mrs. Stapleton
instead of Stapleton. The room had been made into a kind of (3)museum
for the butterflies and insects. Mrs Stapleton was (4)tied
to a post in the centre of the room. A cloth had been tied around her neck and another across her (5)mouth
so that she couldn't speak. They untied her. She asked if Sir Henry was (6)safe
. They told her he was. Mrs Stapleton cried. She knew her husband was trying to (7)kill
Sir Henry. She should have (8)stopped
him but she couldn't. Holmes asked her (9)where
her husband was. She supposed he was in an old mine in Grimpen Mire where he kept his (10)hound/dog
.答案：1. moving 2. Mrs. Stapleton 3. museum 4. tied 5. mouth
6. safe 7. kill 8. stopped 9. where 10. hound/dog