五、阅读理解
The sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville made everybody sad as he was a nice and respected man and had made many friends in Dartmoor during the two years he was at Baskerville Hall.
Mr Barrymore,the butler (管家),said that Sir Charles had been sad and stressed these days. He told Barrymore that he was planning to return to London the next day.
Then,he went for his usual evening walk. He did not return,and at midnight,Barrymore went to look for him. He followed Sir Charles' footprints along the path until he found his master's body lying near the end of it.
A man called Murphy was on the moor (荒野) at the time and said that he heard shouting,but he was drunk at the time and no one would believe what he said.
The report said that Sir Charles had a weak heart and died of a heart attack. And this made it clear that the stories of a huge hound(猎犬) should not be believed.
"Do you know anything more than what is in the newspapers?" said Holmes when Dr Mortimer had finished.
"Yes indeed. Sir Charles would never go out onto the moor at night because he was in fear of being attacked. He asked me several times whether I had heard the hound howling (吼叫) at night,but I never had. I was there within an hour when he died. I went over to see his body. He lay face down on the ground with his arms out and his fingers dug into the ground. At the inquest,Barrymore said that he saw nothing else,but I did. I saw footprints,Mr Holmes."
"Footprints?" said Holmes,leaning forward. "A man's or a woman's?"
Mortimer looked at us for a moment before replying. "Mr Holmes,they were the footprints of a huge hound!"
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① Mortimer arrived at the scene and checked the body.
② Mortimer found footprints of a huge hound.
③ Barrymore saw a man called Murphy on the moor.
④ Charles Baskerville went out for an evening walk.
⑤ Barrymore went out to look for his master.
A. ④③⑤②① B. ④⑤③①② C. ③④⑤①② D. ④⑤①③②
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A. the cause of Charles' death B. what Murphy said
C. Charles' footprints D. the hound's footprints
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A. what Barrymore said was true B. Murphy saw who the murderer was
C. the murderer was playing a trick D. Sir Charles killed himself
The sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville made everybody sad as he was a nice and respected man and had made many friends in Dartmoor during the two years he was at Baskerville Hall.
Mr Barrymore,the butler (管家),said that Sir Charles had been sad and stressed these days. He told Barrymore that he was planning to return to London the next day.
Then,he went for his usual evening walk. He did not return,and at midnight,Barrymore went to look for him. He followed Sir Charles' footprints along the path until he found his master's body lying near the end of it.
A man called Murphy was on the moor (荒野) at the time and said that he heard shouting,but he was drunk at the time and no one would believe what he said.
The report said that Sir Charles had a weak heart and died of a heart attack. And this made it clear that the stories of a huge hound(猎犬) should not be believed.
"Do you know anything more than what is in the newspapers?" said Holmes when Dr Mortimer had finished.
"Yes indeed. Sir Charles would never go out onto the moor at night because he was in fear of being attacked. He asked me several times whether I had heard the hound howling (吼叫) at night,but I never had. I was there within an hour when he died. I went over to see his body. He lay face down on the ground with his arms out and his fingers dug into the ground. At the inquest,Barrymore said that he saw nothing else,but I did. I saw footprints,Mr Holmes."
"Footprints?" said Holmes,leaning forward. "A man's or a woman's?"
Mortimer looked at us for a moment before replying. "Mr Holmes,they were the footprints of a huge hound!"
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B
) 1. Which is the correct order of what happened? ① Mortimer arrived at the scene and checked the body.
② Mortimer found footprints of a huge hound.
③ Barrymore saw a man called Murphy on the moor.
④ Charles Baskerville went out for an evening walk.
⑤ Barrymore went out to look for his master.
A. ④③⑤②① B. ④⑤③①② C. ③④⑤①② D. ④⑤①③②
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A
) 2. The underlined word "this" in Paragraph 5 refers to ______. A. the cause of Charles' death B. what Murphy said
C. Charles' footprints D. the hound's footprints
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C
) 3. We can infer from the passage that ______. A. what Barrymore said was true B. Murphy saw who the murderer was
C. the murderer was playing a trick D. Sir Charles killed himself
答案：【解析】：
这是一道英语阅读理解题目，主要考查学生对文章细节的理解和推理能力。对于第一题，需要理清文章中事件的发生顺序；第二题考查对文章中代词指代内容的理解；第三题则是考查对文章内容的推理判断。解题方法主要是通过仔细阅读文章，找到相关语句进行分析和判断。
1. 文章中首先提到“Then, he went for his usual evening walk.”，即④Charles Baskerville went out for an evening walk.；接着“and at midnight, Barrymore went to look for him.”，即⑤Barrymore went out to look for his master.；然后“I was there within an hour when he died. I went over to see his body.”，这里的“I”是Mortimer，即①Mortimer arrived at the scene and checked the body.；再接着“A man called Murphy was on the moor (荒野) at the time”，即③Barrymore saw a man called Murphy on the moor.（这里Barrymore看到Murphy是在寻找主人过程中，从时间顺序上在Mortimer检查尸体之后）；最后“I saw footprints, Mr Holmes. They were the footprints of a huge hound!”，即②Mortimer found footprints of a huge hound. 所以正确顺序是B选项。
2. 在第五段“The report said that Sir Charles had a weak heart and died of a heart attack. And this made it clear that the stories of a huge hound(猎犬) should not be believed.”，这里的“this”指代前面提到的Charles的死因，即A选项“the cause of Charles' death”。
3. 从文章内容来看，Barrymore说Charles是心脏病发作死亡，而Mortimer发现了猎犬的脚印，结合常识推理，很可能是凶手制造了Charles被猎犬吓死的假象，即C选项“the murderer was playing a trick”。A选项，仅从文章内容不能确定Barrymore说的就是真的；B选项，Murphy当时喝醉了，没人相信他的话，所以不能说Murphy看到了凶手；D选项，文章没有任何线索表明Charles是自杀。
【答案】：
1. B
2. A
3. C
这是一道英语阅读理解题目，主要考查学生对文章细节的理解和推理能力。对于第一题，需要理清文章中事件的发生顺序；第二题考查对文章中代词指代内容的理解；第三题则是考查对文章内容的推理判断。解题方法主要是通过仔细阅读文章，找到相关语句进行分析和判断。
1. 文章中首先提到“Then, he went for his usual evening walk.”，即④Charles Baskerville went out for an evening walk.；接着“and at midnight, Barrymore went to look for him.”，即⑤Barrymore went out to look for his master.；然后“I was there within an hour when he died. I went over to see his body.”，这里的“I”是Mortimer，即①Mortimer arrived at the scene and checked the body.；再接着“A man called Murphy was on the moor (荒野) at the time”，即③Barrymore saw a man called Murphy on the moor.（这里Barrymore看到Murphy是在寻找主人过程中，从时间顺序上在Mortimer检查尸体之后）；最后“I saw footprints, Mr Holmes. They were the footprints of a huge hound!”，即②Mortimer found footprints of a huge hound. 所以正确顺序是B选项。
2. 在第五段“The report said that Sir Charles had a weak heart and died of a heart attack. And this made it clear that the stories of a huge hound(猎犬) should not be believed.”，这里的“this”指代前面提到的Charles的死因，即A选项“the cause of Charles' death”。
3. 从文章内容来看，Barrymore说Charles是心脏病发作死亡，而Mortimer发现了猎犬的脚印，结合常识推理，很可能是凶手制造了Charles被猎犬吓死的假象，即C选项“the murderer was playing a trick”。A选项，仅从文章内容不能确定Barrymore说的就是真的；B选项，Murphy当时喝醉了，没人相信他的话，所以不能说Murphy看到了凶手；D选项，文章没有任何线索表明Charles是自杀。
【答案】：
1. B
2. A
3. C