Question

Once there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal(偷) the bell on his neighbour’s door, he walked up to the door, took hold of(抓住) the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home.

Then he sat down to think, “I must do something about the noise,” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. “Ah, I’ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.” The next day he went to the door of his neighbour, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbour came running out.

“Steal my bell? I’ll teach you a lesson(教训),” the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose.

The foolish thief did not know how the neighbour found out he was stealing the bell. “Why did he come out just then?” he wondered(感到疑惑).

1.The thief was trying to get             .

A. his neighbour                     B. his neighbour’s doorbell

C. some cotton                        D. a door with a bell on it

2.The thief put some cotton in his ears. He thought it would be             for him to steal the doorbell.

A. safe              B. difficult

C.dangerous          D. easy

3.The neighbour ran out probably(很可能) because             .

A. he knew his doorbell was being stolen

B. he thought someone was eager(渴望的)to visit him

C. he realized(意识到)something strange happened

D. all the above

4.The neighbour hit the thief to             .

A. give him lessons

B. punish (惩罚) him for stealing

C. help him with the bell

D. be his teacher

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The thief understood why he was hit on the nose.

B. The thief knew why the neighbour came out.

C. The thief thought the neighbour could not hear the bell.

D. The thief didn’t want to know why the neighbour ran out just at the time he stole the doorbell.

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述了是中国经典寓言故事——掩耳盗铃。描述的是一个人以为堵住了自己的耳朵，邻居也就听不到铃声，结果被抓住，受到惩罚。

1.B细节理解题。根据When he wanted to steal(偷) the bell on his neighbour’s door,可知小偷想要偷邻居家门上的铃。故选B。

2.A 细节理解题。根据第二段“Ah, I’ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.” 可知他认为这样是安全的，故选A。

3.D 综合理解题。根据短文描述，结合常识可知邻居出来肯定是因为听到了铃声，要么是有人偷门铃，要么是有人来访，故选D。

4.4】B细节理解题。根据“Steal my bell? I’ll teach you a lesson (教训),”the angry man shouted.描述，可知选B。

5.C 综合理解题。根据短文描述，可知他认为自己听不到铃声，邻居也就听不到铃声。故选C。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读。