Question

Ted Robinson has been worried all the week. Last Tuesday he received a letter from the local police. In the letter he was asked to call at the station. Ted wanted to know why he was wanted by the police, but he went to the station yesterday and he is not worried any more.

At the station, he was told by a smiling policeman that his bicycle had been found. Five days ago, the policeman told him, the bicycle was picked up in a small village four hundred miles away. It is now being sent to his home by train.

Ted was the most surprised when he heard the news. He was amused(感到有趣) , too，because he never expected (指望) the bicycle to be found. It was stolen(被偷)  twenty years ago when Ted was a boy of fifteen.

1.What happened last Tuesday?

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2.What was he told at the station?

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3.What are the police doing with (处理)the bicycle?

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4.Why was he surprised and amused?

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5.How old was Ted when his bicycle was stolen?

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Answer

1.He received a letter from the local police and in the letter he was asked to call at the station.

2.His bicycle had been found.

3.It is now being sent to his home by train.或者They are sending it to his home by train.

4.Because he never expected (指望) the bicycle to be found.

5.Fifteen 或者When he was a boy of fifteen.

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：特德.罗宾逊收到当地警察局的一封信，他很担心，以为自己被警察通缉了。后来知道，原来自己20年前被偷的自行车找到了。当时特德只有15岁。

1.根据第一段的第二句“Last Tuesday he received a letter from the local police”可知，答案为He received a letter from the local police and in the letter he was asked to call at the station.

2.根据第二段的第一句“At the station,he was told by a smiling policeman that his bicyclehad been found”可知，答案为His bicycle had been found.

3.根据第二段的最后一句“It is now being sent to his home by train”可知，答案为It is now being sent to his home by train.或者They are sending it to his home by train.

4.根据第三段的第二句“because he never expected (指望）the bicycle to be found.It was stolen twenty years ago when Ted was a boy of fifteen.”可知，答案为Because he never expected (指望) the bicycle to be found.

5.根据第三段的最后一句“It was stolen twenty years ago when Ted was a boy of fifteen.”可知，答案为Fifteen 或者When he was a boy of fifteen.

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