Question

The police in London were searching for a thief. At last they caught him.  But while they were taking photos of him from the front, from the left to the right, with a hat and without a hat, he suddenly hit the policemen and ran off. The police try to catch him but he got away.

Then a week later, a telephone rang in the police station and somebody said,  "You are searching for a thief, aren't you?"“Yes.”"Well, he left here for Water bridge an hour ago. " The police in London at once sent four different photos of the thief to the police in Water bridge.

About ten hours later, the police in London got a telephone call from Water bridge."We have caught three of the man," they said happily,"and we'll catch the fourth this evening, we think. "

1.In the sentence "The police in London were searching for a thief. " "searching for"means    .

A. find    B. looking for    C. look at    D. look after

2.The police in London took photos of the thief     ．

A. two    B. three    C. four    D. five

3.According this passage，which of the following is TRUE?

A. The thief left Water bridge for London．

B. The police caught many thieves in London。

C. The police in London tried to catch the thief with a hat．

D. The police in London kept searching for the thief．

4.Water bridge is a      ．

A. river    B. bridge    C. place    D. policeman

5.The best title(标题)for this story may be      ·

A. Several Thieves    B. Police and Thieves

C. Four Thieves    D. The police in London

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.C

5.B

【解析】短文大意：短文讲诉的是一个笑话。伦敦警察抓住了一个小偷，在拍摄小偷照片的时候小偷逃走，一周后，有电话举报小偷逃至水桥。伦敦警方立即将小偷四张不同的照片发给了水桥的警察。10个小时后，水桥警察回复已经抓住其中三个小偷，第四个正在抓捕中。

1.词意猜测题。根据短文中的句子“At last they caught him.”可知，警察在搜寻一个小偷，A. find发现；B. looking for寻找；C. look at看一看；D. look after照顾。故答案为B。

2.细节理解题。根据短文中的句子“The police in London at once sent four different photos of the thief to the police in Water bridge.”可知，警察对这名小偷拍了四张照片，故答案为C。

3.细节判断题。A. The thief left Water Bridge for London. 小偷离开水桥去伦敦。根据举报电话可知，小偷离开伦敦去了水桥。A答案错误；B. The police caught many thieves in London. 警察在伦敦抓了许多小偷。文中只提到抓住一个小偷。B错误；

C. The police in London tried to catch the thief with a hat. 伦敦警察试图抓住戴帽子的小偷。文中没有提到，C错误；D. The police in London kept searching for the thief. 伦敦的警察一直在寻找那个小偷。通读全文可知，伦敦的警察一直在抓那名小偷，故D答案正确。

4.推理判断题。根据短文中的句子“The police in London at once sent four different photos of the thief to the police in Water bridge.”London与Water bridge相对应，可以猜测Water bridge是个地方，答案为C。

5.标题归纳题。文章讲述的是警察抓小偷的故事，故答案为B。