Question

Long long ago, a very foolish thief wanted to steal the bell on his neighbor’s door, so he walked up to the door, held the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home.

“I must do something about the noise,” he 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 neighbor’s and held the bell again. 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 neighbor ran 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 neighbor found out he was stealing the bell.“Why did he come out just then?”he wondered.

1.The thief was trying to get ___________.

A. his neighbor    B. his neighbor’s doorbell    C. some cotton

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

3.The best title of the passage in Chinese is “__________”.

A. 亡羊补牢    B. 智子疑邻    C. 掩耳盗铃

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

【解析】本文主要讲述了一个贼偷邻居的门铃，害怕听见铃声，被人发现，所以他把自己的耳朵用棉花塞上，这样就听不见了，结果他偷门铃时，自己听不见，但是邻居听见了，抓住了他。故标题应是掩耳盗铃。

1.细节理解题。根据Long long ago, a very foolish thief wanted to steal the bell on his neighbor’s door,可知那个贼想要偷邻居家的门铃，故选B。

2.推理判断题。根据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.”可知这个贼认为在耳朵了塞上棉花，这样就听不见门铃声了，就安全了，故选 A。

3.标题归纳题。本文主要讲述了一个贼偷邻居的门铃，害怕听见铃声，被人发现，所以他把自己的耳朵用棉花塞上，这样就听不见了，结果他偷门铃时，自己听不见，但是邻居听见了，抓住了他。故标题应是掩耳盗铃。故选C。

点睛：根据题干内容，在文中寻找答案所在的语句和段落，进行分析理解，推理判断，词义猜测和概括归纳，选出正确的选项。例如小题1，根据Long long ago, a very foolish thief wanted to steal the bell on his neighbor’s door,可知那个贼想要偷邻居家的门铃，故选B。