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When someone who is in good health dies suddenly, there is usually an inquest(审问). A coroner(验尸官)will do it. His job is to find out exactly how a person died.

If there is nothing suspicious about the death, he will decide that the person died from natural causes or an accident, if, however, he is suspicious, he may decide that the person’s death was caused by a person or persons unknown.

One day the coroner was trying to find out exactly what had caused the death of a local businessman, Henry Watson.

The man’s wife was explaining something. She was very sad and had to stop from time to time. The coroner did not want to make her sadder than necessary, but he had to find out the truth. There were questions he had to ask. “Mrs. Watson, I know this is painful for you,” he said, “but I want you to think very carefully and then answer my questions. You and your husband were having dinner at home. Is that correct? ”

“Yes.” ‘‘Suddenly he fell to the floor? ” “Yes.”

“You stood up and hurried to him? You knelt(跪下)beside him? His stomach was in great pain? ” “Yes.” “Did he say anything? ” The wife kept her head down．

“Please, Mrs. Watson, you must answer the question. What were his last words? ”

The wife took a deep breath and then spoke. “He said,” She replied in a very low voice, “I'm not surprised that seafood we had for dinner cost you only 50 cents.”

1.What is the purpose(目的)of an inquest when a healthy person dies suddenly?

A.To help the poor family. B.To do a research on death.

C.To find out the cause of death. D.To ask questions about the person.

2.What is the meaning of the underlined(划线的) word “suspicious” in the passage?

A.可怕的 B.可怜的 C.可能的 D.可疑的

3.What was the probable cause of Henry Watson’s death?

A.Eating the food that went bad. B.Getting too old.

C.Having a serious heart attack. D.Being murdered by his cook.

4.According to the story, what would probably happen to the wife after this inquest?

A.She would become a bad woman. B.She would never buy any seafood.

C.She would be much healthier. D.She would ask the coroner to keep the secret.

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.B

【解析】

当一个健康的人突然死亡时，审问的目的是找出死亡的原因。一位妻子的丈夫死亡，讯问这名妻子的目的就是能知道其丈夫的死亡是因为食用坏了的海产品。

1.细节理解题。根据His job is to find out exactly how a person died. 他的工作是查明一个人究竟是怎么死的。可知，他的目的是找出死亡的原因。故选C。

2.词义猜测题。根据文中he will decide that the person died from natural causes or an accident, if, however, he is suspicious, he may decide that the person’s death was caused by a person or persons unknown. 他将决定该人死于自然原因或事故，但如果他怀疑，他可以决定该人的死亡是由一个或多个未知的人造成的。可知，这里表达的是“怀疑，疑惑”，故应该选D。

3.推理判断题。根据His stomach was in great pain? ” “Yes.”和“I’m not surprised that seafood we had for dinner cost you only 50 cents, ”可知，Henry Watson死亡可能的原因是吃了坏了的食物，故选A。

4.推理判断题。根据短文最后The wife took a deep breath and then spoke. “He said,” She replied in a very low voice, “I'm not surprised that seafood we had for dinner cost you only 50 cents. ”可知丈夫的死亡是因为食用坏了的海产品，所以妻子可能以后都不会再买海产品了，以免让自己回忆起伤心的事情，故选B。