Question

I was in the middle of a sweet dream when a noise startled me. Bam! Bam! It sounded like a hammer pounding on a tough nail. Bam! Bam! BAM! Who could be hammering at three in the morning? It must be Charlie again, making another invention.

Just as I was putting on my slippers and clothes, the noise changed. I sat at the edge of my bed and listened. Tick! Tick! Tick! It reminded me of my first wristwatch. Its regular pace had always helped me fall asleep.

I started dozing off, dangerously leaning to the left, when the ticking stopped. it was now replaced by a buzz, similar to the noise coming from a beehive in midsummer, only louder. I shivered. “I’m allergic to bees! Even just thinking about it or hearing a bee-like sound makes me swell.

“That’s it!” I should, now wide awake. “I can’t take it anymore!” I marched to the next apartment and knocked. My neighbor immediately opened the door. His curly brown hair was sticking up every which way. He wore baggy striped pants and a loose raspberry shirt.

“Hi, there, Lucy! What’s up?” he asked.

I pointed at my noiseless watch. “Do you know hat time it is?”

He grabbed my arm and glanced at my timepiece. “Oh, my! I didn’t realize it was that late. I’m busy working on a machine that can cure insomnia(失眠). It’s almost finished. You want to see it?”

I should have known. His last invention was supposed to annihilate bad smells, but it was powered by rotten eggs.

1.What made the author sleepy again?

A. His neighbor’s silence    B. The ticking sound

C. The coming of the bees    D. The smell of the rotten eggs

2.What was Charlie doing?

A. He was fixing a broken clock    B. He was inventing a wristwatch

C. He was working with the bees    D. He was making a new machine

3.How did Charlie feel when he saw the author?

A. Disappointed    B. Scared

C. Surprised    D. Annoyed

4.What does the underlined word “ annihilate” in the last paragraph mean?

A. Get rid of    B. Make use of

C. Give off    D. Tell apart

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

【解析】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者的邻居经常在夜里发明新东西，自己经常被这个反常的邻居不断吵醒的故事。

1.细节理解题。根据文章第二段Tick! Tick! Tick! It reminded me of my first wristwatch. Its regular pace had always helped me fall asleep.可知，腕表有节奏的滴答声让作者再次睡着。故选B。

2.细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段I’m busy working on a machine that can cure insomnia(失眠).可知，作者的邻居正在发明一个能够治愈失眠的新机器。故选D。

3.推理判断题。根据文章第五段“Hi, there, Lucy! What’s up?” he asked.可以推断作者的邻居对作者敲门找他感到很惊讶。故选C。

4.词义猜测题。根据此句后面的but it was powered by rotten eggs.可以推测出annihilate为“去除”之意。故选A。