Question

It must have been around nine o’clock when I drove back home from work because it was already dark． As I came near to the gates I turned off the head lights of the car so as to prevent the beam from swinging (擺動) through the window and waking Jack, who shared the house with me． But I needn’t have done so． I noticed that his light was still on, so he was awake anyway—unless he had fallen asleep while reading． I put the car away and went up the steps．
Then I opened the door quietly and went to Jack’s room． He was in bed awake, but he didn’t even turn towards me．
“What’s up, Jack﹖” I asked．
“For God’s sake, don’t make a noise,” he said．
The way he spoke reminded me of someone in pain who is afraid to talk in case he does himself serious injury．
“Take your shoes off, Neville,” Jack said．
I thought that he must be ill and that I had better give way to him to keep him happy． “There is a snake here,” he explained． “It’s asleep between the sheets． I was lying on my back reading when I saw it．I knew that moving was out of the question． I could not have moved even I’d wanted to．” I realized that he was serious． “I was depending on you to call a doctor as soon as you came home,” Jack went on． “It has not bitten me yet but I dare not do anything to upset it． It might wake up． I’m sick of this,” he said．“I took it for granted that you would have come home an hour ago．”
There was no time to argue or apologize for being late．I looked at him as encouraging as I could and went to telephone the doctor．
【小題1】When he got home, Neville found that ＿＿＿＿＿．

A．Jack had fallen asleep while reading	B．Jack had been reading for some time
C．Jack’s light was not turned off	D．Jack was ready to answer the doctor

【小題2】The underlined phrase in Paragraph 6 means ＿＿＿＿＿．

A．impossible

B．no problem

C．no doubt

D．without difficulty

【小題3】Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage﹖

A．Neville and Jack lived in the same house．

B．Neville thought that Jack had fallen ill．

C．Neville really believed that Jack was not making a joke．

D．Neville refused to argue or to make an apology for being late．

【小題4】The reason why Neville thought that Jack must be ill is that Jack ＿＿＿＿．

A．a(chǎn)sked Neville to take off his shoes

B．made a gesture to show the presence of the snake

C．was afraid to upset the snake sleeping between the sheets

D．behaved strangely as if he were badly hurt

【小題5】According to the passage, Neville should have been home at ＿＿＿＿．

A．7 p．m．

B．8 p．m．

C．9 p．m．

D．6 p．m．

Answer 1

【小題1】C
【小題1】A
【小題1】D
【小題1】D
【小題1】B

解析【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：I noticed that his light was still on, so he was awake anyway—unless he had fallen asleep while reading．可知杰克的燈沒關(guān)。選C
【小題1】猜詞題：從后面的句子：I could not have moved even I’d wanted to．” 可知想動是不可能的。選A
【小題1】推理題：從最后一段的句子：There was no time to argue or apologize for being late．可知是沒時間道歉。選 D
【小題1】推理題：從兩人的對話，可知杰克有點反常。選D
【小題1】推理題：從第一段的句子：It must have been around nine o’clock 可知是9p.m回家的，倒數(shù)第二段的句子：I took it for granted that you would have come home an hour ago．”可知本該一小時前回來。選B。