【正文】 We had just finished our meal, when there was a loud knocking at the door. Dupin opened it. There stood Mr. Germain, the chief警長）of the Paris Police. We weled him warmly, for he was an old acquaintance（熟人）whom we hadn39。t seen for a great time. I need your assistance, said Germain. I met a case（案件）that has been giving me a great deal of trouble. It is very simple but very strange. “Also, please keep this secret. If anyone found out that I told you this. I would certainly lose my job.” “Well, then,” said the Chief,” I have learned that a very important letter has been stolen from the king. We are sure who stole it and that the letter is in his house. But who would dare do such a thing I cried. The thief, said Germain softly, He39。s a man who darers do many dangerous things. He is one of the most powerful and important ministers in the government. He is Minister Danton.” A lot of times, while Minister Danton was out, a lot of welltrained police officers carefully searched the entire house, room by room. In fact, we examined everything in the house but found nothing.… A month later, Dupin asked Germain and me to his house. There he took out a letter and handed it to the Chief. We were both very surprised. Dupin explained, I know Minister Danton very well. He could not hide the letter in any of the usual hiding places. I realized that he might have left the letter out in the open, right under everyone39。s nose, where no one would search for it. Then I visited him with my dark glasses on to help me observe（觀察）better. While we were chatting, a dirty, torn letter in the letter holder suddenly caught my eyesunusual for the Minister, who is careful and neat. I was sure it was the letter. Then I purposely left my gloves behind so I could e back again. The next morning, I hired a man to fire a gun on the street, while the Minister went to see what happened, I stole the letter by replacing it with a similar one, On it Dupin wrote these words: Your plan was good, but mine was better As you can see, I took the letter. Based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe（1）The underlined word assistance in the third paragraph probably meanshere.A.hobbyB.helpC.habitD.holiday（2）Who is the best at solving difficult cases according to the passage?A.The writer.B.Mr. Germain.C.Mr. Dupin.D.Minister Danton.（3）Dupin did all the following things to help get the letter back EXCEPT .A.wearing his dark glasses when visiting Danton39。s houseB.leaving his gloves purposely behind in Danton39。s houseC.hiring a man to fire a gun on the street the next morningD.writing some words on the letter he put into the letter holder（4）From the passage we can infer that .A.Dupin and Danton are also acquaintancesB.Dupin and the writer are both detectivesC.Danton and the writer are new friendsD.Germain and Danton are dangerous enemies【答案】（1）B（2）C（3）D（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文講述法國巴黎的著名偵探杜賓先生的故事。警長因?yàn)橐粋€(gè)棘手的案子請杜賓幫忙找回國王丟失的一封信，他知道信在部長那里，但是就是找不到。杜賓先生去了部長家里，憑著敏銳的眼睛發(fā)現(xiàn)了那封信的所在，然后巧妙的將信調(diào)包，幫助了警長。（1）詞義猜測。根據(jù)I met a case（案件）that has been giving me a great deal of trouble可知警長遇到了很麻煩的案子請杜賓先生幫忙。hobby愛好；help幫助；habit習(xí)慣；holiday假期。故選B。（2）推理判斷。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容 In fact, we examined everything in the house but found month later, Dupin asked Germain and me to his house. There he took out a letter and handed it to the Chief. 可知沒人找到那封信在哪里，但是一個(gè)月后杜賓先生找到了，故選C。（3）細(xì)節(jié)理解。注意題目：為了得到那封信，杜賓先生做了以下事情，除了哪一個(gè)。根據(jù)Then I visited him with my dark glasses on to help me observe（觀察）；根據(jù)Then I purposely left my gloves behind so I could e back again可知B項(xiàng)正確；根據(jù)The next morning, I hired a man to fire a gun on the street可知C正確；根據(jù)I stole the letter by replacing it with a similar one, On it Dupin wrote these words……可知D項(xiàng)雖然也是文章內(nèi)容，但是并不是杜賓為了取得信而做的事情。所以選D。（4）推理判斷。根據(jù)I know Minister Danton very well. 和 I visited him with my dark glasses on以及While we were chatting,可知杜賓與丹頓部長是熟人。故選A。【點(diǎn)評】故事類閱讀要緊扣故事的時(shí)間線索，人物間的關(guān)系，故事的發(fā)展和結(jié)局，點(diǎn)明的主旨等信息。答題時(shí)注意問題中的關(guān)鍵詞在文章中的準(zhǔn)確定位，根據(jù)關(guān)鍵詞查找信息，切忌主觀臆斷，憑感覺做題8．閱讀理解 I have just finished reading the lovely book called Daddy Long Legs written by Jean Webster. Judy was a girl who was always positive about life though she was an orphan（孤兒） living in a small village for 18 years. Then one day a man came and decided to send her to college, which later totally changed Judy39。s life. He asked Judy to write him a letter once a month to tell him what she had learned at school. But he would never reply to her letter. The different life between the village and the college made Judy fully realize the beauty of life and she cherished every moment of her life. She never asked too much about life. Her only quarrel （爭吵） with life was that time ran too fast. She caught up with other classmates so quickly although she had a quite different childhood from them, which at first did cause her a lot of trouble. The story of Judy was told in the form of letters which were also written by Judy herself. When I was reading the letters, I was touched by Judy39。s character. I am wondering whether you have ever read it and I am sure that you will be deeply moved by the unexpected and romantic ending if you are a teenage girl. In a wo