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“Look here, Watson,” Holmes said after we finished lunch. “Please sit down. I want to talk to you. I don’t know what to do, and your advice is important to me. You smoke your cigar while I explain.”
“Please continue,” I said, as I lit my cigar.
“Now there’re a few important points in young James’ story. One, his father cried Coo-ee before he saw him. Two, he talked about a rat. I think young James is telling the truth.”
“So why did Mr McCarthy shout Coo-ee then?”
“Well, he was not shouting Coo-ee to his son. It was by chance that James heard. The Coo-ee was to call the person he was meeting. But Coo-ee is an Australian cry. Australians usually say it when they want to catch attention. Perhaps Mr McCarthy was meeting someone from Australia.”
“I see. But why did he talk about a rat then?” I asked.
Holmes took a piece of paper from his pocket and put it on the table.
“This is a map of Australia,” he said. He put his hand over part of the map. “Now, Watson, what can you read there?” he asked me.
“ARAT,” I read.
“And now?” Holmes moved his hand.
“BALLARAT,” I read.
“Yes. That was the word the dead man said. It’s a place called Ballarat. His son only heard the ‘rat’ part of the word. Old Mr McCarthy was trying to say where his murderer was from, the town of Ballarat. The grey cloak is Point No. 3. If James is telling the truth, there was a grey cloak. So now we have an Australian from Ballarat with a grey cloak.”
“Great!” I replied.
“And it’s someone who lives nearby, as the Boscombe Pool isn’t open to the public. Only people from the farm nearby or the Turner house can go there,” said Holmes.
“That’s wonderful, Holmes!” I exclaimed.
——文章摘自《博斯科姆比溪谷谜案》(The Boscombe Valley Mystery)
()1. Who is the first-person narrator(第一人称叙述者) in the passage?
A. James. B. Watson. C. Holmes. D. Mr McCarthy.
()2. How many important points were there in young James’ story?
A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.
()3. What was the true meaning of “rat” according to Holmes?
A. A large mouse from England. B. The bad guy from Australia.
C. A very old map of Australia. D. Part of the name of a place.
()4. What is the passage mainly about?
A. How Holmes worked out the case.
B. Where Holmes and Watson had lunch.
C. How Holmes studied the map of Australia.
D. Who Holmes and Watson saw near the Boscombe Pool.
英语嗨吧

本文主要讲述的是Holmes调查McCarthy先生被杀案的故事。
1. B 推理判断题。根据第一段可知，Holmes让Watson抽雪茄，结合“I said, as I lit my cigar”可知答案。
2. C 细节理解题。根据倒数第四段中“The grey cloak is Point No. 3.”可知，共有三个要点。
3. D 推理判断题。根据倒数第四段中“That was the word the dead man said. It's a place called Ballarat. His son only heard the 'rat' part of the word.”可知，rat只是Ballarat这个单词的一部分，而Ballarat是一个地方。
4. A 主旨大意题。根据短文内容可知，本文讲述的是Holmes调查McCarthy先生被杀案的故事。