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(二)阅读下面短文,根据短文内容,从下列选项中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。
E
My Uncle John used to live in a beautiful little house by the sea in Hong Kong. He was killed two years ago. Uncle John wrote novels and made a lot of money.
He used to work in a big room with the beautiful scenery of the sea. On his desk there was a huge computer. Uncle John loved this machine, and he had used it for about ten years. “I couldn’t work without this old friend,” he used to say. 37
So, when he was found in his room one morning with a bullet (子弹) in his head, it seemed just like one of his own novels. After Uncle John’s death, I came to stay in his house to do something for the funeral.
I had been there for two days when I noticed a message on the screen of the old computer. I was very surprised, because I thought the computer had been turned off. The message said, “You have a new e - mail!” When I read it, I thought it looked like the beginning of a novel. 38 I decided I should reply to the e - mail to tell him or her that Uncle John was dead. However, the computer told me, “Invalid Address”. Every day for the next three weeks, more e - mails kept arriving. The story was about Jane Pendle, a young writer working on her first novel. She sent her novel to Jack Tanner, an older writer, and asked him to help her publish it. However, he published the novel himself and told others that he had written it. The novel was very successful. Tanner made a lot of money, and bought himself a house by the sea in Hong Kong. Then I realized “Jane Pendle” and “Jack Tanner” weren’t their real names. 39
Three weeks later, I received the last one. It described how, after many years, Jane came to Jack’s house, they quarreled, and she pulled out a gun and shot him.
I did not know what to do with this story. Should I show it to the police or not? 40 However, it also showed that Uncle John himself was a thief.
37.
A. “Jack” was meant to be Uncle John.
B. Uncle John had used his huge computer for about ten years.
C. Uncle John’s books were all detective novels.
D. If it was true, it might help the police catch Uncle John’s killer.
E. It must be from one of Uncle John’s novelist friends.
E
My Uncle John used to live in a beautiful little house by the sea in Hong Kong. He was killed two years ago. Uncle John wrote novels and made a lot of money.
He used to work in a big room with the beautiful scenery of the sea. On his desk there was a huge computer. Uncle John loved this machine, and he had used it for about ten years. “I couldn’t work without this old friend,” he used to say. 37
So, when he was found in his room one morning with a bullet (子弹) in his head, it seemed just like one of his own novels. After Uncle John’s death, I came to stay in his house to do something for the funeral.
I had been there for two days when I noticed a message on the screen of the old computer. I was very surprised, because I thought the computer had been turned off. The message said, “You have a new e - mail!” When I read it, I thought it looked like the beginning of a novel. 38 I decided I should reply to the e - mail to tell him or her that Uncle John was dead. However, the computer told me, “Invalid Address”. Every day for the next three weeks, more e - mails kept arriving. The story was about Jane Pendle, a young writer working on her first novel. She sent her novel to Jack Tanner, an older writer, and asked him to help her publish it. However, he published the novel himself and told others that he had written it. The novel was very successful. Tanner made a lot of money, and bought himself a house by the sea in Hong Kong. Then I realized “Jane Pendle” and “Jack Tanner” weren’t their real names. 39
Three weeks later, I received the last one. It described how, after many years, Jane came to Jack’s house, they quarreled, and she pulled out a gun and shot him.
I did not know what to do with this story. Should I show it to the police or not? 40 However, it also showed that Uncle John himself was a thief.
37.
C
38. E
39. A
40. D
A. “Jack” was meant to be Uncle John.
B. Uncle John had used his huge computer for about ten years.
C. Uncle John’s books were all detective novels.
D. If it was true, it might help the police catch Uncle John’s killer.
E. It must be from one of Uncle John’s novelist friends.
答案
37—40 CEAD
