二、阅读理解
A
Suddenly, Mr Stapleton excused himself and ran off, running after a butterfly. Dr Watson watched him run into the Grimpen Mire, leaping from one safe place to another. Then Dr Watson heard footsteps and saw a woman come along the path towards him. He guessed that it was Mr Stapleton's sister, although she didn't look like him at all. She was tall and dark and very beautiful.
Before Dr Watson could say anything to her, she said in a low voice, "Go back! Go Straight back to London, immediately."
He stared at her in surprise, "Why should I go back?"
"I cannot explain, but please go back, and never set foot upon the moor again."
"But I have just come."
"The warning is for your own good. Go back to London. I tell you, tonight. Quiet! My brother is coming. Don't tell him what I said."
Mr Stapleton had lost his butterfly and came back to us. "Hello, Berly," he said in an unfriendly tone.
"Hello, Jack. You are hot," she replied.
"Chasing a butterfly," he explained. "Missed him."
"I was just talking to Sir Henry about the butterflies of the moor," she said.
Then Mr Stapleton invited Dr Watson to Merripit House and talked a lot about his own experiences. They asked Dr Watson to stay for lunch but he declined and set out for Baskerville along the path. However, there must have been a short cut because he found Miss Stapleton on the road ahead of him. "I'm sorry I thought you were Sir Henry," she said. "Please forget what I said."
"I cannot forget it because I am Sir Henry's friend, and I'm worried about him. Why did you want him to go back to London? Tell me what you meant, and I will pass on your warning to Sir Henry," Dr Watson said.
—Adapted from The Hound of the Baskervilles
( ) 1. Whose footsteps did Dr Watson hear at the beginning of the passage?
A. Miss Stapleton's. B. Mr Stapleton's.
C. The hound's. D. Sir Henry's.
() 2. What does the underlined word "declined" mean?
A. Decided. B. Disagreed. C. Decorated. D. Discussed.
() 3. Who did Miss Stapleton mistake Dr Watson for?
A. Sir Henry. B. Mr Stapleton. C. Sir Henry's friend. D. Holmes.
() 4. What can you infer according to the passage?
A. Miss Stapleton didn't want Mr Henry to know what she said.
B. Miss Stapleton asked Dr Watson to go back to London quickly.
C. Miss Stapleton didn't look like Mr Stapleton at all.
D. Miss Stapleton knew the secret plan for killing Sir Henry.

【语篇导读】本文选自《巴斯克维尔的猎犬》,
讲述了斯台普顿小姐偶遇华生医生时发生的
误会情节,由于将华生医生误认为是亨利爵
士,斯台普顿小姐急切地警告对方立即返回伦
敦,暗示荒原上潜藏着未知的危险。
1. A 提示:细节理解题。根据第一段中“Then Dr
Watson heard footsteps and saw a woman come along
the path towards him. He guessed that it was Mr
Stapleton's sister”可知,华生医生听到脚步声,看见
一个女人走过来,猜测她是斯台普顿先生的妹妹,
也就是斯台普顿小姐。
2. B 提示:词义猜测题。画线词所在句中“They
asked Dr Watson to stay for lunch”提到他们邀请华
生医生留下来吃午饭,该句中but一词提示,上下文
语义发生转折,结合其后句“set out for Baskerville
along the path”可知,华生医生出发前往巴斯克维
尔,说明他拒绝了邀请。由此推知画线词declined
意为“拒绝”,与disagreed意思最为相近。decide
意为“决定”;disagree意为“不同意”;decorate意为
“装饰”;discuss意为“讨论”。
3. A 提示:细节理解题。根据倒数第二段倒数第二
句“‘I'm sorry I thought you were Sir Henry,’she
said.”可知,斯台普顿小姐把华生医生误认为是亨
利爵士了。
4. D 提示:推理判断题。根据第二段“Before Dr
Watson could say anything to her, she said in a low
voice, ‘Go back! Go Straight back to London,
immediately.’”和第六段“The warning is for your
own good. Go back to London. I tell you, tonight.
Quiet! My brother is coming. Don't tell him what I
said.”可知,斯台普顿小姐将华生医生误认为是亨
利爵士,一直催促他赶紧回伦敦,并提到这是为他
好,显然她知道了对亨利爵士不利的事情。结合
选项内容可推知,斯台普顿小姐知道谋杀亨利爵
士的秘密计划。