Comprehension Test 阅读理解

Sherlock Holmes and the Sport of Kings 福尔摩斯与赛

马
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle （著）

1 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)? 判断以下句子正确（T）或错误（F）。

a King’s Pyland was on Dartmoor.
b The Wessex Cup was a big horse race.
c Holmes found Silver Blaze at Silas Brown’s stables.
d Straker cut the sheep’s eyes.
e The dog did nothing in the night-time.
f Silver Blaze won the Wessex Cup.
g Fitzroy Simpson killed John Straker.
h There was opium in the stable boy’s dinner.
i The dog barked at John Straker.
j Mrs Straker had very expensive clothes.

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2 Put the following events in the right order. Number them 1–10. 将下列事件排序。
a Holmes finds a match in the mud.
b Holmes returns to London and talks to a dressmaker.
c Silas Brown takes Silver Blaze to his stables.
d Holmes tells the police about Straker’s killer.
e Fitzroy Simpson visits King’s Pyland.
f Holmes finds Silver Blaze at Capleton.
g Holmes and Watson return home.
h Silver Blaze kills John Straker.
i Silver Blaze wins the race.
j Holmes arrives in King’s Pyland.

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3 Who in the story … Sherlock Holmes, John Straker, Dr Watson, Fitzroy Simpson, Silver
Blaze, the dog, Mr Ross, Inspector Gregory, Ned, Silas Brown. 故事中是谁做的这些事？
a . . . had a woman friend who liked expensive things?
b . . . did Holmes first think was the killer?

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 c . . . changed the colour of Silver Blaze’s coat?
d . . . did not bark?
e . . . knew that the knife was an eye-knife?
f . . . wanted Mr Ross to learn a lesson?
g . . . ate curry with opium in it?
h . . . was the fastest racehorse in the South?
i . . . was Silver Blaze’s owner?
j . . . was the policeman working on the case?

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4 Who said this in the story? Fitzroy Simpson, Dr Watson, Holmes, Ned, Mr Ross, Mrs Straker,
the dressmaker 这些话是谁说的？
a ‘I would like very much to come with you.’ ………………..
b ‘We don’t talk about our horses.’ ………………..
c ‘It wasn’t me, Inspector, it wasn’t me.’ ………………..
d ‘I don’t have a hat with flowers on it.’ ………………..
e ‘I knew it was there, you see.’ ………………..
f ‘You must be there on the day, on time.’ ………………..
g ‘I was wrong about you. I’m sorry.’ ………………..
h ‘The killer is standing behind us.’ ………………..
i ‘That’s Mr Darbyshire. I do a lot of work for him.’ ………………..
j ‘I can’t tell you who or where because I made a promise.’ ………………..

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5 Write the words. 写下这些词。

a …………………
b …………………
c …………………
d …………………
e …………………

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Multiple-choice Test 选择题

Sherlock Holmes and the Sport of Kings 福尔摩斯与赛

马
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Setting 故事背景

Choose the best answer. 选择合适的答案。

1 Sherlock Holmes lives at _____ Baker Street.
a [ ] 220A b [ ] 221B c [ ] 122B d [ ] 212A
2 _____ knows when Sherlock Holmes is interested in a case.
a [ ] Mr Ross b [ ] Dr Watson c [ ] Inspector Gregory d [ ] John Straker
3 The _____ newspapers were on the breakfast table.
a [ ] evening b [ ] morning c [ ] Sunday d [ ] midday
4 Someone killed John Straker on _____ night.
a [ ] Tuesday b [ ] Thursday c [ ] Sunday d [ ] Monday
5 Sherlock Holmes needed Dr Watson’s _____.
a [ ] help b [ ] newspaper c [ ] letter d [ ] money
6 On Wednesday morning Sherlock Holmes had two _____.
a [ ] letters b [ ] newspapers c [ ] cases d [ ] answers
7 Silver Blaze was only _____ years old.
a [ ] two b [ ] three c [ ] four d [ ] five
8 Silver Blaze was the favourite to win the _____ Cup.
a [ ] Wessex b [ ] Essex c [ ] Sussex d [ ] Middlesex
9 _____ stayed in the stables to watch the horses.
a [ ] Dr Watson b [ ] John Straker c [ ] Ned Hunter d [ ] Fitzroy Simpson
10 _____ carried the dinner down to the stables.
a [ ] Ned Hunter b [ ] Fitzroy Simpson c [ ] Edith d [ ] Mr Ross

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Characters 人物

Choose the best answer. 选择合适的答案。

11 _____ was the trainer of Silver Blaze.

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 a [ ] Lord Backwater b [ ] Silas Brown c [ ] John Straker d [ ] Mr Ross
12 _____ was the owner of Silver Blaze.
a [ ] Dr Watson b [ ] John Straker c [ ] Mr Ross d [ ] Ned Hunter
13 John Straker worked for _____ for twelve years.
a [ ] Sherlock Holmes b [ ] Mr Ross c [ ] Inspector Gregory d [ ] Lord Backwater
14 Edith was _____ servant girl.
a [ ] the Straker’s b [ ] Mr Ross’s c [ ] Lord Backwater’s c [ ] Fitzroy Simpson’s
15 Fitzroy Simpson came to Dartmoor because he needed to know about the _____.
a [ ] murder b [ ] horses c [ ] trains d [ ] people
16 Inspector Gregory was a small man with _____ eyes.
a [ ] blue b [ ] green c [ ] brown d [ ] black
17 Fitzroy Simpson lost his _____.
a [ ] horse b [ ] envelope c [ ] scarf d [ ] knife
18 Sherlock Holmes thought he met _____ in Plymouth.
a [ ] Mr Darbyshire b [ ] Fitzroy Simpson
c [ ] Mrs John Straker d [ ] Mrs Darbyshire
19 Mrs William Darbyshire was _____.
a [ ] an expensive lady b [ ] an old lady c [ ] a servant c [ ] a dress-maker
20 Mr Darbyshire was _____.
a [ ] John Straker b [ ] Mr Ross c [ ] Fitzroy Simpson d [ ] Lord Backwater

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Dialogue 对话

Who said this? 谁说了这些话？

21 ‘Ah, yes. The newspapers understand nothing. One day they say one thing, the next day they
say another,’
a [ ] Dr Watson b [ ] Sherlock Holmes c [ ] Mr Ross d [ ] John Straker
22 ‘Please give the boy this, and you can have some money for a beautiful new dress.’
a [ ] Sherlock Holmes b [ ] Edith c [ ] Ned Hunter d [ ] the stranger
23 ‘I can’t stop thinking about that stranger. I just want to look around.’
a [ ] Ned Hunter b [ ] John Straker c [ ] Dr Watson d [ ] Mr Ross
24 ‘Why did you come down to Dartmoor?’
a [ ] Dr Watson b [ ] Fitzroy Simpson c [ ] Inspector Gregory d [ ] John Straker
25 ‘We must find poor Straker’s killer, and I want to find my horse.’
a [ ] Mr Ross b [ ] Sherlock Holmes c [ ] Inspector Gregory d [ ] Dr Watson
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 26 ‘Twenty-five pounds is a lot of money, for just one dress and one hat.’
a [ ] Mrs Straker b [ ] Sherlock Holmes c [ ] Inspector Gregory d [ ] Dr Watson
27 ‘What do you want? I don’t talk to newspaper people, so just go away.’
a [ ] Silas Brown b [ ] Mr Ross c [ ] Inspector Gregory d [ ] Dr Watson
28 ‘Holmes, I was wrong about you! I’m sorry. But why, how - ?’
a [ ] Inspector Gregory b [ ] Dr Watson c [ ] Mr Ross d [ ] Fitzroy Simpson
29 ‘You can hear all about the mystery, but later, please. I have a little bet on a horse in the next
race, and I would like to see it win…’
a [ ] Dr Watson b [ ] Inspector Gregory c [ ] Mr Ross d [ ] Sherlock Holmes
30 ‘And the sheep? What about the sheep?’
a [ ] Dr Watson b [ ] Sherlock Holmes c [ ] Inspector Gregory d [ ] Mr Ross

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Vocabulary 词汇

Choose the best answer. 选择适当的答案。

31 something that happens
a [ ] mystery b [ ] sure c [ ] incident d [ ] win
32 a mark that an animal’s foot makes on the ground
a [ ] tendon b [ ] track c [ ] kick d [ ] mud
33 not able to walk well because of a bad leg or foot
a [ ] lame b [ ] kick c [ ] broken d [ ] fight
34 short thin pieces of wood that can make fire
a [ ] candle b [ ] bill c [ ] matches d [ ] stick
35 somebody that you do not know
a [ ] trainer b [ ] stranger c [ ] racegoer d [ ] servant
36 a piece of material to wear round the neck
a [ ] scarf b [ ] curry c [ ] moor d [ ] blood
37 a piece of wax that burns to give light
a [ ] matches b [ ] candle c [ ] case d [ ] opium
38 a building that a horse lives in
a [ ] stable b [ ] race c [ ] track d [ ] ground
39 wild land on hills, with not many trees
a [ ] mud b [ ] wet c [ ] promise d [ ] moor
40 something in the body that joins a muscle to a bone
a [ ] blood b [ ] tendon c [ ] lame d [ ] kick
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Plot 情节

Choose the best answer. 选择适当的答案

41 The stranger wanted to give an envelope to _____.
a [ ] Mr Ross b [ ] Sherlock Holmes c [ ] John Straker d [ ] Edith
42 The stranger put opium in _____ curry.
a [ ] Ned Hunter’s b [ ] Mr Ross’s c [ ] Fitzroy Simpson’s d [ ] Dr Watson’s
43 At one o’clock in the morning _____ got out of bed and went to the stables.
a [ ] Mr Ross b [ ] John Straker c [ ] Ned Hunter d [ ] Fitzroy Simpson
44 The trainer’s _____ was broken in three places.
a [ ] leg b [ ] arm c [ ] head d [ ] foot
45 In _____ right hand there was a knife with blood all over it.
a [ ] John Straker’s b [ ] Ned Hunter’s c [ ] Fitzroy Simpson’s d [ ] Mrs Straker’s
46 Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson were looking for _____ on the moors.
a [ ] people b [ ] tracks c [ ] letters d [ ] bills
47 _____ didn’t want visitors at Capleton stables.
a [ ] Silas Brown b [ ] Inspector Gregory c [ ] Mr Ross d [ ] Fitzroy Simpson.
48 Silas Brown found _____ on the moor early in the morning.
a [ ] Sherlock Holmes b [ ] Desborough c [ ] Silver Blaze d [ ] Ned Hunter
49 Sherlock Holmes took a photograph of _____ to the dress-maker.
a [ ] John Straker b [ ] Mr Ross c [ ] Dr Watson d [ ] Inspector Gregory
50 _____ was not the first man to have two women in his life.
a [ ] Sherlock Holmes b [ ] John Straker c [ ] Mr Ross d [ ] Dr Watson

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Sherlock Holmes and the Sport of Kings

1 a T
b T
C T
d F
e T
f T
g F
h T
i F
j F

2 a 5
b 7
c 3
d 9
e 1
f 6
g 10
h 2
i 8
j 4

3 a John Straker
b Fitzroy Simpson
c SilasBrown
d the dog
e Dr Watson
f Holmes
g Ned
h Silver Blaze
i Mr Ross
j Inspector Gregory

4 a Dr Watson

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 b Ned
c Fitzroy Simpson
d Mrs Straker
e Holmes
f Holmes
g Mr Ross
h Holmes
i the dressmaker
j Holmes

5 a Holmes
b Mr Ross
c Inspector Gregory
d Dr Watson
e a horseshoe

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Sherlock Holmes Sport of Kings
Setting
1 b
2 b
3 b
4 d
5 a
6 a
7 d
8 a
9 c
10 c

Characters
11 c
12 c
13 b
14 a
15 b
16 a
17 c
18 c
19 a
20 a

Dialogue
21 b
22 d
23 b
24 c
25 a
26 b
27 a
28 c
29 d
30 a

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Vocabulary
31 c
32 b
33 a
34 c
35 b
36 a
37 b
38 a
39 d
40 b

Plot
41 d
42 a
43 b
44 c
45 a
46 b
47 a
48 c
49 a
50 b

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