单选题Lucky is the man who has no "skeleton in his closet". When a man has done something in his life that he is ashamed of, that he wants to hide, he is said to have a "skeleton in his closet". Some people may have more than one skeleton. As we have no

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Lucky is the man who has no "skeleton in his closet". When a man has done something in his life that he is ashamed of, that he wants to hide, he is said to have a "skeleton in his closet". Some people may have more than one skeleton. As we have noted many times, it is hard to find out how these expressions begin. Sometimes, we get some hard facts. But more often we have to depend on guesswork. And that is true of this phrase, which came from England. Before 1932, English law did not permit a doctor to cut open a dead human body for scientific examination, unless it was the corpse (尸体) of an executed (处决) criminal. But when it became legal, more and more doctors demanded skeletons for a more scientific study of medicine. It was helping in the advance of modern medicine. The demand had become so strong that men began to rob tombs and sell skeletons to doctors at high prices. We are told that a doctor would usually buy just one skeleton for scientific study. It became very important in his work. But he had to keep it hidden because most people objected to keeping such a thing. As a rule, the doctor would keep his skeleton in some dark corner where it could not be seen, or hide it in a closet. After a time, people began to suspect (怀疑) every doctor of hiding a skeleton in the closet. From this suspicion, the phrase "a skeleton in the closet" took on a broader, more general meaning to describe anything that a man wanted to keep others from discovering. It could be proof of a criminal act, or something much less serious. Well, that is one theory. One writer, however, believes that the phrase might have come from something that really happened. It is his guess that a hidden closet in some old English country home may have turned up a real skeleton, clear proof of some old family shame or crime. Well, one man’s guess is as good as another. But this sounds like a story by the great French novelist, Balzac. Baizac tells us of a man who suspected his wife of having a lover. The husband comes home by surprise. But she hears him and quickly hides her lover in the closet of her bedroom. He enters her room and asks her if she is hiding her lover. He says he will not open the door to the closet if she promises him there is no one there; He will believe her. She answers firmly that she is not hiding anyone in the closet. The husband then begins to build a solid brick wall against the closet. His wife watches, knowing that her lover will never come out alive. But she will not change her story and admit her guilt.From the text we know that there are （） theories about how the phrase "skeleton in the closet" came into being.
A

one

B

two

C

three

D

four

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参考答案和解析
正确答案： A
解析： [解析] 细节题。阅读全文得知本文用了两个故事来解释这个短语，一是英国医生用死尸来进行医学研究；二是法国作家Balzac讲述的是丈夫将妻子的情人封死在墙里，由此可知B为正确答案。
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  • 第1题：

    When I got out of the car and walked about among them, ____one old man who shook his head disapprovingly, they all began to cheer.

    A.see that
    B.except that
    C.provided that
    D.except for

    答案：D
    解析：
    本题考查非谓语
    D选项，句意：当我下车走在他们中间的时候，除了一个老头不满地摇了摇头，大家都开始欢呼。except for意为“除…以外”，后接名词，故D选项正确。
    A选项，see that意为“留意…;负责…;务必…”，故排除。
    B选项，except that意为“除去…之外”后接句子，故排除。
    C选项，provided that意为“倘若，在…条件下”，故排除。
    故正确答案为D 项。

  • 第2题：

    请阅读Passage 2，完成第小题。
    Passage 2
    NBA centre Jason Collins recently announced he was gay in a cover story for Sports
    Illustrated. In other words, he"came out of the closet." This expression for revealing one's homosexuality may seem natural. Being in the closet implies hiding from the outside world, and the act of coming out of it implies the will to stop hiding. But though the closet has long been a metaphor for privacy or secrecy, its use with reference to homosexuality is relatively recent.
    According to George Chauncey's comprehensive history of modern gay culture, Gay New York, the closet metaphor was not used by gay people until the 1960s. Before then, it doesn't appear anywhere"in the records of the gay movement or in the novels, diaries, or letters of gay men and lesbians."
    "Coming out," however, has long been used in the gay community, but it first meant something different than it does now."A gay man's coming out originally referred to his being formally presented to the largest collective manifestation of prewar gay society, the enormous drag balls that were patterned on the debutante and masquerade balls of the dominant culture and were regularly held in New York, Chicago, New Orleans, Baltimore, and other cities." The phrase"coming out" did not refer to coming out of hiding, but to joining into a society of peers. The phrase was borrowed from the world of debutante balls, where young women"came out" in being officially
    introduced to society.
    The gay debutante balls were a matter of public record and often covered in the newspaper, so"coming out" within gay society often meant revealing your sexual orientation in the wider society as well, but the phrase didn't necessarily carry the implication that if you hadn't yet come out, you were keeping it a secret. There were other metaphors for the act of hiding or revealing homosexuality. Gay people could "wear a mask" or "take off the mask". A man could "wear his hair up" or "let his hair down", or "drop hairpins" that would only be recognized by other gay men.
    It is unclear exactly when gay people started using the closet metaphor, but "it may have been used initially because many men who remained 'covert' thought of their homosexuality as a sort of'skeleton in the closet'." It may also have come from outsiders who viewed it that way. It seems that"coming out of the closet" was born as a mixture of two metaphors: a debutante proudly stepping into the arms of a community and a shocking secret being kept in hiding. Now. the community is the wider community, and the secret is no longer shocking,"Coming out" is a useful phrase, but it need not imply a closet.

    What is the main idea of this passage?
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    A．The phrase "coming out" is used in gay community.
    B．The phrase "coming out" means revealing of homosexuality.
    C．The meaning of the phrase "coming out" has not changed.
    D．The development of the use of "coming out".

    答案：D
    解析：
    本文以“NBA中锋杰森 柯林斯最近在《体育画报》的封面故事中宣布他是同性恋”一事引入文章的主题——“出柜”，接着文章探索了“出柜”一词的出现时间、适用对象及其意义的演变过程，最后提到。如今“出柜”一词意义更广了，因此，本文主要讲述了“出柜”一词应用的发展演变过程，D项符合。

  • 第3题：

    请阅读Passage 2，完成第小题。
    Passage 2
    NBA centre Jason Collins recently announced he was gay in a cover story for Sports
    Illustrated. In other words, he"came out of the closet." This expression for revealing one's homosexuality may seem natural. Being in the closet implies hiding from the outside world, and the act of coming out of it implies the will to stop hiding. But though the closet has long been a metaphor for privacy or secrecy, its use with reference to homosexuality is relatively recent.
    According to George Chauncey's comprehensive history of modern gay culture, Gay New York, the closet metaphor was not used by gay people until the 1960s. Before then, it doesn't appear anywhere"in the records of the gay movement or in the novels, diaries, or letters of gay men and lesbians."
    "Coming out," however, has long been used in the gay community, but it first meant something different than it does now."A gay man's coming out originally referred to his being formally presented to the largest collective manifestation of prewar gay society, the enormous drag balls that were patterned on the debutante and masquerade balls of the dominant culture and were regularly held in New York, Chicago, New Orleans, Baltimore, and other cities." The phrase"coming out" did not refer to coming out of hiding, but to joining into a society of peers. The phrase was borrowed from the world of debutante balls, where young women"came out" in being officially
    introduced to society.
    The gay debutante balls were a matter of public record and often covered in the newspaper, so"coming out" within gay society often meant revealing your sexual orientation in the wider society as well, but the phrase didn't necessarily carry the implication that if you hadn't yet come out, you were keeping it a secret. There were other metaphors for the act of hiding or revealing homosexuality. Gay people could "wear a mask" or "take off the mask". A man could "wear his hair up" or "let his hair down", or "drop hairpins" that would only be recognized by other gay men.
    It is unclear exactly when gay people started using the closet metaphor, but "it may have been used initially because many men who remained 'covert' thought of their homosexuality as a sort of'skeleton in the closet'." It may also have come from outsiders who viewed it that way. It seems that"coming out of the closet" was born as a mixture of two metaphors: a debutante proudly stepping into the arms of a community and a shocking secret being kept in hiding. Now. the community is the wider community, and the secret is no longer shocking,"Coming out" is a useful phrase, but it need not imply a closet.

    Which of the following statement about "coming out" is True?
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    A．Closet is always the metaphor of homosexuality.
    B．The original meaning of the phrase is the revealing of homosexuality.
    C．The phrase was borrowed from the world of debutante balls.
    D．The phrase "coming out" only refers to coming out of hiding.

    答案：C
    解析：
    A项意为“‘柜’一直是同性恋的隐喻”，这与第二段“…the closet metaDhor was not used by gay people until the l960s．"相矛盾，因此错误；B选项意为“‘出柜’最初的意思是公开同性恋”．这与第三段“A gay mall’s coming out originally referred to his being formally presented to the largest collective manifestation of prewar gay society”不相符；C选项意为“‘出柜’一词是从上流女子舞会里借用过来的”，与第三段“The phrase was borrowed from the world of debutante balls”相符合，故正确；D项与第三段“The phrase‘coming out’did not refer to coming out of hiding”意思相反。因此选择C。

  • 第4题：

    共用题干
    “Lucky” Lord Lucan一Alive or Dead
    On 8th November 1974 Lord Lucan,a British aristocrat,vanished. The day before,his children's nanny had been brutally murdered and his wife had been attacked too.To this day the British public are still interested in the murder case because Lucan has never been found.
    Now,over 30 years later,the police have reopened the case,hoping that new DNA tech-niques will help solve this murder mystery. People suspected that“Lucky”,as he was called by friends,wanted to kill his wife he no longer lived with. They say that Lucan entered his old house and in the dark,killed the nanny by mistake. His estranged wife heard noises,came downstairs and was also attacked,but managed to escape. Seven months after the murder,a jury concluded that Lucan had killed the nanny.
    What happened next is unclear,but there are several theories which fall into one of three categories:he may have killed himself,he could have escaped or he might have been killed. It appears that the night after the murder,“Lucky” borrowed a car and drove it,Lucan's friend Aspinall said in an interview that he thought Lucan had committed suicide by sinking his boat in the English Channel.
    Another version of events says that“Lucky” left the blood-soaked car on the coast and took a ferry to France. He was met there by someone who drove him to safety in another country.However,after a time,his rescuers became worried that they would become involved in the murder too and so Lucan was killed.
    A further fascinating theory was made in the book Dead Lucky by Duncan MacLaugh-lin,a former detective.He believes that Lucan travelled to Goa,India.where he assumed the identity of a Mr. Barry Haplin. Lucan then lived in Goa till his death in 1996.In the end the claim turned out be a case of mistaken identity. The man who died in 1996 was really Haplin,an exschoolteacher turned hippy. So what is the truth about Lucky?DNA testing has solved many murder cases,but who knows if it can close the book on this one.

    Ex-detective MacLaughlin claimed that Mr. Barry Haplin______.
    A: was an old schoolteacher
    B: died in Goa,India
    C: was really Lord Lucan in disguise
    D: was a merchant

    答案：C
    解析：
    题干意为“公众对这件谋杀案的调查依旧很感兴趣的原因是……”。该题为细节题，而且为细节题中的因果逻辑题，在解题时要注意关注短文中陈述原因的句子，尤其是一些典型用来引出原因的词语和结构，如：because, because of, for, due to, thanks to, owing to等，同时还需要注意英文中的因果逻辑陈述习惯：先果后因。利用题干及选项中的名词及名词短语作为定位线索，在短文前三段中查找相关句，同时留意题干中的修饰词in-terested“感兴趣的”，这样在第一段中找到相关句：To this day the British public（与题干中的名词短语the public呼应）are still interested in the murder case because Lucan has never been found．相关句意为“直到现在，英国民众对这个谋杀案仍然很感兴趣，因为鲁肯伯爵一直没有被找到”。该句直接陈述了原因，所以C项“鲁肯伯爵一直没有被找到”是正确的答案。
    题干意为“人们认为鲁肯杀了保姆的原因是什么？”该题为细节题，同时也是因果逻辑题。利用题干及选项中的名词及名词短语作为定位线索，顺着上一题相关句的位置往下查找相关句，这样在第二段中找到相关句：People suspected that “Lucky”（指Lucan), as he was called by friends,wanted to kill his wife he no longer lived with. They say that Lu-can entered his old house and in the dark,killed the nanny by mistake. His estranged wife heard noises,came downstairs and was also attacked,but managed to escape. Seven months after the murder,a jury concluded that Lucan had killed the nanny．相关句（带有下划线的句子）意为“鲁肯伯爵被朋友称为‘幸运儿’，人们猜测他想要杀了他与之分居的妻子。有人说鲁肯踏进他的老房子，在一片漆黑中错杀了保姆”，由此可知C项“在一片漆黑之中，他误认为她（保姆）是鲁肯夫人”是答案。
    题干意为“Aspinall认为鲁肯是怎样自杀的？”该题为细节题，利用题干及选项中的名词及名词短语作为定位线索，顺着上一题相关句的位置往下查找相关句，这样在第三段中找到相关句：What happened next is unclear,but there are several theories which fall into one of three categories:he may have killed himself,he could have escaped or he might have been killed. It appears that the night after the murder,“Lucky”（指Lucan)borrowed a car and drove it,Lucan's friend Aspinall said in an interview that he thought Lucan had com-mitted suicide by sinking his boat in the English Channel．相关句（带下划线的句子）意为“在谋杀发生的第二天晚上，‘幸运儿’借了一辆车然后开走了，鲁肯的朋友Aspinall在一个采访中表示，他觉得鲁肯伯爵在英吉利海峡中凿沉了自己坐的船，已经自杀了”。由此可知鲁肯的朋友Aspinall认为鲁肯伯爵是凿沉了自己坐的船自杀的，因此答案为D。
    题干意为“鲁肯可能已经被杀了，原因是人们……”。利用题干及选项中的名词及名词短语作为定位线索，顺着上一题相关句的位置往下查找相关句，这样在第四段中找到相关句：Another version of events says that “Lucky” left the blood-soaked car on the coast and took a ferry to France. He was met there by someone who drove him to safety in another country. However,after a time,his rescuers became worried that they would become involved in the murder too and so Lucan was killed．相关句（带下划线的句子）意为“然而，过了一段时间，救他的人开始担心自己也会被卷入到谋杀案中，所以他们杀了鲁肯”。由此可知鲁肯可能 已经被杀的原因是人们（帮助鲁肯的人）害怕自己也被卷入到谋杀案中，因此答案为B项“认为如果鲁肯被警方抓住他可能向警方供出他们来”。

  • 第5题：

    共用题干
    “Lucky” Lord Lucan一Alive or Dead
    On 8th November 1974 Lord Lucan,a British aristocrat,vanished. The day before,his children's nanny had been brutally murdered and his wife had been attacked too.To this day the British public are still interested in the murder case because Lucan has never been found.
    Now,over 30 years later,the police have reopened the case,hoping that new DNA tech-niques will help solve this murder mystery. People suspected that“Lucky”,as he was called by friends,wanted to kill his wife he no longer lived with. They say that Lucan entered his old house and in the dark,killed the nanny by mistake. His estranged wife heard noises,came downstairs and was also attacked,but managed to escape. Seven months after the murder,a jury concluded that Lucan had killed the nanny.
    What happened next is unclear,but there are several theories which fall into one of three categories:he may have killed himself,he could have escaped or he might have been killed. It appears that the night after the murder,“Lucky” borrowed a car and drove it,Lucan's friend Aspinall said in an interview that he thought Lucan had committed suicide by sinking his boat in the English Channel.
    Another version of events says that“Lucky” left the blood-soaked car on the coast and took a ferry to France. He was met there by someone who drove him to safety in another country.However,after a time,his rescuers became worried that they would become involved in the murder too and so Lucan was killed.
    A further fascinating theory was made in the book Dead Lucky by Duncan MacLaugh-lin,a former detective.He believes that Lucan travelled to Goa,India.where he assumed the identity of a Mr. Barry Haplin. Lucan then lived in Goa till his death in 1996.In the end the claim turned out be a case of mistaken identity. The man who died in 1996 was really Haplin,an exschoolteacher turned hippy. So what is the truth about Lucky?DNA testing has solved many murder cases,but who knows if it can close the book on this one.

    Aspinall thought Lucan killed himself by______.
    A: jumping into water
    B: jumping out of his house
    C: sailing his boat
    D: sinking his boat

    答案：D
    解析：
    题干意为“公众对这件谋杀案的调查依旧很感兴趣的原因是……”。该题为细节题，而且为细节题中的因果逻辑题，在解题时要注意关注短文中陈述原因的句子，尤其是一些典型用来引出原因的词语和结构，如：because, because of, for, due to, thanks to, owing to等，同时还需要注意英文中的因果逻辑陈述习惯：先果后因。利用题干及选项中的名词及名词短语作为定位线索，在短文前三段中查找相关句，同时留意题干中的修饰词in-terested“感兴趣的”，这样在第一段中找到相关句：To this day the British public（与题干中的名词短语the public呼应）are still interested in the murder case because Lucan has never been found．相关句意为“直到现在，英国民众对这个谋杀案仍然很感兴趣，因为鲁肯伯爵一直没有被找到”。该句直接陈述了原因，所以C项“鲁肯伯爵一直没有被找到”是正确的答案。
    题干意为“人们认为鲁肯杀了保姆的原因是什么？”该题为细节题，同时也是因果逻辑题。利用题干及选项中的名词及名词短语作为定位线索，顺着上一题相关句的位置往下查找相关句，这样在第二段中找到相关句：People suspected that “Lucky”（指Lucan), as he was called by friends,wanted to kill his wife he no longer lived with. They say that Lu-can entered his old house and in the dark,killed the nanny by mistake. His estranged wife heard noises,came downstairs and was also attacked,but managed to escape. Seven months after the murder,a jury concluded that Lucan had killed the nanny．相关句（带有下划线的句子）意为“鲁肯伯爵被朋友称为‘幸运儿’，人们猜测他想要杀了他与之分居的妻子。有人说鲁肯踏进他的老房子，在一片漆黑中错杀了保姆”，由此可知C项“在一片漆黑之中，他误认为她（保姆）是鲁肯夫人”是答案。
    题干意为“Aspinall认为鲁肯是怎样自杀的？”该题为细节题，利用题干及选项中的名词及名词短语作为定位线索，顺着上一题相关句的位置往下查找相关句，这样在第三段中找到相关句：What happened next is unclear,but there are several theories which fall into one of three categories:he may have killed himself,he could have escaped or he might have been killed. It appears that the night after the murder,“Lucky”（指Lucan)borrowed a car and drove it,Lucan's friend Aspinall said in an interview that he thought Lucan had com-mitted suicide by sinking his boat in the English Channel．相关句（带下划线的句子）意为“在谋杀发生的第二天晚上，‘幸运儿’借了一辆车然后开走了，鲁肯的朋友Aspinall在一个采访中表示，他觉得鲁肯伯爵在英吉利海峡中凿沉了自己坐的船，已经自杀了”。由此可知鲁肯的朋友Aspinall认为鲁肯伯爵是凿沉了自己坐的船自杀的，因此答案为D。
    题干意为“鲁肯可能已经被杀了，原因是人们……”。利用题干及选项中的名词及名词短语作为定位线索，顺着上一题相关句的位置往下查找相关句，这样在第四段中找到相关句：Another version of events says that “Lucky” left the blood-soaked car on the coast and took a ferry to France. He was met there by someone who drove him to safety in another country. However,after a time,his rescuers became worried that they would become involved in the murder too and so Lucan was killed．相关句（带下划线的句子）意为“然而，过了一段时间，救他的人开始担心自己也会被卷入到谋杀案中，所以他们杀了鲁肯”。由此可知鲁肯可能 已经被杀的原因是人们（帮助鲁肯的人）害怕自己也被卷入到谋杀案中，因此答案为B项“认为如果鲁肯被警方抓住他可能向警方供出他们来”。

  • 第6题：

    共用题干
    第三篇

    On 8th November 1974 Lord Lucan,a British aristocrat,vanished.The day before,his children's nanny had been brutally murdered and his wife had been attacked too.To this day the British public are still interested in the murder case because Lucan has never been found.Now,over 30 years later,the police have reopened the case,hoping that new DNA techniques will help solve this murder mystery.
    People suspected that"Lucky",as he was called by friends,wanted to kill his wife he no longer lived with.They say that Lucan entered his old house and in the dark,killed the nanny by mistake. His estranged wife heard noises,came downstairs and was also attacked,but managed to escape. Seven months after the murder,a jury concluded that Lucan had killed the nanny.
    What happened next is unclear,but there are several theories which fall into one of three categories:he may have killed himself,he could have escaped or he might have been killed.It appears that the night after the murder,"Lucky"borrowed a car and drove it,Lucan's friend Aspinall said in an interview that he thought Lucan had committed suicide by sinking his boat in the English Channel.
    Another version of events says that"Lucky"left the blood-soaked car on the coast and took a ferry to France.He was met there by someone who drove him to safety in another country.However, after a time,his rescuers became worried that they would become involved in the murder too and so Lucan was killed.
    A further fascinating theory was made in the book Dead Lucky by Duncan Mac Laiwhlin.a former detective.He believes that Lucan traveled to Goa,India,where he assumed the identity of a Mr. Barry Haplin. Lucan then lived in Goa till his death in 1996.In the end the claim turned out to be a case of mistaken identity. The man who died in 1996 was really Haplin,an ex-school teacher turned hippy. So what is the truth about Lucky?DNA testing has solved many murder cases,but who knows if it can close the book on this one.

    The public are still interested in the investigation because________.
    A:of the terrible murder
    B:of the use of new DNA techniques
    C:Lord Lucan has never been found
    D:Lord Lucan was famous

    答案：C
    解析：
    文章第一段告诉我们公众之所以对此案感兴趣是因为Lucan还没被找到。因此只有选项C是正确的。
    第二段讲到，保姆被杀是因为天黑看不清楚，而被Lucan误杀了。因此选项C是正确的。
    文章第三段最后一句提到Lucan的朋友在一个采访中表示，他觉得Lucan 在英吉利海峡弄沉了自己坐的船自杀了。因此选项D是正确的。
    根据第四段我们知道救Lucan的人担心自己也会被卷入到谋杀案件中，因此杀了Lucan。最符合此意的为B项，意思为他们觉得如果Lucan被捕，他有可能跟警察提起这些人。
    从文章最后一段的叙述我们知道Mac Laughlin确信Lucan逃到了印度，在那里换了个身份，假装成Barry Haplin。因此选项C是正确的。

  • 第7题：

    共用题干
    第三篇

    On 8th November 1974 Lord Lucan,a British aristocrat,vanished.The day before,his children's nanny had been brutally murdered and his wife had been attacked too.To this day the British public are still interested in the murder case because Lucan has never been found.Now,over 30 years later,the police have reopened the case,hoping that new DNA techniques will help solve this murder mystery.
    People suspected that"Lucky",as he was called by friends,wanted to kill his wife he no longer lived with.They say that Lucan entered his old house and in the dark,killed the nanny by mistake. His estranged wife heard noises,came downstairs and was also attacked,but managed to escape. Seven months after the murder,a jury concluded that Lucan had killed the nanny.
    What happened next is unclear,but there are several theories which fall into one of three categories:he may have killed himself,he could have escaped or he might have been killed.It appears that the night after the murder,"Lucky"borrowed a car and drove it,Lucan's friend Aspinall said in an interview that he thought Lucan had committed suicide by sinking his boat in the English Channel.
    Another version of events says that"Lucky"left the blood-soaked car on the coast and took a ferry to France.He was met there by someone who drove him to safety in another country.However, after a time,his rescuers became worried that they would become involved in the murder too and so Lucan was killed.
    A further fascinating theory was made in the book Dead Lucky by Duncan Mac Laiwhlin.a former detective.He believes that Lucan traveled to Goa,India,where he assumed the identity of a Mr. Barry Haplin. Lucan then lived in Goa till his death in 1996.In the end the claim turned out to be a case of mistaken identity. The man who died in 1996 was really Haplin,an ex-school teacher turned hippy. So what is the truth about Lucky?DNA testing has solved many murder cases,but who knows if it can close the book on this one.

    It is thought that Lucan killed the nanny because_________.
    A:she was looking after the children
    B:she was a friend of Lucan
    C:it was dark and he thought she was Lady Lucan
    D:Lord Lucan thought the nanny stole his car

    答案：C
    解析：
    文章第一段告诉我们公众之所以对此案感兴趣是因为Lucan还没被找到。因此只有选项C是正确的。
    第二段讲到，保姆被杀是因为天黑看不清楚，而被Lucan误杀了。因此选项C是正确的。
    文章第三段最后一句提到Lucan的朋友在一个采访中表示，他觉得Lucan 在英吉利海峡弄沉了自己坐的船自杀了。因此选项D是正确的。
    根据第四段我们知道救Lucan的人担心自己也会被卷入到谋杀案件中，因此杀了Lucan。最符合此意的为B项，意思为他们觉得如果Lucan被捕，他有可能跟警察提起这些人。
    从文章最后一段的叙述我们知道Mac Laughlin确信Lucan逃到了印度，在那里换了个身份，假装成Barry Haplin。因此选项C是正确的。

  • 第8题：

    共用题干
    第二篇

    “Lucky" Lord Lucan一Alive or Dead?

    On 8th November 1974 Lord Lucan, a British aristocrat（贵族）,vanished. The day before, his chil-
    dren's nanny（保姆）had been brutally murdered and his wife had been attacked too. To this day the British
    'public are still interested in the murder case because Lucan has never been found.Now,over 30 years later,
    the police have reopened the case,hoping that new DNA techniques will help solve this murder mystery.
    People suspected that"Lucky",as he was called by friends,wanted to kill his wife he no longer lived
    with.They say that Lucan entered his old house and in the dark,killed the nanny by mistake.His estranged
    （分居的）wife heard noises, came downstairs and was also attacked, but managed to escape. Seven months
    after the murder,a jury concluded that Lucan had killed the nanny.
    What happened next is unclear,but there are several theories which fall into one of three categories:he
    may have killed himself,he could have escaped or he might have been killed.It appears that the night after
    the murder,"Lucky"borrowed a car and drove it. Lucan's friend Aspinall said in an interview that he
    thought Lucan had committed suicide by sinking his boat in the English Channel.
    Another version of events says that"Lucky"left the blood-soaked car on the coast and took a ferry to
    France.He was met there by someone who drove him to safety in another country.However,after a time,
    his rescuers became worried that they would become involved in the murder too and so Lucan was killed.
    A further fascinating theory was made in the book Dead Lucky by Duncan Maclaughlin,a former detective.
    He believes that Lucan travelled to Go'a,India,where he assumed the identity of a Mr. Barry Haplin. Lucan
    then lived in Goa till his death in 1996.In the end the claim turned out to be a case of mistaken identity. The
    man who died in 1996 was really Haplin,an ex-schoolteacher. So what is the truth about"Lucky"?DNA
    testing has solved many murder cases,but who knows if it can close the book on this one.

    Aspinall thought Lucan killed himself__________.
    A:by sinking his boat
    B:in a car accident
    C:on the night 30 years after the murder
    D:by jumping into the English Channel

    答案：A
    解析：
    由文章第一段第三句话可知，直到今天，英国民众仍对这起谋杀案感兴趣因为嫌疑犯 Lucan一直没被找到。故选D。
    文章第二段讲到，Lucan想去杀掉与他分居的妻子，结果当他在黑夜里进人妻子住的老 房子时却误杀了保姆。他的妻子听到声响下楼看时也被他攻击，但设法逃脱了。故选D。
    由文章第三段最后一句话“Lucan' s friend Aspinall said in an interview that he thought Lucan had committed suicide by sinking his boat in the English Channel.”可知，Aspinall认为Lu- can是通过沉船在英吉利海峡的方式自杀的。故选A。
    在文章倒数第二段中讲到“He was met there by someone who drove him to safety in anoth- er country.However,after a time,his rescuers became worried that they would become involved in the murder too and so Lucan was killed."，由此得知，把Lucan送到国外的人们担心Lucan被抓 会连累到他们，就把他给杀了。故选A。
    题干中的“assumed”出现在“.he assumed the identity of a Mr.Barry Haplin."，结合上下 文，该句意思是“他为自己伪造了Mr.Barry Haplin的假身份”。四个选项的意思分别是A．透 露，揭露；公开；B．建立，创立；C．呈现（某种性质、样子等）；装成某事物；D．变化，改变。故 选C。第三篇 本文主要讲述了“迁徒行动”这一组织用轻型飞机来带领高鸣鹤往南迁徒的事情。

  • 第9题：

    Our eating habits are very important for good health and a strong body.There are times when?most of us would rather eat sweets and ice-cream than meat and rice.Sweets and ice-cream are not?bad if we eat them at the end of a meal.If we eat them before a meal,they may take away our appe-tite（食欲）~It is important for us to eat our meals at the same time each day.When we feel hungry,it is a sign that our body needs food.When we feel angry or excited,we may not want to eat.A long time ago,in England,some judges used to decide whether a man was telling the truth by giving him some dry bread.If the man could not eat the bread,it showed that he was telling lies.Although this seems very strange and rather foolish,it is indeed a very good way of finding out the fact.A man who is worrying about something has difficulty in eating anything dry.Because he is worrying,he loses his appetite and does not want to eat.

    A man who is worrying__________.

    A.has a better appetite
    B.likes to tell lies
    C.likes to eat ice-cream
    D.has a poor appetite

    答案：D
    解析：
    由倒数第二句“A man who is worrying about?something has difficulty in eating anything dry．”可知，为某事感到焦虑的人很难吞下较于的食物。have difficulty in?doing sth．意为“做某事有困难”。D项“has a poor appe-tire”意为“没有胃口，不想吃东西”，与原文意思最接近。

  • 第10题：

    单选题
    Lucky is the man who has no "skeleton in his closet". When a man has done something in his life that he is ashamed of, that he wants to hide, he is said to have a "skeleton in his closet". Some people may have more than one skeleton. As we have noted many times, it is hard to find out how these expressions begin. Sometimes, we get some hard facts. But more often we have to depend on guesswork. And that is true of this phrase, which came from England. Before 1932, English law did not permit a doctor to cut open a dead human body for scientific examination, unless it was the corpse (尸体) of an executed (处决) criminal. But when it became legal, more and more doctors demanded skeletons for a more scientific study of medicine. It was helping in the advance of modern medicine. The demand had become so strong that men began to rob tombs and sell skeletons to doctors at high prices. We are told that a doctor would usually buy just one skeleton for scientific study. It became very important in his work. But he had to keep it hidden because most people objected to keeping such a thing. As a rule, the doctor would keep his skeleton in some dark corner where it could not be seen, or hide it in a closet. After a time, people began to suspect (怀疑) every doctor of hiding a skeleton in the closet. From this suspicion, the phrase "a skeleton in the closet" took on a broader, more general meaning to describe anything that a man wanted to keep others from discovering. It could be proof of a criminal act, or something much less serious. Well, that is one theory. One writer, however, believes that the phrase might have come from something that really happened. It is his guess that a hidden closet in some old English country home may have turned up a real skeleton, clear proof of some old family shame or crime. Well, one man’s guess is as good as another. But this sounds like a story by the great French novelist, Balzac. Baizac tells us of a man who suspected his wife of having a lover. The husband comes home by surprise. But she hears him and quickly hides her lover in the closet of her bedroom. He enters her room and asks her if she is hiding her lover. He says he will not open the door to the closet if she promises him there is no one there; He will believe her. She answers firmly that she is not hiding anyone in the closet. The husband then begins to build a solid brick wall against the closet. His wife watches, knowing that her lover will never come out alive. But she will not change her story and admit her guilt.From the story Balzac told we know that the wife’s lover must have become （）.
    A

    a corpse

    B

    a phrase

    C

    a skeleton

    D

    a secret


    正确答案： D
    解析： [解析] 推断题。根据最后一段The husband then begins to build a solid brick wall against the closet. His wife watches, knowing that her lover will never…得知她的情人将死在墙里，自然成为骷髅了。故选C。

  • 第11题：

    单选题
    Lucky is the man who has no "skeleton in his closet". When a man has done something in his life that he is ashamed of, that he wants to hide, he is said to have a "skeleton in his closet". Some people may have more than one skeleton. As we have noted many times, it is hard to find out how these expressions begin. Sometimes, we get some hard facts. But more often we have to depend on guesswork. And that is true of this phrase, which came from England. Before 1932, English law did not permit a doctor to cut open a dead human body for scientific examination, unless it was the corpse (尸体) of an executed (处决) criminal. But when it became legal, more and more doctors demanded skeletons for a more scientific study of medicine. It was helping in the advance of modern medicine. The demand had become so strong that men began to rob tombs and sell skeletons to doctors at high prices. We are told that a doctor would usually buy just one skeleton for scientific study. It became very important in his work. But he had to keep it hidden because most people objected to keeping such a thing. As a rule, the doctor would keep his skeleton in some dark corner where it could not be seen, or hide it in a closet. After a time, people began to suspect (怀疑) every doctor of hiding a skeleton in the closet. From this suspicion, the phrase "a skeleton in the closet" took on a broader, more general meaning to describe anything that a man wanted to keep others from discovering. It could be proof of a criminal act, or something much less serious. Well, that is one theory. One writer, however, believes that the phrase might have come from something that really happened. It is his guess that a hidden closet in some old English country home may have turned up a real skeleton, clear proof of some old family shame or crime. Well, one man’s guess is as good as another. But this sounds like a story by the great French novelist, Balzac. Baizac tells us of a man who suspected his wife of having a lover. The husband comes home by surprise. But she hears him and quickly hides her lover in the closet of her bedroom. He enters her room and asks her if she is hiding her lover. He says he will not open the door to the closet if she promises him there is no one there; He will believe her. She answers firmly that she is not hiding anyone in the closet. The husband then begins to build a solid brick wall against the closet. His wife watches, knowing that her lover will never come out alive. But she will not change her story and admit her guilt.Which of the following situations is suitable for using the phrase "skeleton in the closet"
    A

    You have stolen something precious and don’t want it discovered.

    B

    You are a doctor and have to keep a skeleton for research.

    C

    If you have cut open a dead human body for scientific examination you should keep the skeleton secret.

    D

    You have done a crime or done something foolish, but you want to keep other from discovering it.


    正确答案： D
    解析： [解析] 推断题。根据When a man has done something in his life that he is ashamed of, that he wants to hide, he is said to have a "skeleton in his closet" 可知"skeleton in the closet"的意思是一个人想隐藏自己感到羞愧的事，由此可推知犯了罪或做了傻事而又不想让别人知道的符合"skeleton in the closet"，故选D。

  • 第12题：

    单选题
    When a man who has fallen overboard is being picked up by a lifeboat，the boat should approach with the wind（）.
    A

    astern and the victim just off the bow

    B

    ahead and the victim just off the bow

    C

    just off the bow and the victim to windward

    D

    just off the bow and the victim to leeward


    正确答案： C
    解析： 暂无解析

  • 第13题：

    请阅读Passage 2，完成第小题。
    Passage 2
    NBA centre Jason Collins recently announced he was gay in a cover story for Sports
    Illustrated. In other words, he"came out of the closet." This expression for revealing one's homosexuality may seem natural. Being in the closet implies hiding from the outside world, and the act of coming out of it implies the will to stop hiding. But though the closet has long been a metaphor for privacy or secrecy, its use with reference to homosexuality is relatively recent.
    According to George Chauncey's comprehensive history of modern gay culture, Gay New York, the closet metaphor was not used by gay people until the 1960s. Before then, it doesn't appear anywhere"in the records of the gay movement or in the novels, diaries, or letters of gay men and lesbians."
    "Coming out," however, has long been used in the gay community, but it first meant something different than it does now."A gay man's coming out originally referred to his being formally presented to the largest collective manifestation of prewar gay society, the enormous drag balls that were patterned on the debutante and masquerade balls of the dominant culture and were regularly held in New York, Chicago, New Orleans, Baltimore, and other cities." The phrase"coming out" did not refer to coming out of hiding, but to joining into a society of peers. The phrase was borrowed from the world of debutante balls, where young women"came out" in being officially
    introduced to society.
    The gay debutante balls were a matter of public record and often covered in the newspaper, so"coming out" within gay society often meant revealing your sexual orientation in the wider society as well, but the phrase didn't necessarily carry the implication that if you hadn't yet come out, you were keeping it a secret. There were other metaphors for the act of hiding or revealing homosexuality. Gay people could "wear a mask" or "take off the mask". A man could "wear his hair up" or "let his hair down", or "drop hairpins" that would only be recognized by other gay men.
    It is unclear exactly when gay people started using the closet metaphor, but "it may have been used initially because many men who remained 'covert' thought of their homosexuality as a sort of'skeleton in the closet'." It may also have come from outsiders who viewed it that way. It seems that"coming out of the closet" was born as a mixture of two metaphors: a debutante proudly stepping into the arms of a community and a shocking secret being kept in hiding. Now. the community is the wider community, and the secret is no longer shocking,"Coming out" is a useful phrase, but it need not imply a closet.

    What can we learn from the last paragraph?
    查看材料

    A．The phrase "coming out" is only used in the gay community.
    B．The meaning of "coming out" is becoming wider and wider.
    C．The phrase "coming out" only stands for a shocking secret in hiding
    D．The meaning of "coming out" has not changed until now.

    答案：B
    解析：
    文章最后一段讲述了“出柜”一词的隐喻意，而随着社交群体的宽泛．“出柜”一词已经不再暗指隐秘．可见其意思越来越宽泛了。

  • 第14题：

    请阅读Passage 2，完成第小题。
    Passage 2
    NBA centre Jason Collins recently announced he was gay in a cover story for Sports
    Illustrated. In other words, he"came out of the closet." This expression for revealing one's homosexuality may seem natural. Being in the closet implies hiding from the outside world, and the act of coming out of it implies the will to stop hiding. But though the closet has long been a metaphor for privacy or secrecy, its use with reference to homosexuality is relatively recent.
    According to George Chauncey's comprehensive history of modern gay culture, Gay New York, the closet metaphor was not used by gay people until the 1960s. Before then, it doesn't appear anywhere"in the records of the gay movement or in the novels, diaries, or letters of gay men and lesbians."
    "Coming out," however, has long been used in the gay community, but it first meant something different than it does now."A gay man's coming out originally referred to his being formally presented to the largest collective manifestation of prewar gay society, the enormous drag balls that were patterned on the debutante and masquerade balls of the dominant culture and were regularly held in New York, Chicago, New Orleans, Baltimore, and other cities." The phrase"coming out" did not refer to coming out of hiding, but to joining into a society of peers. The phrase was borrowed from the world of debutante balls, where young women"came out" in being officially
    introduced to society.
    The gay debutante balls were a matter of public record and often covered in the newspaper, so"coming out" within gay society often meant revealing your sexual orientation in the wider society as well, but the phrase didn't necessarily carry the implication that if you hadn't yet come out, you were keeping it a secret. There were other metaphors for the act of hiding or revealing homosexuality. Gay people could "wear a mask" or "take off the mask". A man could "wear his hair up" or "let his hair down", or "drop hairpins" that would only be recognized by other gay men.
    It is unclear exactly when gay people started using the closet metaphor, but "it may have been used initially because many men who remained 'covert' thought of their homosexuality as a sort of'skeleton in the closet'." It may also have come from outsiders who viewed it that way. It seems that"coming out of the closet" was born as a mixture of two metaphors: a debutante proudly stepping into the arms of a community and a shocking secret being kept in hiding. Now. the community is the wider community, and the secret is no longer shocking,"Coming out" is a useful phrase, but it need not imply a closet.

    Why did "come out of the closet" seem natural when refers to revealing one's
    homosexuality?
    查看材料

    A．Because homosexual couples live in a place named Closet.
    B．Because both the closet and homosexuality mean privacy.
    C．Because Jason Collins has refrained from NBA.
    D．Because people always use "closet" to refer to homosexuality.

    答案：B
    解析：
    根据题干中的…come out ofthe closet’seem natural’’可定位至第一段“Being in the closet implies hiding from the outside world，and the act of coming out of it implies the will to stop hiding．”由此可知，“柜”和“同性恋”有共同点——将秘密隐藏起来，也就是它们都代表着隐私，而“出柜”便是将秘密公开．因
    此，用“出柜”来形容同性恋公开看起来很自然。

  • 第15题：

    请阅读Passage 2，完成第小题。
    Passage 2
    NBA centre Jason Collins recently announced he was gay in a cover story for Sports
    Illustrated. In other words, he"came out of the closet." This expression for revealing one's homosexuality may seem natural. Being in the closet implies hiding from the outside world, and the act of coming out of it implies the will to stop hiding. But though the closet has long been a metaphor for privacy or secrecy, its use with reference to homosexuality is relatively recent.
    According to George Chauncey's comprehensive history of modern gay culture, Gay New York, the closet metaphor was not used by gay people until the 1960s. Before then, it doesn't appear anywhere"in the records of the gay movement or in the novels, diaries, or letters of gay men and lesbians."
    "Coming out," however, has long been used in the gay community, but it first meant something different than it does now."A gay man's coming out originally referred to his being formally presented to the largest collective manifestation of prewar gay society, the enormous drag balls that were patterned on the debutante and masquerade balls of the dominant culture and were regularly held in New York, Chicago, New Orleans, Baltimore, and other cities." The phrase"coming out" did not refer to coming out of hiding, but to joining into a society of peers. The phrase was borrowed from the world of debutante balls, where young women"came out" in being officially
    introduced to society.
    The gay debutante balls were a matter of public record and often covered in the newspaper, so"coming out" within gay society often meant revealing your sexual orientation in the wider society as well, but the phrase didn't necessarily carry the implication that if you hadn't yet come out, you were keeping it a secret. There were other metaphors for the act of hiding or revealing homosexuality. Gay people could "wear a mask" or "take off the mask". A man could "wear his hair up" or "let his hair down", or "drop hairpins" that would only be recognized by other gay men.
    It is unclear exactly when gay people started using the closet metaphor, but "it may have been used initially because many men who remained 'covert' thought of their homosexuality as a sort of'skeleton in the closet'." It may also have come from outsiders who viewed it that way. It seems that"coming out of the closet" was born as a mixture of two metaphors: a debutante proudly stepping into the arms of a community and a shocking secret being kept in hiding. Now. the community is the wider community, and the secret is no longer shocking,"Coming out" is a useful phrase, but it need not imply a closet.

    What does "take off the mask" mean among gay people?
    查看材料

    A．To show he is homosexual.
    B．To hide his homosexuality.
    C．It means that he wants to change his sexual orientation.
    D．It means that he doesn't want to be homosexual.

    答案：A
    解析：
    根据题干中的“take off the mask”可定位至第四段“There were other metaphors for the act of hiding or revealing homosexuality．Gay people could‘wear a mask’or‘take off the mask’．”加之．“戴上面具”本身意味着神秘地隐藏起来，而“摘下面具”则意味着公开．故“戴上面具”指的是向人公开自己是同性恋．

  • 第16题：

    共用题干
    “Lucky” Lord Lucan一Alive or Dead
    On 8th November 1974 Lord Lucan,a British aristocrat,vanished. The day before,his children's nanny had been brutally murdered and his wife had been attacked too.To this day the British public are still interested in the murder case because Lucan has never been found.
    Now,over 30 years later,the police have reopened the case,hoping that new DNA tech-niques will help solve this murder mystery. People suspected that“Lucky”,as he was called by friends,wanted to kill his wife he no longer lived with. They say that Lucan entered his old house and in the dark,killed the nanny by mistake. His estranged wife heard noises,came downstairs and was also attacked,but managed to escape. Seven months after the murder,a jury concluded that Lucan had killed the nanny.
    What happened next is unclear,but there are several theories which fall into one of three categories:he may have killed himself,he could have escaped or he might have been killed. It appears that the night after the murder,“Lucky” borrowed a car and drove it,Lucan's friend Aspinall said in an interview that he thought Lucan had committed suicide by sinking his boat in the English Channel.
    Another version of events says that“Lucky” left the blood-soaked car on the coast and took a ferry to France. He was met there by someone who drove him to safety in another country.However,after a time,his rescuers became worried that they would become involved in the murder too and so Lucan was killed.
    A further fascinating theory was made in the book Dead Lucky by Duncan MacLaugh-lin,a former detective.He believes that Lucan travelled to Goa,India.where he assumed the identity of a Mr. Barry Haplin. Lucan then lived in Goa till his death in 1996.In the end the claim turned out be a case of mistaken identity. The man who died in 1996 was really Haplin,an exschoolteacher turned hippy. So what is the truth about Lucky?DNA testing has solved many murder cases,but who knows if it can close the book on this one.

    The public are still interested in the investigation because______.
    A: of the terrible murder
    B: of the use of new DNA techniques
    C: Lord Lucan has never been found
    D: Lord Lucan was famous

    答案：C
    解析：
    题干意为“公众对这件谋杀案的调查依旧很感兴趣的原因是……”。该题为细节题，而且为细节题中的因果逻辑题，在解题时要注意关注短文中陈述原因的句子，尤其是一些典型用来引出原因的词语和结构，如：because, because of, for, due to, thanks to, owing to等，同时还需要注意英文中的因果逻辑陈述习惯：先果后因。利用题干及选项中的名词及名词短语作为定位线索，在短文前三段中查找相关句，同时留意题干中的修饰词in-terested“感兴趣的”，这样在第一段中找到相关句：To this day the British public（与题干中的名词短语the public呼应）are still interested in the murder case because Lucan has never been found．相关句意为“直到现在，英国民众对这个谋杀案仍然很感兴趣，因为鲁肯伯爵一直没有被找到”。该句直接陈述了原因，所以C项“鲁肯伯爵一直没有被找到”是正确的答案。
    题干意为“人们认为鲁肯杀了保姆的原因是什么？”该题为细节题，同时也是因果逻辑题。利用题干及选项中的名词及名词短语作为定位线索，顺着上一题相关句的位置往下查找相关句，这样在第二段中找到相关句：People suspected that “Lucky”（指Lucan), as he was called by friends,wanted to kill his wife he no longer lived with. They say that Lu-can entered his old house and in the dark,killed the nanny by mistake. His estranged wife heard noises,came downstairs and was also attacked,but managed to escape. Seven months after the murder,a jury concluded that Lucan had killed the nanny．相关句（带有下划线的句子）意为“鲁肯伯爵被朋友称为‘幸运儿’，人们猜测他想要杀了他与之分居的妻子。有人说鲁肯踏进他的老房子，在一片漆黑中错杀了保姆”，由此可知C项“在一片漆黑之中，他误认为她（保姆）是鲁肯夫人”是答案。
    题干意为“Aspinall认为鲁肯是怎样自杀的？”该题为细节题，利用题干及选项中的名词及名词短语作为定位线索，顺着上一题相关句的位置往下查找相关句，这样在第三段中找到相关句：What happened next is unclear,but there are several theories which fall into one of three categories:he may have killed himself,he could have escaped or he might have been killed. It appears that the night after the murder,“Lucky”（指Lucan)borrowed a car and drove it,Lucan's friend Aspinall said in an interview that he thought Lucan had com-mitted suicide by sinking his boat in the English Channel．相关句（带下划线的句子）意为“在谋杀发生的第二天晚上，‘幸运儿’借了一辆车然后开走了，鲁肯的朋友Aspinall在一个采访中表示，他觉得鲁肯伯爵在英吉利海峡中凿沉了自己坐的船，已经自杀了”。由此可知鲁肯的朋友Aspinall认为鲁肯伯爵是凿沉了自己坐的船自杀的，因此答案为D。
    题干意为“鲁肯可能已经被杀了，原因是人们……”。利用题干及选项中的名词及名词短语作为定位线索，顺着上一题相关句的位置往下查找相关句，这样在第四段中找到相关句：Another version of events says that “Lucky” left the blood-soaked car on the coast and took a ferry to France. He was met there by someone who drove him to safety in another country. However,after a time,his rescuers became worried that they would become involved in the murder too and so Lucan was killed．相关句（带下划线的句子）意为“然而，过了一段时间，救他的人开始担心自己也会被卷入到谋杀案中，所以他们杀了鲁肯”。由此可知鲁肯可能 已经被杀的原因是人们（帮助鲁肯的人）害怕自己也被卷入到谋杀案中，因此答案为B项“认为如果鲁肯被警方抓住他可能向警方供出他们来”。

  • 第17题：

    共用题干
    第三篇

    On 8th November 1974 Lord Lucan,a British aristocrat,vanished.The day before,his children's nanny had been brutally murdered and his wife had been attacked too.To this day the British public are still interested in the murder case because Lucan has never been found.Now,over 30 years later,the police have reopened the case,hoping that new DNA techniques will help solve this murder mystery.
    People suspected that"Lucky",as he was called by friends,wanted to kill his wife he no longer lived with.They say that Lucan entered his old house and in the dark,killed the nanny by mistake. His estranged wife heard noises,came downstairs and was also attacked,but managed to escape. Seven months after the murder,a jury concluded that Lucan had killed the nanny.
    What happened next is unclear,but there are several theories which fall into one of three categories:he may have killed himself,he could have escaped or he might have been killed.It appears that the night after the murder,"Lucky"borrowed a car and drove it,Lucan's friend Aspinall said in an interview that he thought Lucan had committed suicide by sinking his boat in the English Channel.
    Another version of events says that"Lucky"left the blood-soaked car on the coast and took a ferry to France.He was met there by someone who drove him to safety in another country.However, after a time,his rescuers became worried that they would become involved in the murder too and so Lucan was killed.
    A further fascinating theory was made in the book Dead Lucky by Duncan Mac Laiwhlin.a former detective.He believes that Lucan traveled to Goa,India,where he assumed the identity of a Mr. Barry Haplin. Lucan then lived in Goa till his death in 1996.In the end the claim turned out to be a case of mistaken identity. The man who died in 1996 was really Haplin,an ex-school teacher turned hippy. So what is the truth about Lucky?DNA testing has solved many murder cases,but who knows if it can close the book on this one.

    Aspinall thought Lucan killed himself by_________.
    A: jumping into water
    B:jumping out of his house
    C:sailing his boat
    D:sinking his boat

    答案：D
    解析：
    文章第一段告诉我们公众之所以对此案感兴趣是因为Lucan还没被找到。因此只有选项C是正确的。
    第二段讲到，保姆被杀是因为天黑看不清楚，而被Lucan误杀了。因此选项C是正确的。
    文章第三段最后一句提到Lucan的朋友在一个采访中表示，他觉得Lucan 在英吉利海峡弄沉了自己坐的船自杀了。因此选项D是正确的。
    根据第四段我们知道救Lucan的人担心自己也会被卷入到谋杀案件中，因此杀了Lucan。最符合此意的为B项，意思为他们觉得如果Lucan被捕，他有可能跟警察提起这些人。
    从文章最后一段的叙述我们知道Mac Laughlin确信Lucan逃到了印度，在那里换了个身份，假装成Barry Haplin。因此选项C是正确的。

  • 第18题：

    共用题干
    第三篇

    On 8th November 1974 Lord Lucan,a British aristocrat,vanished.The day before,his children's nanny had been brutally murdered and his wife had been attacked too.To this day the British public are still interested in the murder case because Lucan has never been found.Now,over 30 years later,the police have reopened the case,hoping that new DNA techniques will help solve this murder mystery.
    People suspected that"Lucky",as he was called by friends,wanted to kill his wife he no longer lived with.They say that Lucan entered his old house and in the dark,killed the nanny by mistake. His estranged wife heard noises,came downstairs and was also attacked,but managed to escape. Seven months after the murder,a jury concluded that Lucan had killed the nanny.
    What happened next is unclear,but there are several theories which fall into one of three categories:he may have killed himself,he could have escaped or he might have been killed.It appears that the night after the murder,"Lucky"borrowed a car and drove it,Lucan's friend Aspinall said in an interview that he thought Lucan had committed suicide by sinking his boat in the English Channel.
    Another version of events says that"Lucky"left the blood-soaked car on the coast and took a ferry to France.He was met there by someone who drove him to safety in another country.However, after a time,his rescuers became worried that they would become involved in the murder too and so Lucan was killed.
    A further fascinating theory was made in the book Dead Lucky by Duncan Mac Laiwhlin.a former detective.He believes that Lucan traveled to Goa,India,where he assumed the identity of a Mr. Barry Haplin. Lucan then lived in Goa till his death in 1996.In the end the claim turned out to be a case of mistaken identity. The man who died in 1996 was really Haplin,an ex-school teacher turned hippy. So what is the truth about Lucky?DNA testing has solved many murder cases,but who knows if it can close the book on this one.

    Ex-detective Mac Laughlin claimed that Mr. Barry Haplin___________.
    A:was an old school teacher
    B:died in Goa,India
    C:was really Lord Lucan in disguise
    D:was a merchant

    答案：C
    解析：
    文章第一段告诉我们公众之所以对此案感兴趣是因为Lucan还没被找到。因此只有选项C是正确的。
    第二段讲到，保姆被杀是因为天黑看不清楚，而被Lucan误杀了。因此选项C是正确的。
    文章第三段最后一句提到Lucan的朋友在一个采访中表示，他觉得Lucan 在英吉利海峡弄沉了自己坐的船自杀了。因此选项D是正确的。
    根据第四段我们知道救Lucan的人担心自己也会被卷入到谋杀案件中，因此杀了Lucan。最符合此意的为B项，意思为他们觉得如果Lucan被捕，他有可能跟警察提起这些人。
    从文章最后一段的叙述我们知道Mac Laughlin确信Lucan逃到了印度，在那里换了个身份，假装成Barry Haplin。因此选项C是正确的。

  • 第19题：

    共用题干
    第二篇

    “Lucky" Lord Lucan一Alive or Dead?

    On 8th November 1974 Lord Lucan, a British aristocrat（贵族）,vanished. The day before, his chil-
    dren's nanny（保姆）had been brutally murdered and his wife had been attacked too. To this day the British
    'public are still interested in the murder case because Lucan has never been found.Now,over 30 years later,
    the police have reopened the case,hoping that new DNA techniques will help solve this murder mystery.
    People suspected that"Lucky",as he was called by friends,wanted to kill his wife he no longer lived
    with.They say that Lucan entered his old house and in the dark,killed the nanny by mistake.His estranged
    （分居的）wife heard noises, came downstairs and was also attacked, but managed to escape. Seven months
    after the murder,a jury concluded that Lucan had killed the nanny.
    What happened next is unclear,but there are several theories which fall into one of three categories:he
    may have killed himself,he could have escaped or he might have been killed.It appears that the night after
    the murder,"Lucky"borrowed a car and drove it. Lucan's friend Aspinall said in an interview that he
    thought Lucan had committed suicide by sinking his boat in the English Channel.
    Another version of events says that"Lucky"left the blood-soaked car on the coast and took a ferry to
    France.He was met there by someone who drove him to safety in another country.However,after a time,
    his rescuers became worried that they would become involved in the murder too and so Lucan was killed.
    A further fascinating theory was made in the book Dead Lucky by Duncan Maclaughlin,a former detective.
    He believes that Lucan travelled to Go'a,India,where he assumed the identity of a Mr. Barry Haplin. Lucan
    then lived in Goa till his death in 1996.In the end the claim turned out to be a case of mistaken identity. The
    man who died in 1996 was really Haplin,an ex-schoolteacher. So what is the truth about"Lucky"?DNA
    testing has solved many murder cases,but who knows if it can close the book on this one.

    It was suspected that Lucan killed the nanny because________.
    A:she was cruel to his children
    B:she attacked his wife
    C:she stole his car
    D:she was mistaken for his wife

    答案：D
    解析：
    由文章第一段第三句话可知，直到今天，英国民众仍对这起谋杀案感兴趣因为嫌疑犯 Lucan一直没被找到。故选D。
    文章第二段讲到，Lucan想去杀掉与他分居的妻子，结果当他在黑夜里进人妻子住的老 房子时却误杀了保姆。他的妻子听到声响下楼看时也被他攻击，但设法逃脱了。故选D。
    由文章第三段最后一句话“Lucan' s friend Aspinall said in an interview that he thought Lucan had committed suicide by sinking his boat in the English Channel.”可知，Aspinall认为Lu- can是通过沉船在英吉利海峡的方式自杀的。故选A。
    在文章倒数第二段中讲到“He was met there by someone who drove him to safety in anoth- er country.However,after a time,his rescuers became worried that they would become involved in the murder too and so Lucan was killed."，由此得知，把Lucan送到国外的人们担心Lucan被抓 会连累到他们，就把他给杀了。故选A。
    题干中的“assumed”出现在“.he assumed the identity of a Mr.Barry Haplin."，结合上下 文，该句意思是“他为自己伪造了Mr.Barry Haplin的假身份”。四个选项的意思分别是A．透 露，揭露；公开；B．建立，创立；C．呈现（某种性质、样子等）；装成某事物；D．变化，改变。故 选C。第三篇 本文主要讲述了“迁徒行动”这一组织用轻型飞机来带领高鸣鹤往南迁徒的事情。

  • 第20题：

    共用题干
    第二篇

    “Lucky" Lord Lucan一Alive or Dead?

    On 8th November 1974 Lord Lucan, a British aristocrat（贵族）,vanished. The day before, his chil-
    dren's nanny（保姆）had been brutally murdered and his wife had been attacked too. To this day the British
    'public are still interested in the murder case because Lucan has never been found.Now,over 30 years later,
    the police have reopened the case,hoping that new DNA techniques will help solve this murder mystery.
    People suspected that"Lucky",as he was called by friends,wanted to kill his wife he no longer lived
    with.They say that Lucan entered his old house and in the dark,killed the nanny by mistake.His estranged
    （分居的）wife heard noises, came downstairs and was also attacked, but managed to escape. Seven months
    after the murder,a jury concluded that Lucan had killed the nanny.
    What happened next is unclear,but there are several theories which fall into one of three categories:he
    may have killed himself,he could have escaped or he might have been killed.It appears that the night after
    the murder,"Lucky"borrowed a car and drove it. Lucan's friend Aspinall said in an interview that he
    thought Lucan had committed suicide by sinking his boat in the English Channel.
    Another version of events says that"Lucky"left the blood-soaked car on the coast and took a ferry to
    France.He was met there by someone who drove him to safety in another country.However,after a time,
    his rescuers became worried that they would become involved in the murder too and so Lucan was killed.
    A further fascinating theory was made in the book Dead Lucky by Duncan Maclaughlin,a former detective.
    He believes that Lucan travelled to Go'a,India,where he assumed the identity of a Mr. Barry Haplin. Lucan
    then lived in Goa till his death in 1996.In the end the claim turned out to be a case of mistaken identity. The
    man who died in 1996 was really Haplin,an ex-schoolteacher. So what is the truth about"Lucky"?DNA
    testing has solved many murder cases,but who knows if it can close the book on this one.

    The British public are still interested in the murder case because___________.
    A:the murderer was an aristocrat
    B:the murderer's DNA has been found
    C:the murderer was a famous man
    D:the murderer has not been caught

    答案：D
    解析：
    由文章第一段第三句话可知，直到今天，英国民众仍对这起谋杀案感兴趣因为嫌疑犯 Lucan一直没被找到。故选D。
    文章第二段讲到，Lucan想去杀掉与他分居的妻子，结果当他在黑夜里进人妻子住的老 房子时却误杀了保姆。他的妻子听到声响下楼看时也被他攻击，但设法逃脱了。故选D。
    由文章第三段最后一句话“Lucan' s friend Aspinall said in an interview that he thought Lucan had committed suicide by sinking his boat in the English Channel.”可知，Aspinall认为Lu- can是通过沉船在英吉利海峡的方式自杀的。故选A。
    在文章倒数第二段中讲到“He was met there by someone who drove him to safety in anoth- er country.However,after a time,his rescuers became worried that they would become involved in the murder too and so Lucan was killed."，由此得知，把Lucan送到国外的人们担心Lucan被抓 会连累到他们，就把他给杀了。故选A。
    题干中的“assumed”出现在“.he assumed the identity of a Mr.Barry Haplin."，结合上下 文，该句意思是“他为自己伪造了Mr.Barry Haplin的假身份”。四个选项的意思分别是A．透 露，揭露；公开；B．建立，创立；C．呈现（某种性质、样子等）；装成某事物；D．变化，改变。故 选C。第三篇 本文主要讲述了“迁徒行动”这一组织用轻型飞机来带领高鸣鹤往南迁徒的事情。

  • 第21题：

    单选题
    Lucky is the man who has no "skeleton in his closet". When a man has done something in his life that he is ashamed of, that he wants to hide, he is said to have a "skeleton in his closet". Some people may have more than one skeleton. As we have noted many times, it is hard to find out how these expressions begin. Sometimes, we get some hard facts. But more often we have to depend on guesswork. And that is true of this phrase, which came from England. Before 1932, English law did not permit a doctor to cut open a dead human body for scientific examination, unless it was the corpse (尸体) of an executed (处决) criminal. But when it became legal, more and more doctors demanded skeletons for a more scientific study of medicine. It was helping in the advance of modern medicine. The demand had become so strong that men began to rob tombs and sell skeletons to doctors at high prices. We are told that a doctor would usually buy just one skeleton for scientific study. It became very important in his work. But he had to keep it hidden because most people objected to keeping such a thing. As a rule, the doctor would keep his skeleton in some dark corner where it could not be seen, or hide it in a closet. After a time, people began to suspect (怀疑) every doctor of hiding a skeleton in the closet. From this suspicion, the phrase "a skeleton in the closet" took on a broader, more general meaning to describe anything that a man wanted to keep others from discovering. It could be proof of a criminal act, or something much less serious. Well, that is one theory. One writer, however, believes that the phrase might have come from something that really happened. It is his guess that a hidden closet in some old English country home may have turned up a real skeleton, clear proof of some old family shame or crime. Well, one man’s guess is as good as another. But this sounds like a story by the great French novelist, Balzac. Baizac tells us of a man who suspected his wife of having a lover. The husband comes home by surprise. But she hears him and quickly hides her lover in the closet of her bedroom. He enters her room and asks her if she is hiding her lover. He says he will not open the door to the closet if she promises him there is no one there; He will believe her. She answers firmly that she is not hiding anyone in the closet. The husband then begins to build a solid brick wall against the closet. His wife watches, knowing that her lover will never come out alive. But she will not change her story and admit her guilt.Which of the following is right according to the text
    A

    In the 20th century, doctors realized the importance of anatomy (解剖) in the development of medicine.

    B

    The doctors of the ancient times liked to collect as many skeleton as possible.

    C

    The thieves stole skeletons from tombs in order to help the doctors.

    D

    It was legal that corpses of anybody were cut open for scientific examination in history.


    正确答案： B
    解析： [解析] 细节题。根据全文可知B、C、D是错误的，再从It became very important in his work可知A为正确答案。

  • 第22题：

    单选题
    Lucky is the man who has no "skeleton in his closet". When a man has done something in his life that he is ashamed of, that he wants to hide, he is said to have a "skeleton in his closet". Some people may have more than one skeleton. As we have noted many times, it is hard to find out how these expressions begin. Sometimes, we get some hard facts. But more often we have to depend on guesswork. And that is true of this phrase, which came from England. Before 1932, English law did not permit a doctor to cut open a dead human body for scientific examination, unless it was the corpse (尸体) of an executed (处决) criminal. But when it became legal, more and more doctors demanded skeletons for a more scientific study of medicine. It was helping in the advance of modern medicine. The demand had become so strong that men began to rob tombs and sell skeletons to doctors at high prices. We are told that a doctor would usually buy just one skeleton for scientific study. It became very important in his work. But he had to keep it hidden because most people objected to keeping such a thing. As a rule, the doctor would keep his skeleton in some dark corner where it could not be seen, or hide it in a closet. After a time, people began to suspect (怀疑) every doctor of hiding a skeleton in the closet. From this suspicion, the phrase "a skeleton in the closet" took on a broader, more general meaning to describe anything that a man wanted to keep others from discovering. It could be proof of a criminal act, or something much less serious. Well, that is one theory. One writer, however, believes that the phrase might have come from something that really happened. It is his guess that a hidden closet in some old English country home may have turned up a real skeleton, clear proof of some old family shame or crime. Well, one man’s guess is as good as another. But this sounds like a story by the great French novelist, Balzac. Baizac tells us of a man who suspected his wife of having a lover. The husband comes home by surprise. But she hears him and quickly hides her lover in the closet of her bedroom. He enters her room and asks her if she is hiding her lover. He says he will not open the door to the closet if she promises him there is no one there; He will believe her. She answers firmly that she is not hiding anyone in the closet. The husband then begins to build a solid brick wall against the closet. His wife watches, knowing that her lover will never come out alive. But she will not change her story and admit her guilt.From the text we know that there are （） theories about how the phrase "skeleton in the closet" came into being.
    A

    one

    B

    two

    C

    three

    D

    four


    正确答案： B
    解析： [解析] 细节题。阅读全文得知本文用了两个故事来解释这个短语，一是英国医生用死尸来进行医学研究；二是法国作家Balzac讲述的是丈夫将妻子的情人封死在墙里，由此可知B为正确答案。

  • 第23题：

    单选题
    Lucky is the man who has no "skeleton in his closet". When a man has done something in his life that he is ashamed of, that he wants to hide, he is said to have a "skeleton in his closet". Some people may have more than one skeleton. As we have noted many times, it is hard to find out how these expressions begin. Sometimes, we get some hard facts. But more often we have to depend on guesswork. And that is true of this phrase, which came from England. Before 1932, English law did not permit a doctor to cut open a dead human body for scientific examination, unless it was the corpse (尸体) of an executed (处决) criminal. But when it became legal, more and more doctors demanded skeletons for a more scientific study of medicine. It was helping in the advance of modern medicine. The demand had become so strong that men began to rob tombs and sell skeletons to doctors at high prices. We are told that a doctor would usually buy just one skeleton for scientific study. It became very important in his work. But he had to keep it hidden because most people objected to keeping such a thing. As a rule, the doctor would keep his skeleton in some dark corner where it could not be seen, or hide it in a closet. After a time, people began to suspect (怀疑) every doctor of hiding a skeleton in the closet. From this suspicion, the phrase "a skeleton in the closet" took on a broader, more general meaning to describe anything that a man wanted to keep others from discovering. It could be proof of a criminal act, or something much less serious. Well, that is one theory. One writer, however, believes that the phrase might have come from something that really happened. It is his guess that a hidden closet in some old English country home may have turned up a real skeleton, clear proof of some old family shame or crime. Well, one man’s guess is as good as another. But this sounds like a story by the great French novelist, Balzac. Baizac tells us of a man who suspected his wife of having a lover. The husband comes home by surprise. But she hears him and quickly hides her lover in the closet of her bedroom. He enters her room and asks her if she is hiding her lover. He says he will not open the door to the closet if she promises him there is no one there; He will believe her. She answers firmly that she is not hiding anyone in the closet. The husband then begins to build a solid brick wall against the closet. His wife watches, knowing that her lover will never come out alive. But she will not change her story and admit her guilt.In Chinese the world "skeleton" means （）.
    A

    尸体

    B

    标本

    C

    收藏

    D

    骷髅


    正确答案： D
    解析： [解析] 词义猜测题。从该词的源处得知它与死尸有关，再从倒数第三段It is his guess that a hidden closet in some old English country home may have turned up a real skeleton可推测其义为D。

  • 第24题：

    单选题
    When the young man walked into the office to see the headmaster, he had ______.
    A

    butterflies in his heart

    B

    butterflies in his mind

    C

    butterflies in his stomach

    D

    butterflies in his spirit


    正确答案： B
    解析：
    have butterflies in one’s stomach紧张而焦虑，心里七上八下，是俗语。

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