Passage Two
My friend Vernon Davies kept birds. One day he phoned and told me he was going away for a week. He asked me to feed the birds for him and said that he would leave the key to his front door in my mailbox. Unfortunately, I forgot all about the birds until the night before Vernon was going to return. What was worse, it was already dark when I arrived at his house. [30]I soon found that the key Vernon gave me could not unlock either the front door or the back door. I was getting desperate. [31]I kept thinking of what Vernon would say when he came back. I was just going to give up when I noticed that one bedroom window was slightly open. I found a barrel and pushed it under the window. As the barrel was very heavy, I made a lot of noise. But in the end, I managed to climb up and open the window. [32]I actually had one leg inside the bedroom when I suddenly realized that someone was shining a torch up at me. I looked down and saw a policeman and an old lady, one of Vernon's neighbors.
"What are you doing up there?" said the policeman.
Feeling like a complete fool, I replied, "I was just going to feed Mr. Davies' birds."12:01 2015-6-12
Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
30. Why couldn't the man open the door?
正確答案:A
解析:題目詢問男士為什么打不開門。關鍵是要聽到“我很快發現Vernon給我的這把鑰匙既開不了前門也開不了后門”,可知是Vernon給錯了鑰匙,故選A。
31. Why did the man feel desperate?
正確答案:B
解析:題目詢問為什么作者感到絕望。關鍵是要聽到“我根本就把喂鳥兒的事給忘了”,“我很快發現Vernon給我的這把鑰匙既開不了前門也開不了后門”和“我不斷地想Vernon回來之后會說些什么”,由此可知他是怕朋友責怪他,即B。“天黑了”與作者感到絕望沒有任何關系,故A不正確;選項C、D的內容文中均未提及。
32. Why did the man feel like a fool?
正確答案:B
解析:作者最終設法爬上去打開了窗戶,當他一條腿邁進臥室的時候,突然感覺到有人正用手電筒照向他,他發現是警察和Vernon的鄰居。根據他當時的處境可知,警察是不會相信他的。說話人的處境使得他自己都感到很傻,并不是選項A、C、D所說的。