Question

【题目】A couple near Pittsburgh finally removed an alarm clock from inside their walls. It had been stuck there for more than ten years.

Every night between 6:50 and 7:50, the alarm clock stuck in the living room wall rang. Sylvia and Jerry Lynn heard the alarm ring at the same time every evening for 13 years. And they finally had the clock removed after their story gained national attention.

Keith Andreen and Dawn Michelucci work for Low-Cost Heating and Air Conditioning. They came to get the clock out of the wall through the couple’s garage.

“This is the first time that I had to remove a clock from inside a wall,” Andreen told CBS Pittsburgh.

Jerry accidentally dropped the clock down an air vent (通风口) while making home repairs in 2004. The couple expected the clock to die after a few months. However, its battery remained undamaged even as it was pulled from the wall. Jerry said they finally got used to the nightly alarm and even considered it “kind of cute”. So he chose to leave it in the wall as a conversation starter. “You’re sitting around playing cards and it goes off,” he told Inside Edition. “Is that an alarm clock? Why is the alarm clock going off? It’s in the wall.”

After 13 years, Jerry said the clock looked almost exactly how he remembered it when he dropped it in the wall. “It is a travel alarm clock,” he said. The couple plans to keep their nightly routine going by placing the clock in their room and keeping the alarm set for 7:50 p.m.

【1】What has been happening to the couple over the past ten years?

A. They had to reset their alarm clock every night.

B. An alarm clock stopped them from sleeping every night.

C. An alarm clock in their house wall rang every night.

D. They tried to get public attention through an alarm clock.

【2】What can we learn about the alarm clock from the text?

A. It was dropped in the wall by accident.

B. It rang now and then every day.

C. It stopped working soon after being dropped in the wall.

D. Its battery died when it was taken out of the wall.

【3】What did the couple think of the alarm clock in the end?

A. It always disturbed their conversations. B. It was very noisy and annoying.

C. It bothered them a lot. D. It could provide them with a little fun.

【4】What does the couple plan to do with the clock?

A. To keep the clock in the wall.

B. To change the battery in it.

C. To keep using it in the room.

D. To put it in their garage.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】本文主要讲了匹兹堡附近的一对夫妇十多年前把一个闹钟意外掉到了通风口的墙上，它在那里一直保持每晚都响起。在他们的故事引起全国关注之后，他们终于把闹钟从那里移除出来。

【1】C

细节理解题。根据第二段Sylvia and Jerry Lynn heard the alarm ring at the same time every evening for 13 years.可知，在过去的十多年间，这对夫妇家墙上的闹钟每晚都响。故选C。

【2】A

细节理解题。根据第五段Jerry accidentally dropped the clock down an air vent (通风口)while making home repairs in 2004.可知，它是偶然掉到墙上的。故选A。

【3】D

细节理解题。根据第五段Jerry said they finally got used to the nightly alarm and even considered it “kind of cute”可知，这对夫妇认为闹钟甚至给他们带来了一点乐趣。故选D。

【4】C

细节理解题。根据最后一段The couple plans to keep their nightly routine going by placing the clock in their room and keeping the alarm set for 7:50 p.m.可知，这对夫妇将会把这个闹钟放在房间里。故选C。