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1．Cyril was a small town．The houses there were all made of wood； almost everything in the houses were made of wood，too．And all the houses faced south．The town was never peaceful．Fire broke out once a week on summer afternoons．People were puzzled who was the real firebug （纵火犯）．
One day a big fire broke out．It was said that a Negro（黑人） had jumped out of the house on fire，so the police arrested all the Negroes in the street．However，there were fires breaking out when the Negroes were in prison．
Mauson，a physics teacher，didn't believe that the Negroes were the firebugs，and decided to find out who the real firebug was．One day，he was invited to drink in a pub and happened to notice that many bottles and plastic plates were baked by the hot sunrays．Suddenly he realized what the actual fact was．He dashed out of the pub to his friend's house nearby，which also faced south．He made an experiment there to prove his idea．
The next Saturday afternoon，Mauson asked some policemen to come to the house．They were told that the real firebug would be shown there．At that time，the sun was shining full into the house and it became hotter and hotter inside the room．"Now，"said Mauson，"this house will soon catch fire．"People looked at each other in surprise．Mauson asked them to look at the bottles and focus on the table cloth．After a while the cloth gave off a burning smell and began to catch fire!
The mystery of fire was discovered，but the police wouldn't believe him and insisted that Negroes had been the firebugs．Instead they arrested Mauson and put him into prison．But Mauson said he would never turn against science．
56．The town was never peaceful，for fire broke outB．
A．on Sundays
B．on summer afternoons
C．at any time
D．on winter mornings
57．Why did the police arrest all the Negroes？B
A．Because one of them had been seen to set on a fire．
B．Because they were considered to be the firebugs．
C．Because the police hated the Negroes．
D．Because the Negroes knew something about the fires．
58．Drinking in a pub，Mauson realizedD．
A．he needed to leave the pub
B．he needed to back the bottles
C．it was too hot in the pub
D．who was the real firebug
59．By making an experiment，it was proved that the real firebug wasC．
A．the Negroes    B．bottles       C．sunrays      D．plastic plates
60．What happened at the end of the story？C
A．The Negroes were set free
B．The police arrested the real firebugs
C．Mauson was arrested too
D．Mauson made friends with the Negroes．

分析本文写了一名物理老师用科学知识帮助警察解开了夏日纵火犯的谜，然而警察不相信他，最后把他也抓进了监狱的故事．

解答 56．B 细节理解题．根据句子Fire broke out once a week on summer afternoons．在夏天的下午一星期发生一次火灾，所以答案选B．
57．B 细节理解题，根据句子It was said that a Negro（黑人） had jumped out of the house on fire，在一个火灾发生的时候发现一个黑人从着火的房子里跳出来，所以警察就抓了黑人，故答案选B．
58．D 细节理解题．Mauson，a physics teacher是一名物理老师，根据第三段的描述这位老师看到bottles and plastic plates were baked by the hot sunrays瓶子和塑料板被炎热的阳光烤，Suddenly he realized what the actual fact was．突然他意识到谁是纵火犯了，所以答案选D．
59．C 推理判断题，根据这位物理老师的实验我们可以看出，阳光照射瓶子引起了桌布的燃烧，所以阳光是纵火的罪魁祸首，故答案选C．
60．C 细节理解题，根据文中句子 Instead they arrested Mauson and put him into prison．最后Mauson被投进了监狱，所以答案选C．

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