Question

    She died on the night of November 22nd．The police doctor put the time of death as being between 7 and 10 p.m．She had her supper．She usually had it at about half past six, If she did the same on the night of her death, then by the digestion evidence (消化痕迹) she was killed at about eight thirty or nine o’clock．James Bentley said that he was out walking that evening from seven fifteen to about nine o’clock (he had his own key) and went straight upstairs to his room ．Mrs. McGinty had washbasins fixed in the bedrooms because of summer visits．He read for about half an hour and then went to bed．He heard and noticed nothing unusual．The next morning he came downstairs and looked into the kitchen, but there was no one there and no signs of breakfast being prepared．He said he hesitated (犹豫) a bit and then knocked on Mrs. McGinty’s door, but got no reply.

1．Who was James Bently? ________

A．A housekeeper

B．A man who lived in the house

C．The murderer

D．Her husband

2．When in bed, Jams Bentley neither heard nor noticed anything ________.

A．wrong

B．strange

C．special

D．terrible

3．According to the story, we can infer that ________.

A．the police thought James Bentley was surely the murderer

B．the dead woman and the man were a couple

C．Mrs. McGinty might have been a landlady or a housekeeper

D．Mrs. McGinty died from poison

 

Answer 1

答案：BCC
提示：

1.　　   根据短文得出James Bentley住在这个屋子里，很可能是这间房子的房客，死去的女士Mrs. McGinty为这里的房东或者管家，负责做好三餐等等 2.　　   根据He heard and noticed nothing unusual，选C 3.　　   警察只是对Mrs. McGinty的死亡进行调查，没有确定怀疑Bentley，根据名字便可判断Bentley和Mrs. McGinty不是夫妻关系，没有迹象表明Mrs. McGinty死于poison