阅读理解。
Long, long ago there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted
to steal (偷) the bell on his neighbour's door, he walked up to the door, took hold of (抓住) the bell and
pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home.
Then he sat down to think, "I must do something about the noise," he said. He thought and thought.
At last he had an idea. "Ah, I'll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won't be able to hear the noise." The
next day he went to the door of his neighbour, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder.
The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just
then the neighbour came running out.
"Steal my bell? I'll teach you a lesson (教训)," the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the
nose.
The foolish thief did not know how the neighbour found out he was stealing the bell. "Why did he
come out just then?" he wondered (感到疑惑).
1. The thief was trying to get _____.
A. his neighbour
B. his neighbour's doorbell
C. some cotton
D. a door with a bell on it
2. The neighbour ran out probably (很可能) because _____.
A. he knew his doorbell was being stolen
B. he thought someone was eager (渴望的)to visit him
C. He realized (意识到) something strange happened
D. Both B and C
3. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The thief understood why he was hit on the nose.
B. The thief knew why the neighbour came out.
C. The thief thought the neighbour could not hear the bell.
D. The thief didn't want to know why the neighbour ran out just at the time he stole the doorbell.
