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Lucky is the man who has no "skeleton in his closet". When a man has done something in his life that he is ashamed of, that he wants to hide, he is said to have a "skeleton in his closet". Some people may have more than one skeleton.
As we have noted many times, it is hard to find out how these expressions begin. Sometimes, we get some hard facts. But more often we have to depend on guesswork. And that is true of this phrase, which came from England.
Before 1932, English law did not permit a doctor to cut open a dead human body for scientific examination, unless it was the corpse (尸体) of an executed (处决) criminal.
But when it became legal, more and more doctors demanded skeletons for a more scientific study of medicine. It was helping in the advance of modern medicine. The demand had become so strong that men began to rob tombs and sell skeletons to doctors at high prices.
We are told that a doctor would usually buy just one skeleton for scientific study. It became very important in his work. But he had to keep it hidden because most people objected to keeping such a thing. As a rule, the doctor would keep his skeleton in some dark corner where it could not be seen, or hide it in a closet.
After a time, people began to suspect (怀疑) every doctor of hiding a skeleton in the closet. From this suspicion, the phrase "a skeleton in the closet" took on a broader, more general meaning to describe anything that a man wanted to keep others from discovering. It could be proof of a criminal act, or something much less serious. Well, that is one theory.
One writer, however, believes that the phrase might have come from something that really happened. It is his guess that a hidden closet in some old English country home may have turned up a real skeleton, clear proof of some old family shame or crime. Well, one man’s guess is as good as another. But this sounds like a story by the great French novelist, Balzac.
Baizac tells us of a man who suspected his wife of having a lover. The husband comes home by surprise. But she hears him and quickly hides her lover in the closet of her bedroom. He enters her room and asks her if she is hiding her lover. He says he will not open the door to the closet if she promises him there is no one there; He will believe her. She answers firmly that she is not hiding anyone in the closet.
The husband then begins to build a solid brick wall against the closet. His wife watches, knowing that her lover will never come out alive. But she will not change her story and admit her guilt.From the story Balzac told we know that the wife’s lover must have become （）.

  • A、a corpse
  • B、a phrase
  • C、a skeleton
  • D、a secret
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第1题：

Look , that is the man ____ house has burned down in the big fire.

A.whose

B.whom

D.who

D.who’s


参考答案：A

第2题：

阅读理解There is no doubt that man is a member of the animal kingdom.Anyone who has thought about this fact seriously must have wondered how it has come about that man has achieved a position so supreme(最高的) among the myriad(无数的) kinds of animal life.Two characteristics of man, in comparison with all other animals, that stand out above all others are the creation and use of tools and the development and use of language.Since no other animals have achieved these abilities, it must be assumed that man’s evolutionary development led to his capacity to create and use tools and to devise and use language.

Once these abilities and practices evolved, they probably became driving forces in the further evolution of man.Those members of the species who become most proficient(精通的) in the fabrication of tools and in the command of language and thought would tend to survive and maintain their kind for good, at the expense of those of lesser ability.

11.Which of the following statements best expresses the main idea of the passage?()

A.Tools and language are either the effects or the causes of human evolution.

B.No other animals have achieved human abilities.

C.Among the animals, only man is able to use tools and language.

D.Man owns his capacity to making use of tools and language.

12.“Animal kingdom” in the passage refers to ().

A.the place where all animals live

B.the animal society

C.all kinds of animals, including man

D.the forest with animals

13.One important condition for man’s evolution is() .

A.the animal kingdom

B.a supreme position

C.the myriad kinds

D.his natural capacity

14.The phrase “come about” in the passage is likely to mean ________.

A.happened

B.appeared

C.arrived

D.succeeded

15.The last sentence suggests that() .

A.those of lesser ability would be very expensive

B.in order to survive, man has to sacrifice some other animals

C.those who become proficient in making tools can speak well

D.language and thought could be acquired by man


参考答案：ACDAB

第3题：

On the second floor, ___a young man, who was an artist.

A、there had

B、there lived

C、there have

D、there has


标准答案:B 

第4题：

共用题干
“Lucky” Lord Lucan一Alive or Dead
On 8th November 1974 Lord Lucan,a British aristocrat,vanished. The day before,his children's nanny had been brutally murdered and his wife had been attacked too.To this day the British public are still interested in the murder case because Lucan has never been found.
Now,over 30 years later,the police have reopened the case,hoping that new DNA tech-niques will help solve this murder mystery. People suspected that“Lucky”,as he was called by friends,wanted to kill his wife he no longer lived with. They say that Lucan entered his old house and in the dark,killed the nanny by mistake. His estranged wife heard noises,came downstairs and was also attacked,but managed to escape. Seven months after the murder,a jury concluded that Lucan had killed the nanny.
What happened next is unclear,but there are several theories which fall into one of three categories:he may have killed himself,he could have escaped or he might have been killed. It appears that the night after the murder,“Lucky” borrowed a car and drove it,Lucan's friend Aspinall said in an interview that he thought Lucan had committed suicide by sinking his boat in the English Channel.
Another version of events says that“Lucky” left the blood-soaked car on the coast and took a ferry to France. He was met there by someone who drove him to safety in another country.However,after a time,his rescuers became worried that they would become involved in the murder too and so Lucan was killed.
A further fascinating theory was made in the book Dead Lucky by Duncan MacLaugh-lin,a former detective.He believes that Lucan travelled to Goa,India.where he assumed the identity of a Mr. Barry Haplin. Lucan then lived in Goa till his death in 1996.In the end the claim turned out be a case of mistaken identity. The man who died in 1996 was really Haplin,an exschoolteacher turned hippy. So what is the truth about Lucky?DNA testing has solved many murder cases,but who knows if it can close the book on this one.

Ex-detective MacLaughlin claimed that Mr. Barry Haplin______.
A: was an old schoolteacher
B: died in Goa,India
C: was really Lord Lucan in disguise
D: was a merchant

答案：C
解析：
题干意为“公众对这件谋杀案的调查依旧很感兴趣的原因是……”。该题为细节题，而且为细节题中的因果逻辑题，在解题时要注意关注短文中陈述原因的句子，尤其是一些典型用来引出原因的词语和结构，如：because, because of, for, due to, thanks to, owing to等，同时还需要注意英文中的因果逻辑陈述习惯：先果后因。利用题干及选项中的名词及名词短语作为定位线索，在短文前三段中查找相关句，同时留意题干中的修饰词in-terested“感兴趣的”，这样在第一段中找到相关句：To this day the British public（与题干中的名词短语the public呼应）are still interested in the murder case because Lucan has never been found．相关句意为“直到现在，英国民众对这个谋杀案仍然很感兴趣，因为鲁肯伯爵一直没有被找到”。该句直接陈述了原因，所以C项“鲁肯伯爵一直没有被找到”是正确的答案。
题干意为“人们认为鲁肯杀了保姆的原因是什么？”该题为细节题，同时也是因果逻辑题。利用题干及选项中的名词及名词短语作为定位线索，顺着上一题相关句的位置往下查找相关句，这样在第二段中找到相关句：People suspected that “Lucky”（指Lucan), as he was called by friends,wanted to kill his wife he no longer lived with. They say that Lu-can entered his old house and in the dark,killed the nanny by mistake. His estranged wife heard noises,came downstairs and was also attacked,but managed to escape. Seven months after the murder,a jury concluded that Lucan had killed the nanny．相关句（带有下划线的句子）意为“鲁肯伯爵被朋友称为‘幸运儿’，人们猜测他想要杀了他与之分居的妻子。有人说鲁肯踏进他的老房子，在一片漆黑中错杀了保姆”，由此可知C项“在一片漆黑之中，他误认为她（保姆）是鲁肯夫人”是答案。
题干意为“Aspinall认为鲁肯是怎样自杀的？”该题为细节题，利用题干及选项中的名词及名词短语作为定位线索，顺着上一题相关句的位置往下查找相关句，这样在第三段中找到相关句：What happened next is unclear,but there are several theories which fall into one of three categories:he may have killed himself,he could have escaped or he might have been killed. It appears that the night after the murder,“Lucky”（指Lucan)borrowed a car and drove it,Lucan's friend Aspinall said in an interview that he thought Lucan had com-mitted suicide by sinking his boat in the English Channel．相关句（带下划线的句子）意为“在谋杀发生的第二天晚上，‘幸运儿’借了一辆车然后开走了，鲁肯的朋友Aspinall在一个采访中表示，他觉得鲁肯伯爵在英吉利海峡中凿沉了自己坐的船，已经自杀了”。由此可知鲁肯的朋友Aspinall认为鲁肯伯爵是凿沉了自己坐的船自杀的，因此答案为D。
题干意为“鲁肯可能已经被杀了，原因是人们……”。利用题干及选项中的名词及名词短语作为定位线索，顺着上一题相关句的位置往下查找相关句，这样在第四段中找到相关句：Another version of events says that “Lucky” left the blood-soaked car on the coast and took a ferry to France. He was met there by someone who drove him to safety in another country. However,after a time,his rescuers became worried that they would become involved in the murder too and so Lucan was killed．相关句（带下划线的句子）意为“然而，过了一段时间，救他的人开始担心自己也会被卷入到谋杀案中，所以他们杀了鲁肯”。由此可知鲁肯可能 已经被杀的原因是人们（帮助鲁肯的人）害怕自己也被卷入到谋杀案中，因此答案为B项“认为如果鲁肯被警方抓住他可能向警方供出他们来”。

第5题：

Do you know the man who’s in a () study under the tree over there?


正确答案：brown
解析：本句参考译文：那边树下有个男人在沉思，你认识他吗?

第6题：

I'd rather marry a man who had a(n) ________ of humor than one who was stunningly attractive.

A capability

B insight

C knowledge

D sense


参考答案D

第7题：

The big man has always been eating on the go, () he has got stomachache.

A、so

B、however

C、as

D、because


参考答案：A

第8题：

DJ, who is hitting (), has lots of fancies in his life. He is curious about the old man across the street.

A、a tree

B、a car

C、a ball

D、puberty


参考答案：D

第9题：

The police were seeking more information to find out _______ the rich man.

A.who was it that killeD
B.who it was that killeD
C.it was who killed
D.who was it killeD.

答案：B
解析：
本题考查特殊疑问句的一般陈述语序与强调句

B选项，句意为“警察正在搜集更多的信息来调查是谁杀死了这个富人”。根据强调句结构应为it was who that killed，再调整语序为who it was that killed。综上，B选项正确。

A选项，不符合强调句的语序，故排除。

C选项，不符合强调句的语序，故排除。

D选项，与强调句的结构不符，故排除。

故正确答案为B项。

第10题：

共用题干
“Lucky” Lord Lucan一Alive or Dead
On 8th November 1974 Lord Lucan,a British aristocrat,vanished. The day before,his children's nanny had been brutally murdered and his wife had been attacked too.To this day the British public are still interested in the murder case because Lucan has never been found.
Now,over 30 years later,the police have reopened the case,hoping that new DNA tech-niques will help solve this murder mystery. People suspected that“Lucky”,as he was called by friends,wanted to kill his wife he no longer lived with. They say that Lucan entered his old house and in the dark,killed the nanny by mistake. His estranged wife heard noises,came downstairs and was also attacked,but managed to escape. Seven months after the murder,a jury concluded that Lucan had killed the nanny.
What happened next is unclear,but there are several theories which fall into one of three categories:he may have killed himself,he could have escaped or he might have been killed. It appears that the night after the murder,“Lucky” borrowed a car and drove it,Lucan's friend Aspinall said in an interview that he thought Lucan had committed suicide by sinking his boat in the English Channel.
Another version of events says that“Lucky” left the blood-soaked car on the coast and took a ferry to France. He was met there by someone who drove him to safety in another country.However,after a time,his rescuers became worried that they would become involved in the murder too and so Lucan was killed.
A further fascinating theory was made in the book Dead Lucky by Duncan MacLaugh-lin,a former detective.He believes that Lucan travelled to Goa,India.where he assumed the identity of a Mr. Barry Haplin. Lucan then lived in Goa till his death in 1996.In the end the claim turned out be a case of mistaken identity. The man who died in 1996 was really Haplin,an exschoolteacher turned hippy. So what is the truth about Lucky?DNA testing has solved many murder cases,but who knows if it can close the book on this one.

The public are still interested in the investigation because______.
A: of the terrible murder
B: of the use of new DNA techniques
C: Lord Lucan has never been found
D: Lord Lucan was famous

答案：C
解析：
题干意为“公众对这件谋杀案的调查依旧很感兴趣的原因是……”。该题为细节题，而且为细节题中的因果逻辑题，在解题时要注意关注短文中陈述原因的句子，尤其是一些典型用来引出原因的词语和结构，如：because, because of, for, due to, thanks to, owing to等，同时还需要注意英文中的因果逻辑陈述习惯：先果后因。利用题干及选项中的名词及名词短语作为定位线索，在短文前三段中查找相关句，同时留意题干中的修饰词in-terested“感兴趣的”，这样在第一段中找到相关句：To this day the British public（与题干中的名词短语the public呼应）are still interested in the murder case because Lucan has never been found．相关句意为“直到现在，英国民众对这个谋杀案仍然很感兴趣，因为鲁肯伯爵一直没有被找到”。该句直接陈述了原因，所以C项“鲁肯伯爵一直没有被找到”是正确的答案。
题干意为“人们认为鲁肯杀了保姆的原因是什么？”该题为细节题，同时也是因果逻辑题。利用题干及选项中的名词及名词短语作为定位线索，顺着上一题相关句的位置往下查找相关句，这样在第二段中找到相关句：People suspected that “Lucky”（指Lucan), as he was called by friends,wanted to kill his wife he no longer lived with. They say that Lu-can entered his old house and in the dark,killed the nanny by mistake. His estranged wife heard noises,came downstairs and was also attacked,but managed to escape. Seven months after the murder,a jury concluded that Lucan had killed the nanny．相关句（带有下划线的句子）意为“鲁肯伯爵被朋友称为‘幸运儿’，人们猜测他想要杀了他与之分居的妻子。有人说鲁肯踏进他的老房子，在一片漆黑中错杀了保姆”，由此可知C项“在一片漆黑之中，他误认为她（保姆）是鲁肯夫人”是答案。
题干意为“Aspinall认为鲁肯是怎样自杀的？”该题为细节题，利用题干及选项中的名词及名词短语作为定位线索，顺着上一题相关句的位置往下查找相关句，这样在第三段中找到相关句：What happened next is unclear,but there are several theories which fall into one of three categories:he may have killed himself,he could have escaped or he might have been killed. It appears that the night after the murder,“Lucky”（指Lucan)borrowed a car and drove it,Lucan's friend Aspinall said in an interview that he thought Lucan had com-mitted suicide by sinking his boat in the English Channel．相关句（带下划线的句子）意为“在谋杀发生的第二天晚上，‘幸运儿’借了一辆车然后开走了，鲁肯的朋友Aspinall在一个采访中表示，他觉得鲁肯伯爵在英吉利海峡中凿沉了自己坐的船，已经自杀了”。由此可知鲁肯的朋友Aspinall认为鲁肯伯爵是凿沉了自己坐的船自杀的，因此答案为D。
题干意为“鲁肯可能已经被杀了，原因是人们……”。利用题干及选项中的名词及名词短语作为定位线索，顺着上一题相关句的位置往下查找相关句，这样在第四段中找到相关句：Another version of events says that “Lucky” left the blood-soaked car on the coast and took a ferry to France. He was met there by someone who drove him to safety in another country. However,after a time,his rescuers became worried that they would become involved in the murder too and so Lucan was killed．相关句（带下划线的句子）意为“然而，过了一段时间，救他的人开始担心自己也会被卷入到谋杀案中，所以他们杀了鲁肯”。由此可知鲁肯可能 已经被杀的原因是人们（帮助鲁肯的人）害怕自己也被卷入到谋杀案中，因此答案为B项“认为如果鲁肯被警方抓住他可能向警方供出他们来”。

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