第三节：阅读理解（每小题2分，共40分） A I had gone to bed after a very hard day when the phone rang. It was an eccentric(古怪的) farmer. I had never met him before although I had often heard people talk about him. He sounded quite nervous and he had been talking for a minute or so before I understand anything. Finally all I could make out was that someone called Millry had a very bad accident. No matter who she was I obviously had to go. It had been snowing heavily that day. I didn’t know the way. I had been driving for at least an hour when I finally found his place. He was standing there, waiting for me. It seemed Millry had died. “She meant more to me than anyone…even my own wife!” he said. I could see that he had been crying. I thought something terrible had taken place, it may be a scandal(丑闻). I was even more shocked when he told me be had put her in the barn(厩). “I wouldn’t leave her out in the cold!” he said. Millry had clearly been a secret lover of his. I was about to tell him he could not expect me to cover anything up when he opened the barn door. He lifted his candle and I saw a dark figure on the ground, “She was such a good cow! I wouldn’t let anyone but a doctor touch her!” he said, and bust into tears again. 56. The underlined phrase “make out” in the first paragraph means . A. expect B. understand C. see clearly D. hear clearly 57. Before he arrived at the farmer’s house, the writer expected to see Millry lying . A. on the ground of a barn B. on the floor of a room C. in bed in a room D. in bed in a barn 58. The farmer wished that the writer might . A. look into the matter B. bring Millry back to life C. free him from a scandal D. keep a whole thing a secret 59. The person who told the story is probably a . A. farmer B. policeman C. country doctor D. newspaper reporter |