John Smith was a writer, who wrote detective stories for magazines（杂志）, though he never dealt with criminals（罪犯）. One evening he could not finish an end for a story. He sat in his study（书房）, but he had no ideas. So he decided to go to the cinema.
When he came back, he found that he had had a visitor. Someone had broken into his house. The visitor had had a drink, smoked several of his cigarettes and had read his story. The visitor left him a note. “I have read your story and I don’t think it is very good. Please read my suggestions and you can finish it. By the way, I am a thief. I’m not going to steal anything tonight. But if you become a successful writer, I will return.”
John read the thief’s suggestions. Then he sat down and wrote the rest of the story. He is still not a successful writer, and he is waiting for his “visitor” to return. Before he goes out in the evening, he always leaves a half-finished story in his study.
小题1:Detective stories are stories about_____.
| A．science |
B．children |
| C．the future |
D．the police |
小题2:John went to the cinema because_____.
| A．he was too tired |
| B．he wanted to look for a thief |
| C．he could not finish his story and hoped to get some ideas |
| D．he wanted to enjoy himself in the cinema |
小题3:The visitor came to John’s house in order to_____.
| A．steal something |
B．read the story |
| C．have a drink |
D．visit the writer |
小题4:The visitor_____.
| A．stayed in John’s house for a night |
| B．took some of John’s things away |
| C．left John some advice |
| D．was a good friend of John’s |
小题5:John would like to_____.
| A．have a talk with his visitor |
| B．get more ideas from the visitor |
| C．make friends with the visitor |
| D．catch the visitor and take him to the police |
