On Thursday afternoon Mrs. Clarke, dressed for going out, took her handbag with her money and her key in it, pulled the door behind her to lock it and went to the Over 60s Club. She always went there on Thursdays. It was a nice outing for an old woman who lived alone.
At six o’clock she came home, let herself in and at once smelt cigarette smoke. Cigarette smoke in her house? How? Had someone got in? She checked the back door and the windows. All were locked or fastened, as usual. There was no sign of forced entry.
Over a cup of tea she wondered whether someone might have a key that fitted her front door—“a master key ”perhaps. So she stayed at home the following Thursday. Nothing happened. Was anyone watching her movements? On the Thursday after that she went out at her usual time, dressed as usual, but she didn’t go to the club. Instead she took a short cut home again, letting herself in through her garden and the back door. She settled down to wait.
It was just after four o’clock when the front door bell rang. Mrs. Clarke was making a cup of tea at the time. The bell rang again, and then she heard her letter box being pushed open. With the kettle of boiling water in her hand, she moved quietly toward the front door. A long piece of wire appeared through the letter box, and then a hand. The wire turned and caught around the knob on the door lock. Mrs. Clarke raised the kettle and poured the water over the hand. There was a shout outside, and the skin seemed to drop off the fingers like a glove. The wire fell to the floor, the hand was pulled back, and Mrs. Clarke heard the sound of running feet.
小题1:Mrs. Clarke looked forward to Thursday because__________.
A．she worked at a club on the day
B．she lived alone
C．she visited a club on Thursdays
D．a special visitor came on Thursday Clarke小题2: If someone had made a forced entry,________.
A．Mrs. Clarke would have found a broken door or window
B．he or she was still in the house
C．things would have been thrown about
D．he or she would have needed a master key小题3:According to the passage, which of the following is right?
A．She is about more than 50 years old.
B．The next day after she found something unusual in her house, she stayed at home.
C．The man who tried to enter her house wore a pair of gloves.
D．Mrs. Clarke was in an attempt to trick the thief when she noticed something unusual.小题4:The wire fell to the floor________.
A．because Mrs. Clarke refused to open the door
B．when the man’s glove dropped off
C．because it was too hot to hold
D．because the man just wanted to get away
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:D
题目分析：本文叙述了Mrs. Clarke每到周四都去俱乐部去，有一天她照常去那里，等到回到家中，她发现家里好像有人来过，于是她想出来一个办法来看个究竟，那天，她装着去俱乐部，但是一会就回来了，躲在一个地方看着是否有人来，结果贼真的来了，她用准备好的热水浇了贼的手，贼吓得跑开了。
小题1:细节理解题。根据…went to the over 60s Club. She always went there on Thursdays. 太太盼望星期四因为在这天她要去俱乐部。故选C。
小题2:推理题。根据She checked the back door and the windows. All were locked or fastened, as usual. There was no sign of forced entry.可知如果有人强行进入的话，门窗就会坏了，故选A。
小题3:细节理解题。根据but she didn’t go to the club. Instead she took a short cut home again, letting herself in through her garden and the back door. She settled down to wait.她故意让贼看见她出去，但是她又回来了，想看个究竟，故选D
小题4:推理题。根据Mrs. Clarke raised the kettle and poured the water over the hand. There was a shout outside, and the skin seemed to drop off the fingers like a glove. The wire fell to the floor, the hand was pulled back, and Mrs. Clarke heard the sound of running feet.可知这个人是想逃跑，故选D。