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Question

Holmes said，"Somebody sent a letter with five pips （桔核） in it from India，and arrived seven weeks later to kill John's uncle．Then they sent five pips from Scotland and arrived three days later to kill John's father．Now they have sent five pips to John from London!"
"The letters are all from sea ports （海港）．The writer was on a ship when he wrote the letters，"I replied．
"Very good，Watson!And John's enemy is in London already!"
"Well，I hope they won't kill young John，"I said．
But they did．The next morning，we read in the newspaper that a policeman found him die near Waterloo Station．Holmes was very angry about it．
"He came to me for help and those men murdered him!I'm going to find them，if it's the last thing I do!"he said to me，and he hurried out of the house．
At night，when he came back，he was tired，but pleased，he said，"I know the names of John's enemies!And now I'm going to send them a surprise!This will frighten them!"He took five pips from an orange and put them in an envelope （信封）．On it he wrote"S．H．for J．C．"
"I'm sending the pips to captain James Calhoun．His ship is called the Star．He and his men are sailing back to Georgia，USA．"
"How did you find him，Holmes？"I asked．
"Ship's papers，"he said，"I've looked at hundreds of them today．Only one ship，the Star，was in the three ports at the right times，and this morning the Star left London to sail back to Georgia．I found out that the captain and two of his men，all Americans，weren't on the ship last night，so I'm sure they killed John．When they arrive in America，they'll get the pips and then the police will catch them!"
31．The Star left London for___．
A．Canada                  
B．Australia       
C．India               
D．America
32．Who do you think the underlined letters"J．C．"stand for？___
A．James Calhoun     
B．James Columbus 
C．John Calhoun   
D．John Columbus
33．Which order is correct according to the story？___
①Holmes sent five pips to J．C．
②John came to Holmes for help．
③John was killed．
④John received a letter with five pips．
A．③①④②
B．③④①②
C．④①③②
D．④②③①

Answer 1

31．D．细节理解题．根据"He and his men are sailing back to Georgia，USA．"可知明星号离开伦敦返回美国，故选D．
32．A．细节理解题．根据"I'm sending the pips to captain James Calhoun．"可知J．C．代表James Calhoun，故选A．
33．D．细节理解题．根据"Now they have sent five pips to John from London!"他们给约翰寄了5个结核，根据"He came to me for help and those men murdered him"他来求助，被他们杀死了，根据"He took five pips from an orange and put them in an envelope （信封）．On it he wrote"S．H．for J．C．"他给J．C．船长邮寄了5个桔核，所以这四个事件的顺序是④②③①，故选D．