Hercule Poirot looked over the small gate which gave admission to Pine Crest. It was a modern nicely-built house. It was on a hill top, and the hill top was planted with a few sparse pines. It had a small neat garden and a large elderly man was watering with a big tin.
Spence’s hair was now grey all over. He had not shrunk much in girth（圍長）, though. He stopped watering and looked at the visitor at the gate. Hercule Poirot stood there without moving.
“God bless my soul,” said Spence. “It must be. It can’t be but it is. Yes, it must be Hercule Poirot!”
“Aha,” said Poirot, “you remember me. I’m grateful.”
Spence abandoned the watering can and came down to the gate.
“What brings you down here?”
“What has brought me to many places in my time,” said Poirot, “and what once a good many years ago brought you to see me. Murder, Spence.”
“I’m done with murder since I retired,” said Spence, “except in the case of weeds. Killing weeds is never easy as you think, something’s always wrong. How did you know where to find me?” he asked as he opened the gate and Poirot passed through.
“You sent me a Christmas card. It had your new address on it.”
“Ah yes, so I did. I’m old-fashioned, you know, I like to send round cards at Christmas time to a few old friends. I’m an old man now.”
“We both are.”
“Not much grey in your hair,” said Spence.
“I take care of my hair with a bottle,” said Poirot. “There is no need to appear in public with grey hair unless you wish to do so. By the way, why have you come to live in Woodleigh Common?”
“As a matter of fact, I came here to join forces with a sister of mine. She lost her husband, her children are married and living abroad. So I moved in here. Pensions（退休金）don’t go far nowadays, but we do comfortably living together.”
1.From their dialogue, we can learn about _______.
A. their common friends?? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. Spence’s sister’s characters
C. their relationship?? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. Poirot’s recent life
2.Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Spence used to deal with murder.??
B. Poirot didn’t care about his appearance.
C. Spence moved to join his sister for lack of money.
D. Poirot came specially to reunite with his old friend.
3.From the passage we can infer that they might _______ next.
A. meet Spence’s family??? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. discuss about a murder
C. visit Spence’s new home????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. water the garden together?
1.C
2.A
3.B?
【解析】
試題分析：文章通過兩個人的對話，告訴我們Spence退休后和姐姐住在鄉村，Hercule Poirot來見Spence是為了一個殺人犯。
1.細節題：從文章的句子：“God bless my soul,” said Spence. “It must be. It can’t be but it is. Yes, it must be Hercule Poirot!”我們可以推斷出兩人是過去認識的，但是多年未見了，但是從文章中不能看出他們是朋友，也不知道Spence姐姐的性格，也未提到Poirot最近的生活。選C。
2.細節題：從文章的句子：“I’m done with murder since I retired,” said Spence, 可知Spence過去是和殺人犯打交道的選A
3.推理題：從文章的句子：“What has brought me to many places in my time,” said Poirot, “and what once a good many years ago brought you to see me. Murder, Spence.”可知Hercule Poirot來見Spence是為了一個殺人犯，所以接下來應該談論這個殺人犯，選B?
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C. imagination； murder
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1. D。歸納綜合題，可用綜合歸納法來解。認真閱讀分析原文不難發現，Christie一生寫了79部小說和大量短篇小說，當然是一個很出色的人。
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