She died on the night of November 22nd．The police doctor put the time of death a

    She died on the night ofNovember 22nd．The police doctor put the time ofdeath as being between 7 and 10 p.m．Shehad her supper．She usually had it at about halfpast six, If she did the same on the night of her death, then by the digestionevidence (消化痕迹) she was killed at about eightthirty or nine o’clock．James Bentley said that he was outwalking that evening from seven fifteen to about nine o’clock (he had his ownkey) and went straight upstairs to his room ．Mrs.McGinty had washbasins fixed in the bedrooms because of summer visits．He read for about half an hour and then wentto bed．He heard and noticed nothingunusual．The next morning he camedownstairs and looked into the kitchen, but there was no one there and no signsof breakfast being prepared．Hesaid he hesitated (犹豫) a bit and then knocked on Mrs.McGinty’s door, but got no reply.

1．Who was James Bently? ________

A．A housekeeper

B．A man who lived in the house

C．The murderer

D．Her husband

2．When in bed, Jams Bentley neither heard nornoticed anything ________.

A．wrong

B．strange

C．special

D．terrible

3．According to the story, we can infer that________.

A．the police thought James Bentley was surelythe murderer

B．the dead woman and the man were a couple

C．Mrs. McGinty might have been a landlady or ahousekeeper

D．Mrs. McGinty died from poison

试题答案

答案：B;C;C