I had just gone to bed after a very hard day when the phone rang. It was an eccentric ( 古怪的 ) farmer. I had never met him before although I had often heard people talk about him. He sounded quite nervous and he had been talking for a minute or so before I understood anything. Even then all I could make out was that someone called Milly had had a very bad accident. I hadn't the slightest idea who she was but I obviously had to go. It had been snowing heavily that day and I didn't know the way. I had been driving for at least an hour when I finally found his place. He was standing there, waiting for me. It seemed Milly had died. “She meant more to me than anyone... even my own wife!” he said. I could see that he had been crying. I thought something terrible had taken place, a possible scandal ( 丑闻 ). I was even more shocked when he told me he had put her in the barn. I wouldn't leave her out in the cold!” he said. Milly had clearly been a secret lover of his. I was about to tell him he could not expect me to cover anything up when he opened the barn door. He lifted his candle and I saw a dark figure on the ground. “She was such a good cow! I wouldn't let anyone but a doctor touch her!” he said, and burst into tears again.
1. The underlined phrase “make out” in the first paragraph means_________.
A. expect
B. understand
C. see clearly
D. hear clearly
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2. Before he arrived at the farmer's house, the writer expected to see Milly lying____________.
A.on the ground of a barn
B.on the floor of a room
C.in bed in a room
D.in bed in a barn
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3.What do we know about Milly from the story?
A. She had met with an accident.
B.She had caused a scandal.
C.She was seriously ill.
D.She was hidden somewhere.
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4. The farmer wished that the writer might______________.
A. look into the matter
B.bring Milly back to life
C.free him from a scandal
D.keep the whole thing a secret
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5. The person who told the story is probably a_____________.
A. farmer
B. policeman
C. country doctor
D. newspaper reporter
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