I had just gone to bed after a very hard day when the phone rang. It was an eccentric(怪僻的)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 had not the slightest idea who she was but I obviously had to go.
It had been snowing heavily that day and I did not 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 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(厩). “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.
小题1:The underlined phrase make out in the first paragraph means _____.
A．expect
B．understand
C．see clearly
D．hear clearly小题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小题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.小题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小题5:The person who told the story is probably a _____.
A．farmer
B．policeman
C．country doctor
D．newspaper reporter
