One evening in November,Dr.Berlin received a telephone call from Mrs.GREen.“Please,Dr.Berlin,come to my house.I had 5,000dollars on my desk and now it is gone.”
Dr.Berlin arrived at Mrs.GREen's house at eight o'clock.First he asked Mrs.Green,“When did you see the money last?”
“At seven o'clock.I put it on my desk in my living room.Then I went to wash my hair.I came back at seven thirty and the money was gone.Then I rang you at once.”
“I see,”Dr.Berlin said.“Were you alone in the house?”“No.My sister's son Jack was here,too.”Then Dr.Berlin and Mrs GREen went to Jack's room.
“Please sit down,”Jack said.Dr.Berlin sat in the only chair in the room.The chair was cold.He also saw some books on the ground near his feet.
“What have you been doing this morning?”Dr.Berlin asked.
“I came home at six thirty,and went right to my room.I've been sitting in that chair and reading all evening.I never got up and I never left the room.Maybe somebody came into the house and took my aunt's money.”
After hearing that,Dr.Berlin was clear about who had taken the money.
1.When did Dr.Berlin answer the phone from Mrs.GREen?
2.Where did Mrs.GREen put her money?
3.When did the thief take Mrs.GREen's money?
4.Who took the 5,000dollars?
5.Jack hadn't been sitting in that chair and reading all that evening,had he?
参考答案:
1. He answered the phone from her at 7:30.
2. She put it in her living room.
3. After Mrs GREen went to wash her hair.
4. Jack did.
5. No, she hadn't.