Holmes said，“Somebody sent a letter with five pips（桔核）in it from India，and arrived seven weeks later to kill John's uncle. Then they sent five pips from Scotland and arrived three days later to kill John's father Now they have sent five pips to John from London！”“The letters are all from sea ports（海港）. The writer was on a ship when he wrote the letters，”I replied.

“Very good，Watson！And John's enemy is in London already！”

“Well，I hope they won't kill young John，”I said.

But they did. The next morning，we read in the newspaper that a policeman found him die near Waterloo Station. Holmes was very angry about it.

“He came to me for help and those men murdered him！I'm going to find them，if it's the last thing I do！”

he said to me，and he hurried out of the house.

At night，when he came back，he was tired，but pleased，he said，“I know the names of John's enemies！

And now I'm going to send them a surprise！This will frighten（使惊恐）them！”He took five pips from an orange and put them in an envelope（信封）. On it he wrote “S. H. for J. C. ”

“I'm sending the pips to captain（船长）James Calhoun. His ship is called the Star. He and his men are sailing back to Georgia，USA. ”

“How did you find him，Holmes？”I asked.

“Ship's papers，”he said. “I've looked at hundreds of them today. Only one ship，the Star，was in the three ports at the right times，and this morning the Star left London to sail back to Georgia. I found out that the captain and two of his men，all Americans，weren't on the ship last night，so I'm sure they killed John. When they arrive in America，they'll get the pips and then the police will catch them！”

【小题1】Which of the following is TRUE according to the story?

A．All the letters were sent from the same sea port.	B．Waterloo Station lies in London, England.
C．John ate the five pips and then died.	D．Holmes didn't know murderer was in London.

【小题2】Why was Holmes pleased when he came back?

A．Because he had a good time all the day.	B．Because finding the murderers was his last thing.
C．Because he got an orange with five pips in it.	D．Because he knew who the murderers were.

【小题3】Who do you think the underlined letters “J. C. ” stand for?

A．James Calhoun

B．James Columbus C.John Callhoun

C．John Columbus

【小题4】How many murderers ware there in the case to kill John?

A．One.

B．Two

C．Four.

D．Three.

【小题5】Where is this story mostly taken from?

A．A detective novel

B．A science fiction

C．World news

D．A school story