Years ago,in a small fishing village in Holland,a young boy taught the world about the rewards of unselfish service. Because the entire village 1        the fishing industry,a volunteer rescue team was needed in case of 2     . One night a strong storm capsized (倾覆) a fishing boat at sea. In trouble,the 3        sent out the SOS immediately. Spotting the signal,the captain of the rescue team sounded the alarm and the villagers 4        on the beach. While the team 5        their way through the wild waves,the villagers waited anxiously,holding lanterns to light the way 6    .

  An hour later,the rescue boat 7        and the villagers ran to greet them. The 8        reported that the rescue boat couldn’t hold any more 9        and they had to leave one man behind. Even one more would have 10        capsized the res cue boat and all would have been lost.

  Therefore,the captain called for another volunteer team to go after the lonely 11        Sixteen-year-old Hans 12        forward. His mother grabbed his arm and said, “Please don’t go. Your older brother,Paul,has been lost at sea for three weeks. Hans,you are all I have 13    . ”

  Hans replied, “Mother,I have to go. What if everyone said ,‘I can’t go,let 14        else do it?’ When the call for 15        comes,we all need to take our turn and do our 16    . ” Hans kissed his mother,17        the team and disappeared into the night.

  Another hour passed,which seemed to Hans’ mother 18 a century. Finally,the rescue boat reappeared in the fog with Hans 19        on the boat. And he 20        yelled, “We found him. Tell my mother it’s my older brother,Paul!”

(   ) 1. A. depended on   B. suffered from

   C. turned away   D. got through

(   ) 2. A. struggle   B. preparation

   C. consequence   D. emergency

(   ) 3. A. groups   B. family

   C. crew   D. army

(   ) 4. A. traded   B. gathered

   C. shouted   D. separated

(   ) 5. A. lost   B. went

   C. felt   D. fought

(   ) 6. A. back   B. up

   C. ahead   D. down

(   ) 7. A. appeared   B. followed

   C. returned   D. succeeded

(   ) 8. A. journalists   B. volunteers

   C. villagers   D. policemen

(   ) 9. A. soldiers   B. guests

   C. patients   D. passengers

(   ) 10. A. hardly   B. gradually

   C. surely   D. rudely

(   ) 11. A. son   B. survivor

   C. traveller   D. brother

(   ) 12. A. stepped   B. looked

   C. put   D. threw

(   ) 13. A. taken   B. received

   C. left   D. wanted

(   ) 14. A. everyone   B. someone

   C. anyone   D. no one

(   ) 15. A. service   B. protection

   C. relief   D. sacrifice

(   ) 16. A. part   B. lesson

   C. business   D. exercise

(   ) 17. A. built   B. trained

   C. managed   D. joined

(   ) 18. A. for   B. with

   C. like   D. at

(   ) 19. A. working   B. standing

   C. running   D. fishing

(   ) 20. A. calmly   B. worriedly

   C. sincerely   D. excitedly

 "Wanted by the FBI. ” To the murderer,or the bank robber,these are the most frightening words in the world. When the criminal(罪犯) hears them,he knows that six thousand trained persons are after him.

  Why should he be so afraid? There are hundreds of cities and thousands of villages where he can hide. There are large forests and deserts where he can lose himself. Besides,he's usually rich with stolen money.

  Money can make it easier to hide. With money,the criminal can pay a dishonest doctor to operate on his face and make him hard to recognize. Money can pay for a hideout in some far-off places. But the criminal knows what hap?pened to public enemies such as John Dillinger,Baby Face Nelson,and Ma?chine Gun Kelly. They had plenty of money and good hideouts. Yet one by one they were found by the men of the FBI.

  They know every trick the criminal knows and many more. If he makes just one mistake,they'll get him. That's why the man who is hunted can't sleep. That's why he becomes nervous. That's why he jumps at every sound. When he makes a mistake,he'll no longer be "wanted by the FBI". He'll have been caught.

 The FBI began on May 10,1924. Attorney General Harlan F. Stone chose J. Edgar Hoover,a young lawyer in the Department of Justice,to head the new agency (机构) ."What we need is a wholly new kind of police force," he said. "Criminals today are smart. They use stolen cars and even planes to make their gateways. They have learned to open any lock. The criminal would have discovered science. We can't beat them with old methods. We have to train officers to work scientifically."

  J. Edgar Hoover quietly went ahead with his plans. He picked his men carefully. They had to be between the ages of twenty-five and thirty-five. He wanted only men with good manners and good character. When working as his officers they would have to meet all kinds of people. Hoover wanted men who could handle a teacup as well as a gun. He chose men so carefully that he made the FBI the hardest service in the world to get into. The FBI cannot help in every police problem. It can look into only certain crimes against the gov?ernment. Solving all other crimes is the duty of local police forces.

1. A man wanted by the FBI will find that money is      .

   A. not at all useful   B. only helpful for a while

   C. necessary for staying free   D. important and useful

2. Before he worked with the FBI,J. Edgar Hoover was a      .

   A. policeman   B. lawyer   C. teacher   D. general

3. The FBI was begun in order to      .

   A. reduce crimes

   B. bring younger men into police work

   C. fight crimes scientifically

   D. offer jobs

4. A man who can "handle a teacup as well as a gun" has both      .

   A. courage and manners   B. strength and kindness

   C. wisdom and energy   D. ability and humour

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