Question

【题目】The FBI is investigating the disappearance of a visiting Chinese scholar from a central Illinois university town as a kidnapping(绑架) as her whereabouts(下落) have remained unknown since Friday.

Zhang Yingying, 26, was last seen on June 9 near the north end of the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign（UIUC）, wearing a charcoal-colored baseball cap, a pink and white top, jeans and white tennis shoes and carrying a black backpack. She boarded a Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District bus and exited the West Springfield and North Mathews avenues at 1:52 pm local time（1852 GMT）, police said.

The FBI has labeled the case as a kidnapping but isn’t ruling out anything, said Campus police spokesman Patrick Wade. The suspect appears to be a white male who was in a car and stopped to talk to Zhang on Friday afternoon, the FBI said. Almost one month into a yearlong appointment at the UIUC campus, Zhang’s friends told police that she was heading to an apartment complex in Urbana to sign a lease(租约).

Security camera footage(连续镜头) on Monday released by university police showed that Zhang talked to the driver of a black Saturn Astra, about five blocks from where she got off a bus in Urbana on Friday afternoon. She entered the car shortly thereafter. Zhang has not been seen or heard from since then and attempts to contact her by phone remain unsuccessful. Authorities have asked the public to help identify that vehicle.

A massive search has been launched in Urbana in the US state of Illinois since Zhang’s disappearance. Police are interviewing with her colleagues, checking local hospitals and coordinating with ride-hailing(打车) companies as part of their investigative efforts.

In an interview with Xinhua through Wechat on Thursday, Zhang Ronggao, father of the missing visiting scholar from China’s Fujian Province, expressed gratitude to all the people involved in the search and asked US police to accelerate the search.

【1】Why did Zhang Yingying leave for an apartment complex?

A. To visit a friend there. B. To rent a place to live.

C. To apply for a part-time job. D. To go to her dormitory there.

【2】The possible meaning of the underlined phrase “rule out” in Para. 3 is “________”.

A. explain B. exclude

C. evaluate D. escape

【3】Which is the correct order of what Zhang Yingying did?

a. She entered the car shortly thereafter.

b. She talked to the driver of a black Saturn Astra.

c. She exited the West Springfield and North Mathews avenues.

d. She boarded a Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District bus.

A. b→a→d→c B. c→b→a→d

C. d→c→b→a D. a→b→d→c

【4】What can be the best title for the news report?

A. Suspect appears to be a white male who was in a car

B. Authorities ask public to help identify suspect’s vehicle

C. Police are interviewing with Zhang Yingying’s colleagues

D. FBI investigates Chinese scholar’s disappearance since Friday as kidnapping

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】这是一篇新闻报道。文章主要讲述了FBI调查伊利诺斯大学校园中国访问学者的失踪事件。

【1】细节理解题。根据文章第三段的最后一句话Zhang’s friends told police that she was heading to an apartment complex in Urbana to sign a lease（租约）可知，张莹莹是去签租约的。故选B。

【2】词义猜测题。根据文章第三段第一句话The FBI has labeled the case as a kidnapping but isn’t ruling out anything, said Campus police spokesman Patrick Wade.可知，联邦调查局已经把此事定义为绑架，但是不排除其他可能性。与B项exclude（排除）意思相同，故选B。

【3】细节理解题。根据文章第二、三、四段的讲述可知，C项顺序正确。

【4】主旨大意题。文章为新闻报道，新闻体的文章的主旨大意题一般在第一段The FBI is investigating the disappearance of a visiting Chinese scholar from a central Illinois university town as a kidnapping（绑架）as her whereabouts（下落）have remained unknown since Friday.，故文章最好的题目是“FBI伊利诺斯大学校园中国访问学者的失踪事件”，选D。

此题中的第3小题为事实排序题。此类题目的解题策略为在文章中找到信息句，然后把事实按照时间顺序排列。

根据文章第二段She boarded a Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District bus and ---d

… exited the West Springfield and North Mathews avenues at 1:52 pm local time（1852 GMT）---c

再根据第四段Zhang talked to the driver of a black Saturn Astra, about five blocks from where she got off a bus in Urbana on Friday afternoon. ---b

She entered the car shortly thereafter.----a

所以C正确。