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13.French tourist outsmarts Dutch thiefAMSTERDAM-A quick-thinking French tourist outsmarted a Dutch thief after the thief tried to seize his bag,Amsterdam police said Wednesday.
After winning a brief tug-of-war over the sports bag,the 27-year-old tourist ran into a nearby police station with the thief in hot pursuit.
The thief"realized too late he had run straight into ‘the long arm of the law',"police spokeswoman Wilma Verheij said of the incident,which took place Tuesday.
After it dawned on the thief,a 28-year-old man whose identity was not released,that he was in the middle of a police station,he tried to run away again.But he was quickly caught by officers and arrested,Verheij said.
Liz Taylor remains hospitalized
LOS ANGELES-Heart trouble is keeping Elizabeth Taylor hospitalized in Los Angeles for some time,but her publicist says the 78-year-old actress is OK and has been visiting with family and friends.
Taylor spokeswoman Sally Morrison said in a statement Tuesday that the two-time Oscar winner is comfortable at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and"there has been steady improvement in her condition"since she was admitted last week.
Taylor is being treated for symptoms of heart failure,a condition she revealed in November 2004.
"Her medical team is satisfied by her progress to date,and it is hoped and expected that this will continue over the next few days.For now,she will remain under their care in the hospital for continued monitoring,"Morrison said."Friends and fans around the world should be convinced that Elizabeth Taylor is in good hands and receiving the best possible care from her skilled and devoted doctors and nurses."
Morrison described Taylor's condition as stable but offered no other details.
Japan halts (暂停) whale hunt after chase by protesters
TOKYO-Japan has halted its annual Antarctic whale hunt following protests from a campaign group.Activists from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society,a US-based environmental group,have been chasing the Japanese fishing ship.
Commercial whaling was banned in 1986but Japan uses a regulation permitting hunting for scientific research.
Iceland and Norway have claimed official objections to the ban and continue to hunt commercially.
"Putting safety as a priority,the ship has halted scientific whaling for now.We are currently considering what to do,"Tatsuya Nakaoku,an official at the fisheries agency,told Reuters news agency.
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society says one of its boats has been blocking the ship loading ramp (斜梯),preventing any hunted whales from being loaded on to the ship."Every whale saved is a victory to us,so we've gotten a lot of victories down here this year,"Sea Shepherd captain Paul Watson told Reuters news agency by satellite phone from the Steve Irwin ship.
56.The underlined part"the long arm of the law"refers toC in Amsterdam.
A.a travel agency
B.a policeman
C.a police station
D.a police spokeswoman
57.What can we know about Elizabeth Taylor from the news?A
A.She has been suffering from heart illness for some years.
B.She will go back home in a day or two.
C.She is feeling quite well in hospital.
D.She will receive her Oscar Award in the hospital.
58.Which of the following is NOT true?D
A.Japanese fishing ships go to the Antarctic for wha1e hunt every year.
B.Iceland and Norway will not stop hunting whales.
C.Commercial whale hunt has been banned for about twenty-eight years.
D.Japan will not hunt whales any more.
分析 本文属于广告类阅读,作者通过这篇文章向我们介绍了三则不同的新闻,让我们了解到世界上发生的事情.
解答 56.C 推理判断题,根据第三段The thief"realized too late he had run straight into ‘the long arm of the law',"police spokeswoman Wilma Verheij said of the incident,which took place Tuesday.可知这个小偷是跑到了警察局,故选C.
57.A 推理判断题,根据第七段Taylor is being treated for symptoms of heart failure,a condition she revealed in November 2004.可知伊丽莎白患心脏病已有好几年了,故选A.
58.D 细节理解题,根据倒数第五段TOKYO-Japan has halted its annual Antarctic whale hunt following protests from a campaign group.可知日本停止了每年的南极捕鲸活动,而不是再也不捕鲸了,故选D.
点评 考查学生的细节理解和推理判断能力.做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确选择.在做推理判断题时不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
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