It was a Friday afternoon. An elderly lady was doing the   21  in a supermarket. When she returned to her 22 , she found four men in the act of   23  her car. So she  24  her shopping bags and took out her   25 , screaming at the top of her voice, “I have a gun, and I know how to use it!   26  the car!”
The four men didn’t   27  for a second threat. They all got out immediately and   28  like mad.
After she got into the   29   seat and prepared to drive away, she was   30  that she could not get her key into the ignition (点火开关). She   31  over and over again, and then she suddenly realized why,   32  she found that there was a football, a jacket and two packs of cigarettes in the front seat.
A few minutes later, she saw her own car   33  four or five spaces farther down. She put her bags into the car and drove to the police station to report her  34 .
The police officer to whom she told the story couldn’t stop  35 . He pointed to the other end of the corner, where four   36  men were reporting that their car was   37  by a mad, elderly woman   38  as white, less than five feet tall, glasses, curly white hair, and   39  a large handgun. Not surprisingly, the elderly lady felt very sorry for what she had done, and   40  to the four men.

【小题1】
A.experimentB.businessC.shoppingD.research
【小题2】
A.gardenB.houseC.garageD.car
【小题3】
A.running afterB.leaving withC.looking atD.taking apart
【小题4】
A.hidB.broughtC.showedD.dropped
【小题5】
A.glassesB.keyC.handgunD.beer
【小题6】
A.Get out ofB.Go away withC.Take awayD.Watch out
【小题7】
A.leaveB.askC.waitD.stand
【小题8】
A.spokeB.ranC.laughedD.stood
【小题9】
A.driver’s B.passenger’sC.backD.middle
【小题10】
A.guiltyB.embarrassed C.surprisedD.disappointed
【小题11】
A.triedB.closedC.stoppedD.found
【小题12】
A.beforeB.thoughC.asD.if
【小题13】
A.passedB.movedC.drivenD.parked
【小题14】
A.troubleB.mistakeC.newsD.joke
【小题15】
A.talkingB.laughingC.worryingD.arguing
【小题16】
A.stupidB.strongC.typicalD.frightened
【小题17】
A.boughtB.stolenC.robbedD.sold
【小题18】
A.treatedB.paintedC.consideredD.described
【小题19】
A.firingB.carryingC.buyingD.finding
【小题20】
A.apologizedB.shoutedC.wavedD.Walked

“Keep an eye on Esther. I’ll be back in a second,” Joy Warren said to her three-year-old son Stephen, who was sitting in the back of the Buick. She didn’t like leaving the children alone in the car, but the baby was sleeping soundly. And it would only be a moment.
She had hardly walked 40 yards when she saw the car moving. It headed straight towards the river. Unable to swim, Joy shouted, “My babies are in that car!”
Daniel Whitehead, a 17-year-old student, was walking by the river when the Buick crashed into the water just yards ahead .Without thinking, Daniel jumped in. Though a competitive swimmer, he was shocked by the icy chill.  
Two minutes earlier, Skip Womack had pulled to a halt as the Buick ran in front of him. Now seeing it hit the water and hearing Joy’s cries, Skip got out of his truck and jumped into the water. He had only one thought: If I don’t get them out, they’ll drown.
Daniel reached the car and grabbed a door handle. But the water was only four inches beneath the window, and the door wouldn’t open. With one powerful punch, Daniel and Skip broke a window. Daniel reached inside and lifted Stephen out. He placed him on his back and set out for shore. At the same time, Skip squeezed himself through the window .He managed to free Esther from beneath her seat belt. After he got out of the car with the baby, he held her over the water and swam toward the shore. All this took place just seconds before the Buick disappeared beneath the water.
Later, driving home, Skip thought of his wife and children—how close he’d come to leaving them behind. He thought of the miracle he’d lived through, and how two children were still alive because he and Daniel happened to be in the right place at the right time

  1. 1.

    Why did Joy leave her children in the car?

    1. A.
      He did not like shopping with a child in hand
    2. B.
      She didn’t like waking up her baby
    3. C.
      Stephen was big enough to take care of his sister
    4. D.
      It was icy cold outside
  2. 2.

    Daniel and Skip, who saved the lives of the two kids, _____

    1. A.
      had been good friends
    2. B.
      were two close friends of Joy Warren’s
    3. C.
      were Joy Warren’s neighbors
    4. D.
      were strangers before the accident
  3. 3.

    How did Daniel get Stephen out of danger?

    1. A.
      He squeezed into the car and carried him out
    2. B.
      He pulled him out through the broken window
    3. C.
      He freed him from his seatbelt before he got him out
    4. D.
      He held him over the water and swam back to shore
  4. 4.

    What happened to Joy Warren’s Buick?

    1. A.
      It had four inches of water in it
    2. B.
      One of its windows could not be opened
    3. C.
      It was pulled out of water and set on the shore
    4. D.
      It sank to the bottom of the river
  5. 5.

    How did Skip feel in his way home?

    1. A.
      He felt lucky to be still alive after having saved the lives of two kids
    2. B.
      He missed his wife and children, whom he left behind in the morning
    3. C.
      He felt very thankful to Daniel, without whom he would not have made it
    4. D.
      He wondered how he and Daniel could be in the right place at the right time
阅读理解。
     Trait was an experienced safecracker who never used force -either against people or safes
(保险箱). He was a real artist of his trade and it took him only 19 minutes to open the most
difficult safe he had ever encountered. In about 10 years, helped by his brother Stefan and two
friends, he took about $330,000 -from the safes of 28 banks in Austria. On his last job, early
in 1999, he left the safe door open and $80,000 behind. With the money was a note, "We don’t
need all that much."
     A witness (目击者) recognized his car and Strait was caught by the police. Then he was
sent to Austria’s Stein Prison to serve a six-year sentence. He boasted (吹嘘) at his trial that
he would continue breaking the law, "I am a thief and I shall use every opportunity." Despite
the warning, prison officials moved Strait to the prison’s blacksmith (铁匠) shop. One day during
the week before Christmas, Strait disappeared. Searchers found all his doors were well locked.
Strait had managed to make a set of keys and let himself out.
     Not to freedom, though. After crossing into Bavaria, Strait attracted the suspicion (怀疑) of
German customs police on purpose and got himself arrested. "I want to be in a German prison,
"he explained to the surprised police. "As German courts give much milder (温和的) sentences
for crimes like mine and will reduce the time I would otherwise have served in Stein Prison."
     In prison, Strait persuaded his keepers to let him make a Christmas Eve telephone call to his
former keeper, Karl Schreiner of Stein Prison. "I’m sorry if I caused trouble. I didn’t want to
embarrass anybody by escaping. Conditions weren’t that bad. In fact the food was better than
it is here."
1. The underlined word "safecracker" in the first paragraph means "_________".
A. prisoner      
B. criminal    
C. stealer    
D. Robber
2. What’s the correct order of the following events?______
a. Strait was caught by German customs police.
b. Strait left a note in the bank.
c. Strait was sent to Stein Prison.
d. Strait worked in a blacksmith shop.
e. Strait escaped from prison.
A. d-b-a-c-e    
B. b-a-c-d-e      
C. b-c-d-e-a    
D. d-b-c-e-a
3. What helped Strait escape from prison? ______  
A. His living alone in prison.
B. His good relations with the prison officials.
C. His cooperation with other prisoners.
D. His working in the blacksmith shop.
4. Strait was finally caught because _______.    
A. his car was recognized by someone
B. he left a note in the bank safe
C. he was recognized by customs police
D. he made a phone call to his former keeper
5. Strait preferred to serve his time in Germany because _______.
A. he hated working in the blacksmith shop in the Austrian prison
B. the life of prisoners in Germany was better than those in Austria’s
C. he wouldn’t have to stay that long in a German prison
D. he could escape more easily from a German prison
阅读理解。
     Strait was an experienced safecracker who never used force -either against people or safes (保险箱). He was a real artist of his trade and it took him only 19 minutes to open the most difficult safe he had ever encountered (遇见). In about 10 years, helped by his brother Stefan and two friends, he took about $330,000 -from the safes of 28 banks in Austria. On his last job, early in 1999, he left the safe door open and $80,000 behind. With the money was a note, "We don't need all that much."
     A witness (目击者) recognized his car and Strait was caught by the police. Then he was sent to
Austria's Stein Prison to serve a six-year sentence. He boasted (吹嘘) at his trial(审判) that he would
continue breaking the law, "I am a thief and I shall use every opportunity." Despite the warning, prison
officials moved Strait to the prison's blacksmith (铁匠) shop. One day during the week before Christmas, Strait disappeared. Searchers found all his doors were well locked. Strait had managed to make a set of
keys and let himself out.
     Not to freedom, though. After crossing into Bavaria, Strait attracted the suspicion (怀疑) of German
customs (海关) police on purpose and got himself arrested. "I want to be in a German prison, "he
explained to the surprised police. "As German courts give much milder (温和的) sentences for crimes
(罪) like mine and will reduce the time I would otherwise have served in Stein Prison."
     In prison, Strait persuaded his keepers to let him make a Christmas Eve telephone call to his former
keeper, Karl Schreiner of Stein Prison. "I'm sorry if I caused trouble. I didn't want to embarrass(使尴尬) anybody by escaping. Conditions weren't that bad. In fact the food was better than it is here."
1. The underlined word "safecracker" in the first paragraph means "_________".
A. prisoner      
B. peasant  
C. stealer    
D. doctor
2. What's the correct order of the following events?
a. Strait was caught by German customs police.
b. Strait left a note in the bank.
c. Strait was sent to Stein Prison.
d. Strait worked in a blacksmith shop.
e. Strait escaped from prison.
A. d-b-a-c-e    
B. b-a-c-d-e      
C. b-c-d-e-a    
D. d-b-c-e-a
3. What helped Strait escape from prison?
A. His living alone in prison.
B. His good relations with the prison officials.
C. His cooperation with other prisoners.
D. His working in the blacksmith shop.
4. Strait was finally caught because _______. 
A. his car was recognized by someone
B. he left a note in the bank safe
C. he was recognized by customs police
D. he made a phone call to his former keeper
10. Strait preferred to serve his time in Germany because _______.
A. he hated working in the blacksmith shop in the Austrian prison
B. the life of prisoners in Germany was better than those in Austria's
C. he wouldn't have to stay that long in a German prison
D. he could escape more easily from a German prison

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