Question

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。 　　One of Britain's bravest women told yesterday how she helped to catch suspected（可疑的）police killer David Bieber and was thanked with flowers by the police．It was also said that she could be in line for a share of up to ￡ 30000 reward money． 　　Vicki Brown,30,played a very important role in ending the nationwide manhunt．Vicki,who has worked at the Royal Hotel for four years,told of her terrible experience when she had to steal into Bieber's bedroom and to watch him secretly．Then she waited alone for three hours while armed police prepared to storm the building． 　　She said:“I was very nervous．But when I opened the hotel door and saw 20 armed policemen lined up in the car park I was so glad they were there．” 　　The alarm had been raised because Vicki became suspicious（怀疑）of the guest who checked in at 3 pm the day before New Year's Eve with little luggage and wearing sunglasses and a hat pulled down over his face．She said:“He didn't seem to want to talk too much and make any eye contact（接触）．”Vicki,the only employee on duty,called her bosses Margaret,64,and husband Stan McKale,65,who phoned the police at 11 pm． 　　Officers from Northumbria Police called Vicki at the hotel in Dunston,Gateshead, at about 11∶30 pm to make sure that this was the wanted man．Then they kept in touch by phoning Vicki every 15 minutes． 　　“It was about ten past two in the morning when the phone went again and a policeman said‘Would you go and make yourself known to the armed officers outside?’．My heart missed a beat．” 　　Vicki quietly showed eight armed officers through passages and staircases to the top floor room and handed over the key． 　　“I realized that my bedroom window overlooks that part of the hotel,so I went to watch．I could not see into the man's room,but I could see the passage．The police kept shouting at the man to come out with his hands showing．Then suddenly he must have come out because they shouted for him to lie down while he was handcuffed（戴上手铐）．” (1) The underlined phrase“be in line for”(paragraph 1)means ________ [　　] A． get B． be paid C． ask for D． own (2) Vicki became suspicious of David Bieber because ________ [　　] A． the police called her B． he looked very strange C． he came to the hotel with little luggage D． he came to the hotel the day before New Year's Eve (3) Vicki's heart misssed a beat because ________ [　　] A． the phone went again B． she would be famous C． the policemen had already arrived D． she saw 20 policemen in the car park (4) David Bieber was most probably handcuffed in ________ [　　] A． the passage B． the man's room C． Vicki's bedroom D． the top floor room (5) The whole event probably lasted about ________ hours from the moment Bieber came to the hotel to the arrival of some armed officers． [　　] A． 6 B． 8 C． 11 D． 14

Answer 1

答案：1．A;2．B;3．C;4．A;5．C;
解析：

(1)	解析：根据上下文含义推测词义应为获得，得到。（30000英镑作为奖励，所以应是得到）
(2)	解析：由文章第一段可知，此人行为古怪，引人怀疑。
(3)	解析：由文章倒数第三段可推知，Vieki对警察的到来感到很吃惊。
(4)	解析：由文章最后一段第二行，“I could see the passage”可知警察是在走廊中把小偷给戴上手铐的。
(5)	解析：细节考查题，从第四段的at 3 p.m．和11 p.m．以及第五段的11∶30 p.m．，第六段ten past two in the morning可知，整个事件持续大约11个小时。（从前一天下午3点到第二天凌晨2点）。