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￡30 000 reward money.

    Vicki Brown, 30, played a very important role in ending the nationwide manhunt. Vicki, who has worked at the Roy al 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 p.m. the day before New Year’s Eve with little luggage and wearing sun glasses 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 p. m.

    Officers from Northumbria Police called Vicki at the hotel in Dunston, Gateshead, at about 11: 30 p.m. 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” (Paragraph1) 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 missed 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

    Vicki Brown, 30, played a very important role in ending the nationwide manhunt. Vicki, who has worked at the Roy al 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 p.m. the day before New Year’s Eve with little luggage and wearing sun glasses 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 p. m.

    Officers from Northumbria Police called Vicki at the hotel in Dunston, Gateshead, at about 11: 30 p.m. 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” (Paragraph1) 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 missed 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

In American schools there is something called Home-coming Day. Many high schools and colleges with a football team have a homecoming game. This can be the most important event of the year except graduation(毕业) or commencement(授奖典礼) day. Students plan homecoming day for many weeks in advance(预先).

Several days before Homecoming, students start to decorate(装饰) the school. There are signs to wish luck to the team, and many other signs to welcome all the graduates. Many people still come to Homecoming twenty or thirty years after their graduation.

The members of school clubs build booths(摊位) and sell lemonade, apples and sandwiches. Some clubs help to welcome visitors.

During the day people like to look for teachers that they remember from long ago. Often they see old friends and they talk together about those happy years in school.

Everyone soon comes to watch the football game. When the game is half over, the band comes onto the field and plays school songs. Another important moment is when the Home-corning Queen or King appears. All the students vote a most popular student Homecoming Queen or King. It is a great honor to be chosen.

Homecoming is a happy day, but it is not perfect unless the football team wins the game. Even if the team loses, the students still enjoy Homecoming. Some stay at the school to dance, and others go to a party. For everyone it is a day worth remembering.

The most important event of the year in high schools and colleges is ________.

    A. homecoming   B. the football game        C. graduation   D. winning the game

When do students begin to arrange everything for Homecoming?

    A. The day before Homecoming.   B. Many weeks before the day.

    C.  when the guests arrive. D. In the days before Homecoming.

Which of the following is NOT done on Homecoming?

    A. To see old friends.      B. To call on teachers they remember.

    C. To watch the football game.  D. To go home to see their family.

The underline words “vote” in the fifth paragraph means ________.

    A. attend a meeting         B. elect or choose     

    C. hold a celebration(庆祝) D. have a football match

Who can probably become Homecoming Queen or King?

    A. The students who is liked most by the others.   

B. The guest who is most popular with the students.

    C. The students who is most liked by the guests.   

D. The player who plays best in the football game. 

These days, Americans worry most about an economic recovery that President Obama calls "painfully slow". But on Saturday millions will remember the day al-Qaida terrorists flew airplanes into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington. Another hijacked plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania when passengers rebelled. Close to three thousand people died that day. Next year will be a big anniversary, ten years since the day Americans call 9-11.

         But this September eleventh comes at an uneasy time. A large number of Americans say they oppose plans to build an Islamic center near the World Trade Center site in New York. This week attention centered on a Christian minister(基督教事工) with a small following in the state of Florida.

         Reverend Terry Jones said he would mark the 9-11 anniversary by burning copies of the Quran(可兰经). He said he wanted to send a message to Islamic extremists. He said, "We are not hateful toward Muslims. We are not aiming this at Muslims, we are aiming this at Sharia law(伊斯兰教教法)."

         Political and religious leaders around the world had condemned him. The plan even led the State Department to warn American travelers to avoid places where protests(抗议) might take place.

         President Obama said burning Qurans could endanger American troops and invite more extremism. Defense Secretary Robert Gates called Mr. Jones on Thursday to urge him to reconsider.

Administration officials called the idea of burning Qurans "un-American." But they also agreed that it would be within constitutional rights, like protesters who burn American flags. The Constitution guarantees free speech and bars the government from restricting the practice of religion.

1.According to this news article how many things made this September 11 uneasy? (No more than 1 word)

2.What did the State Department think would happen after Reverend revealed his plan? (No more than 4 words)

3.How did the government prevent the situation becoming worse? (No more than 9 words)

4.Why couldn’t the US government forbid Reverend to burn Qurans? (No more than 7 words)

Soccer star David Beckham will be there with his pop star wife Victoria. Elton John is attending with partner David Furnish.
The guest list for the April 29 union of Prince William and Kate Middleton is still being kept secret, but details have begun to leak out, with some coming forward to say they are attending and the Mail on Sunday newspaper claiming to have  the  official  invitation  roster (名单).
The palace dismissed the newspaper's list as speculation (猜测) Sunday.
It won't be clear until the day how the royal couple has balanced the protocol demands (王室规则) that they invite statesmen, diplomats, religious leaders, politicians and the like with invitations to the people they really want to see, particularly the crowd they made friends with when they met and fell in love at St. Andrews University in Scotland.
Kate Reardon, editor of high-society magazine Tatler, said many prominent Britons acted as if they didn't really care about receiving an invitation while secretly checking the mail every day to see if the invitation had arrived.
"Everyone's been hoping," she said.
William and Middleton have showed their modern side by inviting a number of close friends, including some former sweethearts, the newspaper said.
The wedding is not technically a state event, which somewhat limits the protocol requirements applied to the guest list. But royal obligations (职责) still order that a large number of the 1,900 or so seats go to guests from the world of politics, not actual friends of the couple.
The couple have also invited many guests from the charities they work with, and Middleton has used her influence to invite the butcher, shopkeeper and pub owner from her home village of Bucklebury.
President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle were not invited and many other international leaders are also expected to be watching on TV, not from a seat at Westminster Abbey.
It is not clear if treasured Brits from the world of stage and screen and pop music will be on the list.
【小题1】 Who were not invited to Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding?