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Cyril was a small town. The houses there were all made of wood; almost everything in the houses were made of wood, too. And all the houses faced south. The town was never peaceful. Fire broke out once a week on summer afternoons. People were puzzled who was the real firebug (纵火犯).

One day a big fire broke out. It was said that a Negro(黑人) had jumped out of the house on fire, so the police arrested all the Negroes in the street. However, there were fires breaking out when the Negroes were in prison.

Mauson, a physics teacher, didn’t believe that the Negroes were the firebugs, and decided to find out who the real firebug was. One day, he was invited to drink in a pub and happened to notice that many bottles and plastic plates were baked by the hot sunrays. Suddenly he realized what the actual fact was. He dashed out of the pub to his friend’s house nearby, which also faced south. He made an experiment there to prove his idea.

The next Saturday afternoon, Mauson asked some policemen to come to the house. They were told that the real firebug would be shown there. At that time, the sun was shining full into the house and it became hotter and hotter inside the room. “Now,” said Mauson, “this house will soon catch fire.” People looked at each other in surprise. Mauson asked them to look at the bottles and focus on the table cloth. After a while the cloth gave off a burning smell and began to catch fire!

The mystery of fire was discovered, but the police wouldn’t believe him and insisted that Negroes had been the firebugs. Instead they arrested Mauson and put him into prison. But Mauson said he would never turn against science.

56. The town was never peaceful, for fire broke out ________.

A. on Sundays        B. on summer afternoons    C. at any time          D. on winter mornings

57. Why did the police arrest all the Negroes?

A. Because one of them had been seen to set on a fire.

B. Because they were considered to be the firebugs.

C. Because the police hated the Negroes.

D. Because the Negroes knew something about the fires.

58. Drinking in a pub, Mauson realized ________.

A. he needed to leave the pub                       B. he needed to back the bottles

C. it was too hot in the pub                      D. who was the real firebug

59. By making an experiment, it was proved that the real firebug was ________.

A. the Negroes    B. bottles       C. sunrays      D. plastic plates

60. What happened at the end of the story?

A. The Negroes were set free.                             B. The police arrested the real firebugs

C. Mauson was arrested too.                               D. Mauson made friends with the Negroes

In the evening on September 5th, 1972 a group of "Black September" Arab guerrillas(游击队员) broke into the Israeli building in the Olympic village near Munich where 10,000 athletes were staying. Over 250 plain clothes police, warned of trouble ahead, had been brought into the village, but none of them saw the Arabs climb over the fence. They broke into the Israeli building with machine-guns firing at 5:10 a.m. Some Israeli athletes escaped through the windows and side doors. Nine were taken hostage (人质 ). The guerrillas demanded the Israeli to set free the 200 Palestinians（巴勒斯坦人） held in Israeli prison and a safe road out of Germany. Within hours the Olympic village was surrounded(包围) by 12,000 police. The Olympic Games were stopped. After some time, the guerrillas were told they would be flown with their hostages to an Arab country. They were taken by helicopter to an airport 25 miles from Munich.

Just before midnight the guerrillas and their hostages began to walk along the road to a waiting Boeing 727 plane. Suddenly all the airport lights were turned off and German police opened fire. The rescue failed seriously. In the gun battle all nine hostages were killed, as well as five Arabs and one policeman. Three Arabs were caught and one escaped into the nearby woods. On the 8th, Israeli planes bombed(轰炸) ten guerrilla bases in revenge for the Munich killing.

6. Ten guerrilla bases were bombed _______Arab guerrillas broke into the Israeli building.

A. the next day after

B. three days after

C. as soon as

D. four days after

7. More than 250 plain clothes police were sent to the village _______.

A. to warn people of some trouble there

B. to find out who had climbed over the fence

C. before they were warned that there was trouble there

D. as soon as they were told about some trouble there

8. One of the demands the guerrillas raised was _______.

A. to let the police leave the village immediately

B. to free 200 Palestinians from the Israeli prison

C. to take nine hostages with them

D. to fly them with their hostages to an Arab country

9. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. The airport was 25 miles away from Munich.

B. They walked along a road which led to Boeing 727.

C. There were only nine people who were killed in the battle.

D. Around midnight, with the airport lights off, the police opened fire.

10. How do you understand the phrase"in revenge for" in the last paragraph?

A. To remember the killed athletes.

B. To show the Arabs their great anger.

C. To warn the Arabs not to do such silly things.

D. To give them punishment in return.