B
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 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 into 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.” Vicki, the only
employee on duty, called her bosses Margaret, 64, and husband Stall McKale, 65,
who phoned the police at 11pm.
Officers from
Northumbria Police called Vicki at the hotel in Dunston, Gatesheed, at about 11:30pm 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(戴手铐).
46. The underlined phrase “be in line for” means ______.
A.
get B.
pay C.
reach D. catch
47. 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
48. 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
49. David Bieber was most probably handcuffed in ______.
A.
the passage B.
the man’s room
C. Vicki’s bedroom D.
the top floor room
50. 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.
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