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【题目】D. Answer the questions （根据以下内容回答问题）

One of Britain’s bravest women told yesterday how she helped to catch suspected 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 Bibber’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 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.

【1】Vicki could get over ￡30,000 reward money, couldn’t she?

【2】How did Vicki feel when she opened the hotel door and saw 20 armed policeman lined up in the car park?

【3】Why did Vicki become suspicious of David Bieber?

【4】Where was David Bieber most probably handcuffed?

【5】How long did the whole event probably last from the moment Bieber came to the hotel to the arrival of some armed officers?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Yes, she could.

【2】She felt glad.

【3】Because he 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.

【4】The passage of the hotel.

【5】About eleven hours.

【解析】

本文讲述了一个勇敢的女人协助警方抓捕罪犯的故事。

【1】根据文中“It was also said that she could be in line for a share of up to ￡30,000 reward money”，可知她将得到3万的报酬，答案是肯定的。反意疑问句的肯定回答用yes，主语和谓语要与原句保持一致。故答案为Yes, she could。

【2】根据文中“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”，可知当她看到警察的时候，她是高兴的。问句中用的助动词一般过去时did，所以回答时句子要用一般过去时。故答案为she felt glad。

【3】根据文中“The alarm had been raised because Vicki became suspicious 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”，可知，Vicki之所以怀疑David，是因为他在办理入住的时候没带行李并戴着太阳镜和帽子几乎挡住他的脸。故答案为Because he 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。

【4】根据文中“I could not see into the man’s room, but I could see the passage.…while he was handcuffed”，可知David是在酒店的走廊被戴上手铐的。故答案为The passage of the hotel。

【5】根据文中“the guest who checked in at 3 pm the day before New Year’s Eve”和“It was about ten past two in the morning”，可知从他入住下午3点到第二天凌晨2点10分被抓捕，整个抓捕过程大概持续了11个小时。故答案为About eleven hours。