题目内容
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 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 (带上手铐)."
B. be paid
C. ask for
D. own
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
B. she would be famous
C. the policemen had already arrived
D. she saw 20 policemen in the car park
B. the man's room
C. Vicki's bedroom
D. the top floor room
of some armed officers.
B. 8
C. 11
D. 14
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阅读理解(共20小题; 每小题2分,满分40分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
I felt encouraged by his words and began to swim more calmly.But my clothes stuck to me like a heavy weight.I could hardly stay above the surface.
Counsel saw this.“Shall I cut them?”he asked.
With a knife he cut my clothes from top to bottom and took them of quickly while I swam for both of us.
Then I did the same for Counsel,and we continued to swim near each other.
But we were in serious trouble.The crew(船员)might not have noticed our disappearance.
And if they had,they could not return because the rudder(舵)had broken.Counsel thought of all this,and calmly made his plans.We decided to wait for the ship as long as possible,because we had no other hope of safety.I suggested that we save our strength so that both of us would not be tired out at the same time.This was how we did it:While one of us lay on his back,quite still,with arms crossed and legs stretched out(伸直),the other would swim and push him along.We changed every ten minutes or so.In this way we could swim for hours,perhaps till daylight.The crash(破裂声)of the ship and the whale(鲸)had appeared at about eleven o’clock.We had about eight hours to swim before daylight.This seemed possible,if the sea remained calm.
【小题1】What happened to the man who told the story?
| A.He and his companion got into the water to test their strength. |
| B.He jumped into the water to save the broken rudder. |
| C.He was knocked into the water by his enemy. |
| D.He was thrown into the sea when the ship struck a whale. |
| A.Because no people helped them to take off their clothes. |
| B.Because they couldn’t take off their clothes on the sea. |
| C.Because they wanted to get rid of their clothes quickly. |
| D.Because they wanted to lifebuoys(救生圈)with their clothes. |
| A.not moving | B.even | C.yet | D.however |
| A.one of them pushed the other while swimming and then they changed |
| B.they both swam calmly |
| C.they crossed their arms and stretched their legs on the water |
| D.they lay on their backs instead of swimming |
| A.Neither of the two men was good swimmers. |
| B.The sea was calm before eleven o’clock that night. |
| C.The story took place at night. |
| D.The two men had to swim eight hours to catch up with the ship. |