The young policeman, Constable Rider, walked more quickly than usual, because of the cold, but he did not consciously neglect any part of his work. His torch flashed on doorways and windows as he looked for anything that was at all suspicious, and when he even thought that anything was unusual he went to try the door and window, probably unheard by the people sleeping in the room just above his head. As he turned a comer, he heard a slight rustling sound—it might be a cat, it could even be a dog, although few dogs wandered about at night. It might be a pair of lovers or it might be anything. Rider saw nothing.

A cat then? Usually if you disturbed a cat, it ran off and jumped, and you heard or noticed something else. By doing a lot of night work, you learned to notice these things, but now all riders noticed was the silence which had followed the rustling sound. So he acted cautiously. He did not flash his torch about the houses near the comer but walked on, and, a little way from the spot where he had heard the sound, stopped and bent his head, as if he was lighting a cigarette. A policeman who stopped to light a cigarette seemed the most unsuspicious policeman in the world.

There was still no sound. There were bushes in the garden of the house where Rider had first heard it and he knew that a man could hide there out of sight. But if he went back, it would ware any such man. So instead he stood and shone his torch at the window nearest him, and as if he had noticed something unusual, he walked towards it and opened the wooden gate, which made no sound at all. He reached the entrance and shone the torch on the keyhole of the front door and as he did so, the rustle came again, this time much more softly. He looked round quickly.

    1. What was Constable Rider doing on this very cold evening?

       A. He was looking for anything out of the ordinary.

      B. He was looking for something that had been lost.

       C. He was being careful not to disturb people.

       D. He was being careless in carrying on these duties.

    2. When he heard the rustling sound, he

       A. thought that it was probably caused by some animal

   B. knew that he had disturbed a cat

       C. thought that it was caused by the wind

       D. realized that he had turned a comer

    3. As he then heard no more sounds, Rider decided

       A. that he had been mistaken, and walked on

       B. that he might as well have a cigarette

       C. to flash his lamp on a window near the comer

      D. not to show that he had noticed anything

    4. Why did Constable Rider not go right back to the house on the comer?

       A. He had seen a man hiding there.

       B. He didn't want to use his torch.

       C. It would show that he had noticed something.

       D. There was still no sound from the garden.

 

  Ternang, Mon, more than 10, 000 people were made homeless in Ternang after six days of continuous heavy rain. The wooden bridge across the river has been swept away, . The town is cut by flood waters. At the fifth mile Jalan Tengku, the water is not two metres deep. It is closed to all traffic. Motorists going south are advised to use Jalan Hisamuddin. Flooding first appeared at mid - afternoon yesterday along the river banks. People moving to higher ground were just in time to escape from the flood. Most of the people had to leave their possessions behind. Helped by the army, police, Red Cross Society, the whole town was moved out of danger. They are new houses near the town of Tulang. “Everything possible is being done to help the unfortunate people, ” a government official said, “ In fact, money, food and clothing have begun to come in from organizations and people. ”
  According to the latest reports it is still raining heavily at Ternang. The whole town is expected to be totally covered. So far nobody has been reported dead.


  60.Motorists to the south were advised to ________.
  A. return home
  B. stay at home in Jalan Hisamuddin
  C. move to higher ground
  D. travel by Jalan Hisamuddin
  61.The flood victims(受害者)first escaped to ________.
  A. the nearby town        B. Jalan Hisamuddin
  C. higher ground            D. Tulang
  62.The people are staying ________.
  A. at a newspaper office      B. at a police station
  C. in Tulang                       D. on their roof tops
  63.The flood is expected to________.
  A. go down           B. cause more rain
  C. get worse         D. kill more people

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