Question

【題目】 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 （接觸）." 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?

【6】What might Vicki be thinking as her heart missed a beat?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】No , she couldn’t.

【2】She was nervous but glad.

【3】Because David Bieber didn’t seem to want to talk too much and make an eye contact.

【4】His room.

【5】11 hours and 10 minutes.

【6】She was very afraid.

【解析】

這篇短文主要講述了一位英國最勇敢的婦女講述了她是如何幫助抓獲涉嫌殺害警察的大衛(wèi)·比伯的，并得到了警方的鮮花感謝。

【1】根據(jù)文中It was also said that she could be in line for a share of up to ￡30,000 reward money. up to意為最多達(dá)到多少，所以獎金最多是三萬英鎊，而不是多于三萬英鎊。這里做否定回答。根據(jù)題意，故填No , she couldn’t。

【2】根據(jù)文中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.”可知，她很緊張但是很高興。故填She was nervous but glad.。

【3】根據(jù)文中He didn’t seem to want to talk too much and make any eye contact （接觸）可知，因為David Bieber似乎不想說太多話，也不想與人眼神交流。這就是主人公對他起疑的原因。故填Because David Bieber didn’t’ seem to want to talk too much and make an eye contact.

【4】根據(jù)文中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.從主人公的描述里，警察在他的房間外面，讓嫌疑犯出來，最終嫌疑犯出來并且被戴上了手銬。故答案是在他的房間里。故填His room.。

【5】根據(jù)文中第四段the guest who checked in at 3 pm the day before New Year’s Eve可知，Biber入住酒店的時間為下午三點。"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?"可知，武裝警察的到來是凌晨兩點十分。從比伯來到酒店到一些武裝人員的到來，持續(xù)了11小時10分鐘。故填11 hours and 10 minutes。

【6】根據(jù)文中"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?"凌晨兩點十點左右，電話又響了，一名警察說‘你能去外面的武裝警察那里讓他們知道你自己嗎？可知當(dāng)時Vicki是非常害怕的。故填She was very afraid。