Mr. Peter Johnson, aged twenty-three, battled for half an hour to escape from his trapped car yesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water. He took the only escape route—through the boot.
Mr. Johnson’s car had ended up in a ditch at Romney Marsin, Kent after he lost proper control on ice and hit a bank. “Fortunately, the water began to come in only slowly,” Mr. Johnson said. “I couldn’t force the doors open because they were jammed against the walls of the ditch and dared not open the windows because I knew water would come flooding in.”
Mr. Johnson, a sweet salesman of Sitting Home, Kent, first tried to attract the attention of other motorists by sounding the horn and hammering on the roof and boot. Then he began his struggle to escape.
Later he said, “It was really a half penny that saved my life. It was the only coin I had in my pocket and I used it to unscrew the back seat to get into the boot. I hammered desperately with a hammer trying to make someone hear, but no help came.”
It took ten minutes to unscrew the seat, and a further five minutes to clear the sweet samples from the boot. Then Mr. Johnson found a wrench (扳手) and began to work on the boot lock. Fifteen minutes passed by. “It was the only chance I had. Finally it gave, but as soon as I moved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in. I forced the lid down into the mud and climbed up clear as the car filled up.”
His hands and arms cut and bruised, Mr. Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby. Huddled in a blanket, he said, “That thirty minutes seemed like hours.” Only the tips of the car wheels were visible, police said last night. The vehicle had sunk into two feet of mud at the bottom of the ditch.
小題1:Which of the following objects is the most important to Mr. Johnson?
A．The hammer.B．The coin. C．The seat. D．The horn.
小題2:We know from the passage that ______.
A．Mr. Johnson’s car stood on its boot as it fell down
B．Mr. Johnson’s car accident was partly due to the slippery road
C．Mr. Johnson struggled in the pouring mud as he unscrewed the back seat
D．Mr. Johnson could not escape from the door because it was full of sweet jam
小題3:“Finally it gave” in Paragraph 5 means that ______. 
A．a(chǎn)t last the wrench went broken
B．the chance was lost at the last minute
C．the lock came open after all his efforts
D．luckily the door was torn away in the end
小題4:What is the best title for this newspaper article?
A．Driver Escapes through Car Boot
B．The Story of Mr. Johnson, a Sweet Salesman
C．The Driver Survived a Terrible Car Accident
D．Car Boot Can Serve as the Best Escape Route

小題1:B
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:A

試題分析：本文記述了Mr. Johnson由于車禍被困于水下車內(nèi)半個小時，最后死里逃生的故事。
小題1:細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第4段 Mr. Johnson 所說的話Later he said, “It was really a half penny that saved my life. It was the only coin I had in my pocket and I used it to unscrew the back seat to get into the boot.及他后面所做的事情可推知對Mr. Johnson最重要的是一枚硬幣，此題答案為B。
小題2:細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第2段第一句…skidding on ice and hitting a bank 可推知Mr. Johnson的事故有一部分是因為濕滑的道路，答案為B。
小題3:詞句理解題。根據(jù)其上文 …work on the boot lock 及下文 but as soon as I moved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in 可推知“Finally it gave”意思是：經(jīng)過努力鎖開了，此題答案為C。
小題4:標題確定題。根據(jù)全文和第1段 Mr. Peter Johnson…escape from his trapped car…through the boot 可歸納出文章的標題為答案A。
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