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 (懷疑) 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 (帶上手銬)。

1.The underlined phrase "be in line for" ( paragraph 1 ) means __

A. get B. be paid C. ask for D. own

2.Vicki became suspicious of David Bieber because __________.

A. the police called her

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

3.Vicki’s heart missed a beat because _________.

A. the phone went again

B. she would be famous

C. the policemen had already arrived

D. she saw 20 policemen in the car park

4.David Bieber was most probably handcuffed in ________.

A. the passage B. the man's room

C. Vicki's bedroom D. the top floor room

5. The whole event probably lasted about _______ hours from the moment Bieber came to the hotel to the arrival of some armed officers.

A. 6 B. 8 C. 11 D. 14

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.B

【解析】

試題分析:文章講述了一個(gè)勇敢的酒店工作人員協(xié)助警方抓捕罪犯的故事。30歲的維基在夜間值班時(shí)發(fā)現(xiàn)一個(gè)可疑男子入住酒店,于是通知了警方。幾小時(shí)后在維基的帶領(lǐng)下警方悄悄潛入酒店,成功抓捕了逃犯

1.A 詞意猜測(cè)。根據(jù)第一段提到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可知英國最勇敢的女生幫助抓住嫌犯,受到警局贈(zèng)送的鮮花,據(jù)說她得到三萬的報(bào)酬,故選A項(xiàng)。

2.B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從維基的描述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.可以判斷此人打扮怪異,故選B項(xiàng)。

3.C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文中警方對(duì)她的要求Would you go and make yourself known to the armed officers outside 和她的行動(dòng)Vicki quietly showed eight armed officers through passages and staircases to the top floor room and handed over the key可知推斷得知她聽到讓她領(lǐng)警察進(jìn)來的時(shí)候,會(huì)心跳暫停,故正確選項(xiàng)為C

4.A推理判斷題。從文中I could not see into the man’s room , but I could see the passage .可以推斷得知以下發(fā)生的情況都是她從走廊看到的,故選A項(xiàng)。

5.B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從罪犯入住酒店時(shí)間who checked in at 8 pm the day和她領(lǐng)警察進(jìn)來時(shí)間It was about ten to two in the morning when the phone went again可知整個(gè)過程用了大約6個(gè)小時(shí),故選B項(xiàng)。

考點(diǎn):故事類閱讀。

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