Question

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）。

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

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：文章讲述了一个勇敢的酒店工作人员协助警方抓捕罪犯的故事。30岁的维基在夜间值班时发现一个可疑男子入住酒店，于是通知了警方。几小时后在维基的带领下警方悄悄潜入酒店，成功抓捕了逃犯

1.A 词意猜测。根据第一段提到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可知英国最勇敢的女生帮助抓住嫌犯，受到警局赠送的鲜花，据说她得到三万的报酬，故选A项。

2.B细节理解题。从维基的描述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.可以判断此人打扮怪异，故选B项。

3.C细节理解题。从文中警方对她的要求Would you go and make yourself known to the armed officers outside 和她的行动Vicki quietly showed eight armed officers through passages and staircases to the top floor room and handed over the key可知推断得知她听到让她领警察进来的时候，会心跳暂停，故正确选项为C

4.A推理判断题。从文中I could not see into the man’s room , but I could see the passage .可以推断得知以下发生的情况都是她从走廊看到的，故选A项。

5.B细节理解题。从罪犯入住酒店时间who checked in at 8 pm the day和她领警察进来时间It was about ten to two in the morning when the phone went again可知整个过程用了大约6个小时，故选B项。

考点：故事类阅读。