Youcanbeproudofyourselves,even-优题课

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 Stall McKale, 65, who phoned the police at 11 pm.
Officers from Northumbria Police called Vieki at the hotel in Dunston, Gatesheed, 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 tile 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 pair 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 (带手铐)。
The underlined phrase “be in line for” (paragraph 1) means __

A．get

B．be paid

C．ask for

D．own

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

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

David Bigber was most probably handcuffed in ________.

A．the passage	B．the man’s room
C．Vicki’s bedroom	D．the top floor room

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

GARDEN RESTAURANT
Telephone: 2706030
Address: 9020 Bridgeport Road
Open: Mon. to Fri. 7:00 a.m.---9:00 p.m.
Sat. 7:00 a.m.---11:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.---9:30 p.m.
Sun. 11:00 a.m. ---2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.---9:30 p.m.
NEW YORK MUSEUM
Telephone: 7364431
Address: Vanier park, 1100 Chestnut St., New York, America's largest museum specializing in American history and part of our native people
Open: Mon. to Fri. 9:00 a.m.---5:00 p.m. (Monday free)
Sat. 9:00 a.m.---1:00 p.m.
LANSDOWNE PARK SHOPPING CENTER
Telephone: 3562367
Address: 5300 No. 3 Road
Open: Mon. Tues. and Sat. 9:30 a.m.---5:30 p.m.
Wed. Thurs. and Fri. 9:30 a.m.---9:30 p.m.
Sun. 11:00 a.m. ---5:00 p.m.
SKYLINE HOTEL
Telephone: 2785161
Address: 3031 No. 3 Road (at Sea Island Way)
The Hangar Den: Wed. to Sun. Lunch from 10:30 a.m.
Coffee Shop: Mon. --- Fri. 6:00 a.m. Sat. 6:30 a.m. and Sun. 7:00 a.m.
Mon. --- Wed. to 10:00 p.m. Thurs. --- Sun. to 11:00 p.m.
Which place opens to the public the first?

A．Garden Restaurant.	B．New York Museum.
C．Lansdowne Park Shopping Center.
D．Skyline Hotel.

If you want to go out for lunch on Sunday you can call up the number____.

A．2706030 or 2785161	B．2706030 or 3562367
C．7364431 or 2785161	D．3562367 or 2785161

You do not have to pay on Mondays if you go to ____.

A．Skyline Hotel	B．Lansdowne Park Shopping Center
C．New York Museum	D．Garden Restaurant

If you want to enjoy yourself on Sunday mornings, you can go to ____.

A．5300 No. 3 Road	B．Vanier Park, 1100 Chestnut St.
C．9020 Bridgeport Road	D．3031 No. 3 Road

Memory， they say， is a matter of practice and exercise. If you have the wish and really make a conscious （有意识的） effort， then you can quite easily improve your ability to remember things. But even if you are successful， there are times when your memory seems to play tricks on you.
Sometimes you remember things that really did not happen. One morning last week， for example， I got up and found that I had left the front door unlocked all night， yet I clearly remembered locking it carefully the night before.
Memory “tricks” work the other way as well. Once in a while you remember not doing something and then find out that you did. One day last month， for example，I was sitting in a barbershop（理发店） waiting for my turn to get a haircut， and suddenly I realized that I had got a haircut two days before at the barbershop across the street from my office.
　　 We always seem to find something funny and interesting in incidents（事件）　caused by people’s forgetfulness or absent-mindedness. Stories about absent-minded professors have been told for years. Unfortunately， however， absent-mindedness is not always funny. There are times when “tricks”　of our memory can cause us great trouble.
If you want to have a good memory， _____.

A．you should ask someone else to help you to remember things

B．you should make a conscious effort to practice and exercise

C．you should never stop learning

D．you should try hard to remember things

In the passage， the writer seems to tell us _____.

A．forgetting things is serious and dangerous

B．always forgetting things is understandable

C．forgetting things at times is natural

D．the ways to protect yourself from memory “tricks”

The best title for this passage is“_____”.

A．How to Get a Good Memory

B．Tricks’ of Memory

C．The Danger of Forgetfulness and Absent-mindedness

D．Get Rid of Absent-mindedness

As far back as 700 B. C, man has talked about children being cared for by wolves. Romulus and Remus, the legendary（传说的）twin founders of Rome, were said to have been cared for by wolves. It is believed that when a she-wolf loses her litter, she tries to get human child to take its place. This seemingly foolish and unreasonable idea did not become believable until the late nineteenth century when a French doctor actually found a ten-year-old boy having nothing on wandering in the woods. He didn’t walk upright, could not speak understandably, nor could he relate to people. He only growled（嗥叫）and stared at them. Finally the doctor won the boy’s confidence and began to work with him. After many long years of devoted and patient teaching, the doctor was able to get the boy to clothe and feed himself, recognize and say a number of words, as well as write letters and form words.
The French doctor found the boy ________.
　　A. wandering in the woods 　　　B at his doorstep
　　C. growling at him 　　　　　　 D. speaking understandably
In this passage, the word “litter” in line 3 most nearly means ________.

A．garbage

B．master

C．hair

D．baby animals

The doctor was able to work with the boy because ________.

A．the boy had never lost his mind	B．the boy trusted him
C．the boy liked to dress up	D．the boy worked very hard

Which of the following statements is not true?

A．She-Wolves have been said to replace human children for their lost litter.

B．Examples of wolves caring for human children can be found only in the nineteenth century.

C．The French doctor succeeded in training the boy to enjoy the human life somewhat.

D．The young boy never was able to speak perfectly.

In this passage, the word “relate to” most nearly means ________.

A．tell

B．understand

C．listen to

D．write to

In many societies, there is often greater acceptance of light skin than dark skin. Light skin may be seen as a mark of beauty, intelligence and success. These beliefs can lead to social pressure even within the same racial or ethnic group, if some members are darker skinned than others.
The result is that skin lightening has become a common activity across Africa, Asia and other areas of the world. More and more people with dark skin are using skin-lightening products, even if they may face health risks.
They believe that having whiter skin will improve their lives. Many people think they will have a better chance of getting a job or marrying into a better family. Or they want to look like what their society generally considers beautiful.
Some beauty care products and soaps contain chemicals that make skin lighter. This process is also called bleaching. But some of the chemicals are extremely dangerous. One of the chemicals has been linked to kidney (肾) damage and some kinds of cancer. It also causes low birth weight in babies when mothers use it during pregnancy.
At first, bleaching products make the skin color lighter. But after long-term use they can cause problems. They can even make some skin darker. The chemicals in the products block and break down the natural process that gives color to skin. The skin loses its natural barrier to protect against sunlight. Then the skin can become thick and discolored. Usually the person will use more of the product in an effort to correct the problem, but this only makes it worse.
Fatimata Ly treats skin conditions in the Senegalese capital，Dakar. Doctor Ly says skin bleaching has become a problem throughout Senegal. She says the chemicals are now more dangerous because they are stronger. Some cases have resulted in blackened fingernails, infections and permanent skin damage.
And these are not the only risks. Experts say some people who change their skin color suffer emotional damage. They feel regret and sadness. They feel that instead of risking their health, they should have learned to love and accept their skin color as it was.
Which of the following words can replace the underlined word “bleaching”?