One of Britain’s bravest women told yesterday how she helped to catch suspected police killer David Bieber -- and was thanked 21 flowers by the police. It was also said that she could 22___ a share of up to £30,000 reward money.
Vicki Brown, 30, played a very important role in 23 the nationwide manhunt. Vicki, who has worked at the Royal Hotel for four years, told of her terrible 24 when she had to steal into Bieber’s bedroom and to watch him 25 . Then she waited alone for three 26 while armed police prepared to 27 the building.
She said, "I was very nervous. But when I opened the hotel door and saw 20 armed policemen
28 in the car park I was so glad they were there.”
The alarm had been raised because Vicki became suspicious of the guest who 29 in at 3 pm the day before New Year’s Eve with little luggage and 30 sunglasses and a hat pulled down over his 31 . She said, "He didn’t seem to want to talk too much and make any eye contact." Vicki, the only employee on duty, called her boss 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 32 man. Then they kept in touch by phoning Vicki
33 15 minutes.
"It was about ten past two in the morning 34 the phone went again and a policeman said ‘Would you go and make yourself known to the armed officers outside?’. My heart missed a 35 ."
Vicki quietly showed eight armed officers 36 passages and staircases to the top floor room and 37 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, 38 I could see the passage. The police kept 39 at the man to come out with his hands showing. Then suddenly he 40 have come out because they shouted for him to lie down while he was handcuffed (带上手铐)。
A.to B.with C.in D.at
A.beginning B.interrupting C.pausing D.ending
A.stories B.experience C.moment D.day
A.secretly B.happily C.interestedly D.unexpectedly
A.burn B.destroy C.step D.storm
A.come up B.crowded up C.lined up D.taken up
A.checked B.signed C.ordered D.handed
A.stealing B.getting C.wearing D.moving
A.shoulder B.face C.stomach D.ankle
A.charged B.escaped C.wanted D.found
A.each B.other C.every D.another
A.when B.while C.which D.that
A.knock B.hit C.beat D.slap
A.across B.over C.into D.through
A.turned B.handed C.stretched D.reached
A.and B.or C.therefore D.but
A.speaking B.whispering C.shouting D.scolding
A.would B.could C.must D.might
Whenever we hear about “the homeless”, most of us think of the Developing World. But the 26 is that homeless is everywhere. For example, how many of us would expect to see people living on the streets of a 27 country like Germany?
Kurt Muller and his wife Rita have spent eleven years making 28 for the homeless of Berlin, Germany’s capital. They first 29 one long hot summer when most Germans were 30 on holidays. Kurt and his wife stayed at home, made sandwiches,31 a table in the street and gave food to the homeless.
The Mullers soon realized that food and clothing weren’t 32 . “What these people also need is warmth and 33 ,” says Rita. The Mullers didn’t 34 to give their phone number to the street people and told them to phone anytime. Rita 35 there was somebody at home to answer the phone and their home was always 36 to anyone who couldn’t face another night on the street.
The couple were soon 37 all their time and money, so Kurt visited food and clothing companies to 38 donations. Today, over thirty companies 39 donate food and other goods to the cause and volunteers help to 40 them to the homeless. The public also give clothes and money and a shoe producer 41 new shoes.
Kurt and Rita receive no 42 for their hard work.. “We feel like parents,” says Rita, “and parents shouldn’t 43 money for helping their children. The love we get on the street is our salary.” Though Rita admits she often gets 44 , she says she will continue with her work because she likes the feeling of having made a 45in the world.
A.result B.truth C.reason D.idea
A.traditional B.developing C.typical D.wealthy
A.preparations B.houses C.meals D.suggestions
A.began B.met C.called D.left
A.asleep B.alone C.across D.away
A.brought up B.set up C.put aside D.gave away
A.enough B.necessary C.helpful D.expensive
A.fame B.freedom C.courage D.caring
A.hesitate B.agree C.pretend D.intend
A.make sense B.found out C.make sure D.worked out
A.open B.crowded C.noisy D.near
A.costing B.wasting C.taking D.spending
A.pay for B.ask for C.look into D.carry out
A.completely B.calmly C.regularly D.roughly
A.advertise B.sell C.deliver D.lend
A.donates B.produces C.designs D.collects
A.permission B.payment C.direction D.support
A.borrow B.raise C.save D.expect
A.surprised B.excited C.tired D.amused
A.profit B.difference C.decision D.rule
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并从答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
I sat in the all-too-quiet waiting room of the cancer center, counting the minutes until my treatment. I thought I'd36 it two years ago, but it was back. After my 37 diagnosis, Nom and Dad had driven more than l,200 miles from their home to be with me for three 38 while I was getting over from 39 and chemotherapy(化疗). When the cancer returned last, they, once again, 40 it here , too. They waited for hours while I received my treatments------Dad with his41 and Mom with a magazine.
But now, they were 42 in Westlake.
My children are 43 and my four brothers live far from my home outside Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania. I knew44 of them would come if asked, but I didn't want to 45 them,even with the intense 46 I felt.
I 47 picked one of the magazines on the end table beside me and couldn't help wishing my 48 were there inside. One publication caught my 49 , a magazine I liked best and had 50 to ages ago. I couldn't tell you the last time when I'd read an issue. I 51 it up and I started right in with the letters to the 52 .
"I love 53 my copy every month," the first letter began. The author mentioned a daughter who 54 in Clinton, Pennsylvania. Huh, that's funny. I thought. That's my town! I read the letter to the end, where my55 fell upon the author's signature:
"Thank you, Margie and Tom Parrish, Westlake, Louisiana"
Alone? Hardly. Margie and Tom-or as I call them, Mom and Dad-were right beside me,even now.
A.treated B.beaten C.infected D.operated
A.first B.terrible C.invisible D.last
A.days B.months C.years D.hours
A.illness B.hospital C.work D.surgery
A.made B.put C.hoped D.arrived
A.pen B.glasses C.Bible D.smile
A.in hospital B.back home C.at work D.in town
A.youn B.caring C.struggling D.full-grown
A.any B.some C.none D.both
A.scare B.disappoint C.surprise D.trouble
A.loneliness B.pride C.happiness D.anger
A.half-heartedly B.carefully C.seriously D.anxiously
A.brothers B.children C.friends D.parents
A.thought B.mind C.eye D.hand
A.referred B.subscribed C.turned D.contributed
A.put B.picked C.set D.broke
A.editor B.writer C.producer D.reader
A.editing B.sending C.receiving D.organizing
A.studied B.worked C.died D.lived
A.gaze B.touch C.thought D.sense
Last weekend, my kids along with a few other kids from the neighborhood volunteered to help me wash my car.My 10-year-old daughter came up with the idea of 31 other people’s cars as well.It was pretty 32 outside and I had no plans to 33 being in the bright sun.She 34 wanted to give lemonade(柠檬汽水)to passers-by for free.I had seen little kids 35 and sell fresh lemonade for a small cost but not free.Although I felt 36 , I decided to help her.
37 she asked me, “What if we 38 this a smile car wash?” I couldn’t hold back my tears and 39 her and the other kids to go outside the house and come up with 40 ideas.While I kept myself busy in drying the car, the gang walked up to me with a(n) 41 with beautiful images of smiles.They had “Free Car Wash” written on it and the 42 of their exercise was “smile”.It was pretty neat to see a team of kids ranging 5-11 years with the 43 to do something for others.
All that seemed 44 and came right from their heart.Nothing seemed to 45 to them: their playtime, the heat outside—they just wanted to 46 others and do something nice in the community!
I helped them make some fresh lemonade and brought out some additional 47 to help clean cars.Passers-by were 48 and one even shouted back to them saying “God Bless You, my kids…” One of them even tried giving them 5 dollars, which they refused.A pretty heartwarming 49 !
I feel blessed by being 50 by such wonderful and loving souls.
A.drying B.repairing C.washing D.decorating
A.quiet B.hot C.different D.dirty
A.suggest B.avoid C.continue D.practise
A.further B.therefore C.already D.hardly
A.choose B.enjoy C.buy D.serve
A.worried B.popular C.confused D.difficult
A.Finally B.Simply C.Then D.Luckily
A.show B.leave C.make D.order
A.challenged B.expected C.invited D.encouraged
A.creative B.ready C.changed D.familiar
A.board B.picture C.idea D.car
A.purpose B.trouble C.secret D.theme
A.need B.duty C.imagination D.sense
A.important B.disappointing C.hopeful D.natural
A.matter B.mean C.belong D.refer
A.relax B.try C.help D.smile
A.food B.rags C.money D.fruit
A.interested B.amazed C.bored D.frightened
A.scene B.scenery C.story D.view
A.supported B.understood C.refused D.surrounded
When 16-year-old Ella Fitzgerald stepped onto the stage to perform at Harlem’s Apollo Theater in 1934, she had no idea that her life was about to change. Her childhood had been36 . After the death of her parents, Fitzgerald had been placed in a boarding school. 37 , the teachers at the school mistreated her, 38 she ran away. Homeless and orphaned, Fitzgerald was trying her best to 39 on the streets of New York City when she won a contest to perform during an amateur night at the Apollo. She had 40 planned to dance, but at the last second, she decided to sing her mother’s favorite song 41 . Her performance earned her 42 from several well-known musicians. Ella Fitzgerald went on to become a 43 jazz singer.
During a musical career that spanned six decades, Fitzgerald 44 more than 200 albums. She won 13 Grammy Awards, the last of which she received in 1990. She worked with some of the greatest American singers of the twentieth century, including Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, and Dizzy Gillespie. Her talent and charm 45a wide range of listeners around the world. The worldwide 46 of Ella Fitzgerald helped make jazz a more popular genre.
Until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, the United States 47 African American citizens the same treatment 48 white citizens received. Fitzgerald’s manager and her band 49 to perform at places where discrimination was practiced. They also decided not to perform unless they were paid the same 50 as white singers and musicians. Ella’s fight for 51 received support from numerous celebrity admirers, including Marilyn Monroe. Fitzgerald never took her good fortune for granted. She gave money to charities and organizations that contributed to 52 disadvantages children. For her many civic contributions, in 1992 President George Bush 53 her the Presidential Medal of Honor, one of the highest honors 54 to civilians.
In 1991, Fitzgerald gave her 55 performance in New York’s Carnegie Hall. Although Ella Fitzgerald died in 1996, the American “First Lady of Song” continues to live in the hearts and ears of music lovers worldwide.
A.rich B.rough C.tiresome D.happy
A.Importantly B.Unforgettably C.Naturally D.Unfortunately
A.therefore B.but C.so D.then
A.survive B.experience C.learn D.stand
A.strangely B.blindly C.originally D.probably
A.in spite B.instead C.in place D.though
A.jealousy B.recognition C.reputation D.gratitude
A.creative B.dependent C.undiscovered D.distinguished
A.released B.sold C.copied D.showed
A.compared with B.appealed to C.composed of D.depended on
A.celebration B.admiration C.relaxation D.indication
A.denied B.supported C.offered D.hated
A.which B.what C.that D.like
A.decided B.refused C.started D.afforded
A.number B.quantity C.amount D.lots
A.wealth B.future C.equality D.agreement
A.caring for B.playing with C.preferring to D.taking after
A.rewarded B.awarded C.paid D.presented
A.accessible B.inadequate C.available D.official
A.best B.vivid C.open D.final
“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. “If you can carry on, one day something good will happen. And you’ll 16 that it wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous 17 .”
Mother was right, 18 I discovered after 19 from college in 1932. I had decided to try for a job in radio, then work my way 20 sports announcer. I hitchhiked(搭便车) to Chicago and knocked on the door of 21 station—and got 22 every time. In one 23 , a kind lady told me that big stations couldn’t 24 hiring inexperienced persons. “Go out in the sticks and find a small station that’ll give you a 25 .” she said.
I thumbed home to Dixon, Illinois. While there was no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local 26 to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I 27 . The job sounded just right for me. 28 I wasn’t hired.
My disappointment must have shown. “Everything happens for the best,” Mom 29 me. Dad 30 me the car to job-hunt. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur, told me they had 31 hired an announcer.
As I left his office, my 32 boiled over. I asked aloud, “How can a fellow get to be a sport announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station?” I was waiting for the elevator 33 I heard MacArthur calling, “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he stood next to me before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an 34 game.
On my way home, as I have many times since, I thought of my mother’s words: “if you carry on, one day something good will happen. Something wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous disappointment”. I often 35 what direction my life might have taken if I’d gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.
A.realize B.recognize C.request D.receive
A.disappointment B.excitement C.pressure D.anxiety
A.what B.as C.when D.how
A.studying B.working C.living D.graduating
A.up to B.out at C.up for D.down to
A.every B.many C.a few D.some
A.taken down B.broken down C.turned down D.put down
A.room B.image C.studio D.stage
A.risk B.avoid C.mind D.regret
A.trouble B.chance C.choice D.change
A.adviser B.athlete C.photographer D.composer
A.applied B.assisted C.approved D.admitted
A.And B.But C.However D.So
A.reminded B.praised C.demanded D.informed
A.supplied B.provided C.prepared D.offered
A.still B.even C.already D.yet
A.distinction B.frustration C.impression D.expression
A.until B.when C.while D.as
A.visible B.bitterness C.imaginary D.satisfactory
A.think B.suspect C.doubt D.wonder