4．Geoffrey Payne talks for the first time about the night his wife was killed．The judge thought it was he who killed his wife．Now he wrote to a magazine from the prison （监狱） about what happened on the night of 13October 1999．
I had to stay late at the hospital that night to do an operation．I finally left at about 11p．m．I drove home slowly because the weather was terrible-the wind was blowing and it was raining heavly，I was turning into our road when a man suddenly ran in front of my car．I almost hit him but I stopped just in time．I was frightened and the man looked frightened too．I got out of the car but he ran away before I could ask if he was all right．It was very strange．
When I got home，the lights were on but it was very quiet．I called to my wife but there was no answer．Then I remembered that she was out at a concert．
I was still very upset about what happened on the road，so I made myself a drink．Then I went upstairs to have a bath．I saw that the window in the bedroom was open．This was strange because my wife always locked the doors and windows before she went out．She was afraid of burgars．When I went to close it，I found Ellen．She was lying on the floor．There was blood everywhere．I rushed over and felt for her pulse but she was dead．I sat on the floor beside her body and was too frightened to do anything．
The next thing I knew，the sky was getting light．I can't remember a thing about that night．In the morning I phoned the police．They arrived about half an hour after I phoned them．But it seemed like hours．During that time I tried hard to remember anything I could about the night before．I couldn't stop thinking about the man in the road．What was he doing at that time of night in our quiet neighbourhood？Why did he look．so frightened"!Why did he run away？
29．Geoffrey Payne was aA．
A．doctor
B．policeman
C．judge
D．taxi driver
30．After hefound Ellen dead，PayneD．
A．called the police at once
B．called out for help
C．tried to find out who killed his wife
D．sat beside his wife's body without knowing what to do
31．Which of the following is NOT TRUE？B
A．Payne called the police the next morning．
B．Payne could reember clearly what had happened．
C．The policemen arrived thirty minutes after Payne's call．
D．Payne wondered what the man was doing in his neighbourhood that night，
32．In this passage Payne tried toD．
A．say something about his family
B．show he was very sorry for his wife's death
C．tell why his wife was killed that night
D．make people believe the man in the road probably killed his wife．
分析 这篇短文讲述了一个听起来让人心情紧张的Geoffrey Payne的妻子被杀的故事．法官认为是他杀死了他的妻子，现在他在监狱给杂志写了关于1999年10月13号晚上发生的事情．下文作了具体说明．
解答 29 A 推理判断题．根据短文的第二段第一行I had to stay late at the hospital that night to do an operation那天晚上我不得不在医院待到很晚去做一个手术，故推测他是一名医生，故选A．
30 D 细节推理题．根据短文第四段最后一行"was too frightened to do anything"太害怕而不敢做任何事．"too…to"太…而不能，故选D．
31 B 细节理解题．根据短文最后一段"I can't remember a thing about that night．"可知Payne是不记得那件事了，而不是选项C中清楚记得．故B项错误．
32 D 推测理解题：根据文章最后What was he doing at that time of night in our quiet neighbourhood？Why did he look．so frightened"!Why did he run away？那晚的那个时候他在我们安静的街区里干什么？他为什么看起来那么害怕！他为什么逃跑？从这里推测出他写这篇文章的目的是让人们相信路上的那个人可能杀了他的妻子，故选D．
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