20.Mr.Peter Johnson,aged twenty-three,battled for half an hour to escape from his trapped car yesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water.Mr.Johnson took the only esape route---through the boot(行李箱).
Mr.Johnson's car had finished up in a ditch(沟渠) at Romney Marsin,Kent after skidding(打滑) on ice and hitting a bank."Fortunately,the water began to come in only slowly",he said."I couldn't force the doors because they were jammed against the walls of the ditch and dared not open the windows because I knew water would come flooding in."
Mr.Johnson,a sweet salesman of Sitting Home,Kent,first tried to attract the attention of other drivers by sounding the horn and hammering on the roof and boot.Then he began his struggle to escape.
Later he said,"It was really a half penny that saved my life.It was the only coin I had in my pocket and I used it to open the back seat to get into the boot.I hammered desperately trying to make someone hear,but no help came."
It took ten minutes to open the seat,and a further five minutes to clear the sweet samples from the boot.Then Mr.Johnson found a tool and began to work on the boot lock.Fifteen minutes passed by."It was the only chance I had.Finally it gave,but as soon as I moved the boot lid,the water and mud poured in.I forced the lid down into the mud and climbed out of my car as it filled up."
His hands and arm cut and bruised,Mr.Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby,where he was looked after by the farmer's wife,Mrs.Lucy Bates.Covered with a blanket,he said,"That thirty minutes seemed like hours.""Only the tips of the car wheels were visible,"police said last night.The vehicle had sunk into two feet of mud at the bottom of the ditch."
9.It can be inferred from the passage thatC.
A/the police helped Mr.Johnson get out of the ditch
B.the accident happened on a clear warm day
C.the ditch was along a remote country road
D.Mr.Johnson had a tender wife and was well attended
10.Which of the following statements is True according to the passage?D
A.Mr.Johnson's car stood on its boot as it fell down.
B.Mr.Johnson could not escape from the door because it was full of sweet jam.
C.Mr.Johnson struggled in the mud as he opened the back seat.
D.Mr.Johnson's car accident was partly due to the icy road.
11.The underlined part"Finally it gave"( in Paragraph 5 ) means thatB.
A.Luckily the door was torn away in the end
B.The lock came open after all his efforts
C.At last the tool went broken
D.The chance was lost at the last minute
12.What would be the best title for this passage?D
A.The story of Mr.Johnson,a sweet salesman
B.Car boot can serve as the best escape route
C.The driver survived a terrible car accident
D.The driver escaped through the car boot.
分析 本文记述了Mr.Johnson由于车祸被困于水下车内半个小时,最后死里逃生的故事
解答 9-12 CDBD
9 C 推断判断题.根据第4段最后一句 but no help came 及最后一段的第一句 Mr.Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby 可推知地点是在寂静的农村,此题答案为C.
10 D 细节理解题.根据第2段第一句…skidding on ice and hitting a bank冰面打滑,可知这次事故是因为路面滑造成的,所以答案选D.
11 B 词句理解题.根据其上文 …work on the boot lock 及下文 but as soon as I moved the boot lid,the water and mud poured in 可推知锁是被打开了,所以答案为B.
12 D 主旨大意题.根据第1段 Mr.Peter Johnson…escape from his trapped car…through the boot.Peter Johnson先生…从他被困的汽车里逃出来,主要写了被困水下死里逃生的故事,可归纳出文章的标题为答案D.
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