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At 8:30 this morning the body of a man was _1_________. Someone murdered (谋杀) _____2_____. A small knife was found near the body. The murderer might _3_________ that knife. The police doctor said, “The man died about eight hours _4_________.” So the murder had possibly happened_5________ midnight and one o’clock.

The police __6_______ three men. They didn’t tell the men about the murder.

The first man said he had been at home the whole evening. He had watched television and went to bed early.

The ___7_______ man told the police that he had spent the evening 8_________ with some friends. They had been to the cinema together. He got home at about eleven o’clock.

The third man said he ___9______ nothing about the murder. He told the police, “And I have not owned a knife. I was sleeping at midnight. I didn’t murder Jim Wilson.” The police ___10_______ found who the murder was!

阅读理解

I was sleeping soundly last night when I was awakened by someone’s groans（呻吟）.I listened , and heard it was from Sam，a student from Africa. I really wanted to go on sleeping, as I had insomnia（失眠）and had just fallen asleep, but I couldn’t because Sam groaned louder and louder，showing he was seriously ill.

At that time , Robbie，a student from China , also got up to help. We found some pills，got some water , and helped him sit up to take them, hoping this would make his pain go down a little and get over the difficult time. If only daytime would come soon, everything would become easier.

Things went contrary相反）to our wishes. Sam’s condition developed from bad to worse. We telephoned the emergency service , and in no time an ambulance stopped in front of our gate. We helped the medical（医疗）workers carry Sam to the vehicle，and then both Robbie and I got in and took Sam to the hospital.

We helped him go through many medical examinations. After all kinds of tests，we were told that the final diagnosis（诊断）was appendicitis（盲肠炎）. Luckily , Sam didn’t need an operation because we brought him to the hospital in time. He got timely treatment.

After Sam felt much better , we rushed back to prepare ourselves for the class. We were a little tired , but we had certainly done something good，something right.1.Why couldn’t the writer go on sleeping that night?

2. What does “vehicle” in the third paragraph refer to?

3. Why didn’t Sam need an operation?

4. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?