Question

    Over the years, the small Vermilion Heritage Museum in Alberta, Canada, tried everything in its power to unlock an old safe (保险箱) in its basement: The museum hired blacksmiths, called the manufacturer, contacted former employees and challenged visitors to play around with the safe but nobody had any success.

Until last month, when a visitor to Vermilion cracked the code (密码) on his first try, much to the astonishment of everyone present.

Stephen Mills, from Fort McMurray, Alberta, was on a family camping trip with his wife and his two children. After giving the Mills' family a tour of the whole building, the museum volunteer showed them the objects in the basement, including the mysterious safe.

It originally had belonged to the town's Brunswick Hotel which opened in the early 1900s. When the hotel shut down in the late 1970s, the safe was locked: —and so it had remained.

“It was like a time capsule, nobody had any idea of what was in there,” said Mills.

Like other visitors, Mills was offered the chance to take a crack at opening it.

“Just like you see in the movies,” he said, “I looked at the dial and I saw the numbers were running from 0 to 60. So I thought in my head 20-40-60. I did a particular combination which is three on the right, two on the left, and one on the right, tried the handle … and it opened!””

“It was a 100% guess.” he said. “I was fully amazed. I stepped back a lttle bit and thought,

“I'm buying a lottery ticket tonight!””

The contents of the safe proved a little disappointing.

“Unfortunately, there wasn't what we thought was there,” Mills said. “Some papers, old checks, a waitress' notebook, and a receipt from the hotel. That's it.”

Nonetheless, Mills said everyone was excited about the lucky guess. “My children kept screaming “We beat the code! We beat the code!” he said.

1.Who unlocked the mysterious safe?

A.A visitor. B.A volunteer.

C.A blacksmith. D.An employee.

2.How did Mills unlock the old safe?

A.After several attempts. B.Through accurate calculations.

C.By a random guess. D.With professional guidance.

3.What did Mills think of the contents of the safe?

A.Exciting. B.Unexpected.

C.Impressive. D.Valuable.

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了，加拿大阿尔伯塔省的小朱砂文物博物馆想尽一切办法让锁匠、员工和游客打开地下室的一个旧保险箱，但没有人成功；但直到上个月，一位游客在第一次尝试时破解了密码，这让在场的每个人都非常惊讶。

1.细节理解题。由第二段的句子“Until last month, when a visitor to Vermilion cracked the code (密码) on his first try, much to the astonishment of everyone present.”可知，直到上个月，Vermilion的一位游客在第一次尝试时破解了密码，这让在场的每个人都非常惊讶；所以打开保险箱的是一位游客。故选A项。

2.细节理解题。由倒数第五段的句子“So I thought in my head 20-40-60. I did a particular combination which is three on the right, two on the left, and one on the right, tried the handle ... and it opened!”和倒数第四段的句子““It was a 100% guess.” he said. “I was fully amazed.””可知，（开箱人）Stephen Mills在脑子里想20-40-60，做了一个特殊的组合，三个在右边，两个在左边，一个在右边，试了试把手……然后它打开了，他说这是100%的猜测，并非常惊讶；所以是通过随机猜测打开保险箱的。故选C项。

3.推理判断题。由倒数第三段的句子“The contents of the safe proved a little disappointing.”（保险箱里的东西有点令人失望。）和倒数第二段的句子““Unfortunately, there wasn't what we thought was there,” Mills said. “Some papers, old checks, a waitress' notebook, and a receipt from the hotel. That's it.””（Stephen Mills说：“不幸的是，那里没有我们想象的那样。一些文件，旧支票，女服务员的笔记本，还有一张酒店的收据。就这样。”）可知，Stephen Mills认为保险箱里的东西让人失望，很出乎意料。故选B项。