Question

Luke says, “At first I was shocked that somebody would do such a thing, but then I saw Jenifer’s      and knew that I had to do something. I jumped up and started chasing him down the street and calling‘Thief,  stop !’but nobody seemed      in stopping him. They were too busy staring, like it was a     or something. Luckily, I play soccer for the school team, so I’ve been training all year and I’m in pretty good shape, so I      to catch up with him on Third Avenue and knocked him down. Once he was on the     I sat on top of him and waited for the police to come. I know that people say you shouldn’t do that kind of thing,      you never know what the person can do to you, but I didn’t think about that at the time. I was too    ”

However, Jennifer is not the only one who’s grateful for Luke’s bravery. After police had arrested(送签捕) the thief, they     his apartment and found over a hundred stolen cell phones and, perhaps more    , an address book full of names of various criminal contacts(犯罪联络)， most of whom have now been brought in for     as police try to break a growing ring of cell phone criminals.

Cell phone theft(盗窃)is only one of a number of technology – related crimes that police say are on the rise. Businesspeople have been told to be extra    with their notebook computers, which are an easy target(目标) for criminals, and new police apartments are being set up to     crimes. In the last week alone, the New York Police Department has     over six hundred calls from people relating to one of the above crimes.

Thanks to Luke’s bravery and quick thinking, Jennifer didn’t     one of those victims (受害者) , and she knows      she’s going to thank Luke - by taking him for another meal at the same Indian restaurant. This time, however, she’s going to keep her cell phone in her purse.

1.A. purse        B. phone     C. head          D. face

2.A. pleased      B. frightened   C. interested     D. excited

3.A. game        B. movie    C. story          D. joke

4.A. managed     B. tried      C. hoped         D. meant

5.A. floor        B. grass       C. ground        D. bed

6.A. because      B. so         C. if             D. although

7.A. nervous      B. sad        C. brave.         D. angry

8.A. broke        B. searched   C. sold          D. discovered

9.A. important     B. common   C. similar        D. dangerous

10.A. questioning  B. testing    C. pretending     D. stealing

11.A. serious      B. safe       C. patient        D. careful

12.A. care for     B. deal with   C. think about  D. belong to

13.A. made       B. checked   C. received     D. refused

14.A. trouble    B. offer       C. become       D. believe

15.A. why       B. how        C. when         D. whether

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.C

6.A

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.A

11.D

12.B

13.C

14.C

15.B

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：本文讲述了Duke和好友Jennifer 在一家餐馆吃饭，Jennifer手机被偷，Duke毫不犹豫英勇擒贼，最终将贼抓获，送交警察，警察在搜小偷家时发现更重要的犯罪信息，从而提醒市民，尤其是商人要如何预防手机犯罪和相关科技犯罪的思考。

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3. or something”，这里只有电影最合适，这是抓贼的场景，不是游戏，故事和笑话，这个场景是动态的，像电影一样最符合逻辑，因此选择 B.

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8.iscovered发现。警察逮捕了小偷后，根据常理判断，应该是搜查他的公寓。因此选择 B.

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考点：故事类短文。