Question

Streit was an experienced safecracker who never used force —either against people or safes (保險箱). He was a real artist of his trade and it took him only 19 minutes to open the most difficult safe he had ever encountered. In about 10 years, helped by his brother Stefan and two friends, he took about $330,000 —from the safes of 28 banks in Austria. On his last job, early in 1999, he left the safe door open and $80,000 behind. With the money ws a note, "We don’t need all that much."

     A witness (目擊者) recognized his car and Streit was caught by the police. Then he was sent to Austria’s Stein Prison to serve a six-year sentence. He boasted (吹噓) at his trial that he would continue breaking the law, "I am a thief and I shall use every opportunity." Despite the warn-ing, prison officials moved Streit to the prison’s blacksmith (鐵匠) shop. One day during the week before Christmas, Streit disappeared. Searchers found all his doors were well locked. Streit had managed to make a set of keys and let himself out.

     Not to freedom, though. After crossing into Bavaria, Streit attracted the suspicion (懷疑) of German customs police on purpose and got himself arrested. "I want to be in a German prison,"he explained to the surprised police. "As German courts give much milder (溫和的) sentences for crimes like mine and will reduce the time I would otherwise have served in Stein Prison."

     In prison, Streit persuaded his keepers to let him make a Christmas Eve telephone call to his former keeper, Karl Schreiner of Stein Prison. "I’m sorry if I caused trouble. I didn’t want to embarrass anybody by escaping. Conditions weren’t that bad. In fact the food was better than it is here."

1.The underlined word "safecracker" in the first paragraph means "_________".

A．prisoner          B．criminal           C．stealer            D．Robber

2.What’s the correct order of the following events?

a. Streit was caught by German customs police.

b. Streit left a note in the bank.

c. Streit was sent to Stein Prison.

d. Streit worked in a blacksmith shop.

e. Streit escaped from prison.

A．d-b-a-c-e          B．b-a-c-d-e          C．b-c-d-e-a          D．d-b-c-e-a

3.What helped Streit escape from prison?

A．His living alone in prison.                  B．His good relations with the prison officials. C．His cooperation with other prisoners.                    D．His working in the blacksmith shop.

4.Streit was finally caught because _______.

A．his car was recognized by someone         B．he left a note in the bank safe   C．he was recognized by customs police D．he made a phone call to his former keeper

5.Streit preferred to serve his time in Germany because _______.

A．he hated working in the blacksmith shop in the Austrian prison        B．the life of prisoners in Germany was better than those in Austria’s            C．he wouldn’t have to stay that long in a German prison   D．he could escape more easily from a German prison

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.C

3.D

4.C

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文用很幽默的口吻介紹了一個很厲害的小偷，以及他在監獄里來去自如的故事。

1.C 推理題。根據第二段1,2行  A witness (目擊者) recognized his car and Streit was caught by the police. Then he was sent to Austria’s Stein Prison to serve a six-year sentence.說明這個人是一個專門偷竊保險箱的小偷，故Streit was an experienced safecracker中的safecracker是指盜竊行為，故C正確。

2.C 排序題。根據文章第二段和第三段前3行A witness (目擊者) recognized his car and Streit was caught by the police. Then he was sent to Austria’s Stein Prison to serve a six-year sentence. He boasted (吹噓) at his trial that he would continue breaking the law, "I am a thief and I shall use every opportunity." Despite the warn-ing, prison officials moved Streit to the prison’s blacksmith (鐵匠) shop. One day during the week before Christmas, Streit disappeared. Searchers found all his doors were well locked. Streit had managed to make a set of keys and let himself out.

Not to freedom, though. After crossing into Bavaria, Streit attracted the suspicion (懷疑) of German customs police on purpose and got himself arrested. "說明C項的順序正確。

3.D 推理題。根據第二段Despite the warn-ing, prison officials moved Streit to the prison’s blacksmith (鐵匠) shop. One day during the week before Christmas, Streit disappeared. Searchers found all his doors were well locked. Streit had managed to make a set of keys and let himself out.說明他正是在鐵匠店里配到了鑰匙，然后逃跑了，故D項正確。

4.C 細節題。根據倒數第二段1,2行  Not to freedom, though. After crossing into Bavaria, Streit attracted the suspicion (懷疑) of German customs police on purpose and got himself arrested.說明海關的官員認出了他，并把他逮捕，故C項正確。

5.C 推理題。根據文章倒數第二段"As German courts give much milder (溫和的) sentences for crimes like mine and will reduce the time I would otherwise have served in Stein Prison."說明C項內容正確。

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點評：本文用很幽默的口吻介紹了一個很厲害的小偷，以及他在監獄里來去自如的故事。要求考生在閱讀理解整體語篇的基礎上，把握文章的真正內涵。要吃透文章的字面意思，從字里行間捕捉有用的提示和線索，這是推理的前提和基礎;要對文字的表面信息進行挖掘加工，由表入里，由淺入深，從具體到抽象，從非凡到一般，通過分析、綜合、判定等，進行深層處理，符合邏輯地推理。不能就是論事，斷章取義，以偏概全。