Comprehension Test 阅读理解

White Death 白色死亡

Tim Vicary （著）

1 Match a number from A with a letter from B to make complete sentences. 在 B 部分中选择
合适的序号与 A 部分组成完整的句子。

A
1      Stephen put the toothpaste in the bag ...

2      Sarah was visiting different countries with Stephen, ...

3      Hassan bought a lot of toothpaste ...

4      Sometimes Sarah felt ill ...

5      The airport policemen found the heroin ...

B
a ... because he cleaned his teeth very often.

b ... but then they separated.

c ... after someone telephoned them.

d ... because she was going to have a baby.

e ... because he wanted Hassan to die.

20 marks

2 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)? 判断以下句子正确（T）或错误（F）。

a      Mr Cheng was a Police Inspector.

b      Anna waited a long time outside the prison.

c      Sarah bought the three tubes of toothpaste.

d      Stephen wanted Sarah to die.

e      Inspector Aziz arrested Sarah and Hassan.

f      Hassan’s family were very poor.

g      Sarah was very afraid in the court.

h      Anna visited Stephen in the afternoon.

i      All the toothpaste was in Hassan’s bag.

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 j      Hassan sold heroin in his country.

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3 Fill in the gaps in the following dialogue. 完成下面的对话。

Sarah Mother, don’t be angry, please. I’m ............... have a baby. It’s Hassan’s baby. We 

wanted to come to England, and tell you about it there, but now we can’t. I 

love ..............., and he wants to be ............... husband, mother. Mother? 

Please ............... be angry.

Anna Oh, Sarah! What’s ............... happen to your baby?

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4 Which of these people speak to the court? Tick the correct names. 是谁在法庭上发言？选
出正确的人名。
a      Stephen

b      The airport policeman

c      Hassan

d      Sarah

e      Anna Harland

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5 Write a short summary of the story. (What happened at the airport? What happened in the
court? Who put the drugs in the bags? Why?) 写一小段故事梗概。
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Multiple-choice Test 选择题

White Death 白色死亡

Tim Vicary

Setting 故事背景

Choose the best answer. 选择适当的答案。

1 Sarah Harland is _____.
a [ ] at school b [ ] on a ship c [ ] in prison d [ ] at home
2 Sarah’s mother _____.
a [ ] comes to visit her b [ ] telephones her c [ ] emails her d [ ] writes to her
3 Anna Harland can only see her daughter for _____.
a [ ] one minute b [ ] ten minutes c [ ] an hour d [ ] one day
4 Sarah’s new boyfriend is _____.
a [ ] a policeman b [ ] Hassan c [ ] a lawyer d [ ] Stephen
5 The police stop Sarah when she is at _____.
a [ ] the airport b [ ] the railway station c [ ] her house d [ ] a party
6 The police arrest Sarah because there is _____ in her bag.
a [ ] money b [ ] a bomb c [ ] whisky d [ ] heroin
7 _____ was on the same plane as Sarah and Hassan.
a [ ] Anna b [ ] Inspector Aziz c [ ] Stephen d [ ] Mr Cheng
8 Sarah is going to _____.
a [ ] buy some drugs b [ ] have a baby c [ ] marry Stephen d [ ] fly to Australia
9 The story happens in _____.
a [ ] a hot country b [ ] a quiet town c [ ] England d [ ] a cold country
10 The law says that people who bring heroin into that country must _____.
a [ ] go to prison for a long time b [ ] leave the country
c [ ] die d [ ] pay a lot of money
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Characters 人物

Choose the best answer. 选择适当的答案。

11 Stephen was Sarah’s boyfriend for _____.

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 a [ ] fifteen years b [ ] a month c [ ] a few days d [ ] two years
12 Mr Cheng is _____ lawyer.
a [ ] the police b [ ] Sarah and Hassan’s c [ ] Stephen’s d [ ] Anna’s
13 _____ likes going to different countries.
a [ ] Anna b [ ] Mr Aziz c [ ] Sarah d [ ] Mr Cheng
14 Hassan is a _____ young man.
a [ ] rich b [ ] bad c [ ] lazy d [ ] poor
15 Inspector Aziz _____ Mrs Harland.
a [ ] doesn’t like b [ ] is sorry for c [ ] doesn’t want to talk to d [ ] is angry with
16 The person who telephoned the airport police about Sarah and Hassan was _____.
a [ ] Anna b [ ] Mr Cheng c [ ] Stephen d [ ] Inspector Aziz
17 Last year Hassan’s father gave him a new _____.
a [ ] television b [ ] car c [ ] house d [ ] watch
18 _____ is ill because of heroin.
a [ ] Stephen b [ ] Hassan c [ ] Inspector Aziz d [ ] Sarah
19 Sarah wants to be a _____.
a [ ] policewoman b [ ] pilot c [ ] lawyer d [ ] doctor
20 _____ is going to England to talk to Stephen’s mother and father.
a [ ] Inspector Aziz b [ ] Anna c [ ] Mr Cheng d [ ] Sarah
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Dialogue 对话

Who said this? 是谁说的这些话？

21 ‘I want to see my daughter. It’s very important.’
a [ ] Mr Cheng b [ ] the police lawyer c [ ] Inspector Aziz d [ ] Anna
22 ‘Hassan’s important to me now, not Stephen.’
a [ ] Anna b [ ] Mr Cheng c [ ] Sarah d [ ] Inspector Aziz
23 ‘I arrested your daughter three days ago. I’m very sorry for you.’
a [ ] the police lawyer b [ ] Mr Cheng c [ ] the judge d [ ] Inspector Aziz
24 ‘I always tell you the truth, you know that.’
a [ ] Sarah b [ ] Stephen c [ ] the airport policeman d [ ] Hassan
25 ‘They can sell these tubes of heroin in our country for perhaps eighty thousand pounds.’
a [ ] the police lawyer b [ ] Mr Cheng c [ ] Hassan d [ ] Anna
26 ‘Someone telephoned me before the plane arrived.’

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 a [ ] Inspector Aziz b [ ] Mr Cheng c [ ] the airport policeman d [ ] Anna
27 ‘Sarah did not buy the toothpaste. I bought it.’
a [ ] Stephen b [ ] the airport policeman c [ ] Hassan d [ ] Anna
28 ‘He likes playing with girls, but he doesn’t love her!’
a [ ] Anna b [ ] Stephen c [ ] Inspector Aziz d [ ] Hassan
29 ‘You don’t usually look in everyone’s bags. There isn’t time.’
a [ ] Mr Cheng b [ ] Stephen c [ ] Hassan d [ ] the airport policeman
30 ‘My first girlfriend left me for a new man.’
a [ ] Stephen b [ ] Inspector Aziz c [ ] the police lawyer d [ ] Mr Cheng
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Vocabulary 词汇

Choose the best answer. 选择适当的答案。

31 to take someone to prison
a [ ] throw b [ ] stop c [ ] arrest d [ ] carry
32 not dirty
a [ ] clean b [ ] young c [ ] new d [ ] cold
33 this tells you what is right and wrong in a country
a [ ] book b [ ] law c [ ] story d [ ] prison
34 making a lot of noise
a [ ] angrily b [ ] quietly c [ ] quickly d [ ] loudly
35 people must go here if they do bad things
a [ ] hospital b [ ] airport c [ ] hotel d [ ] prison
36 when something costs a lot of money
a [ ] cheap b [ ] fast c [ ] expensive d [ ] new
37 the place where people listen to law cases
a [ ] police station b [ ] court c [ ] hospital d [ ] lawyer
38 a man who is married
a [ ] brother b [ ] wife c [ ] son d [ ] husband
39 to give something to someone in exchange for money
a [ ] sell b [ ] lend c [ ] buy d [ ] borrow
40 to have bad, angry feelings about someone or something
a [ ] kill b [ ] hate c [ ] laugh d [ ] leave
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 Plot 情节

Choose the best answer. 选择适当的答案。

41 The police look in Sarah and Hassan’s bags because _____.
a [ ] Sarah is English b [ ] they look in everyone’s bags
c [ ] Sarah and Hassan are young d [ ] someone telephoned them
42 When Sarah arrived in the country, she had _____.
a [ ] eighty thousand pounds b [ ] no money
c [ ] about a thousand pounds d [ ] about fifty pounds
43 The police find drugs in three _____.
a [ ] bottles of water b [ ] packets of cigarettes
c [ ] tubes of toothpaste d [ ] boxes of sugar
44 At first, Anna thinks that _____ put drugs in her daughter’s bag.
a [ ] the airport police b [ ] Hassan c [ ] Inspector Aziz d [ ] Stephen
45 Sarah doesn’t like Stephen now because he is _____.
a [ ] older b [ ] fat c [ ] lazy d [ ] different
46 Stephen talks very _____.
a [ ] quickly b [ ] quietly c [ ] slowly d [ ] carefully
47 The night before their flight, Sarah and Hassan were in _____.
a [ ] prison b [ ] England c [ ] Hassan’s country d [ ] Australia
48 Stephen wanted _____ to die.
a [ ] Hassan b [ ] Sarah c [ ] the police lawyer d [ ] Anna
49 Anna knows Stephen is ill because she is _____.
a [ ] a policewoman b [ ] his friend c [ ] a doctor d [ ] a nurse
50 In the end, Anna wants to _____ Hassan.
a [ ] kill b [ ] say goodbye to c [ ] know more about d [ ] marry
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White Death

1 1 e
2 b
3 a
4 d
5 c

2 a F
b T
c F
d F
e T
f F
g T
h F
i F
j F

3 going to, him, my, don’t, going to

4 b, c, d

5 Possible content for students’ answers.

Stephen put the heroin into the bags and then telephoned the airport police. The police found
the drugs inside three tubes of toothpaste.
They discovered that Stephen put the heroin in the tubes because he wanted Hassan to die.

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White Death
Setting
1 c
2 a
3 b
4 b
5 a
6 d
7 c
8 b
9 a
10 c

Characters
11 d
12 b
13 c
14 a
15 b
16 c
17 b
18 a
19 d
20 b

Dialogue
21 d
22 c
23 d
24 a
25 a
26 c
27 c
28 b
29 a
30 b

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Vocabulary
31 c
32 a
33 b
34 d
35 d
36 c
37 b
38 d
39 a
40 b

Plot
41 d
42 d
43 c
44 b
45 d
46 a
47 d
48 a
49 c
50 c

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