Mr. Peter Green, aged twenty-five, battled for half an hour to escape from his trapped car yesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water. Mr. Green took the only escape route—through the boot(行李箱).

   Mr. Green’s car had finished up in a ditch(沟渠) at Romney Marsin, Kent after skidding on ice and hitting a bank. “Fortunately, the water began to come in only slowly,” Mr. Green said. “I couldn’t force the doors because they were jammed against the wells of the ditch and dared not open the window because I knew water would come flooding in.”

   Mr. Green, a sweet salesman of Sitting Home, Kent, first tried to attract the attention of other motorists by sounding the horn and hammering on the roof and boot. Then he began his struggle to escape.

   Later he said, “It was really a half penny that saved my life. It was the only coin I had in my pocket and I used it to unscrew the back seat to get into the boot. I hammered desperately with a hammer trying or make someone hear, but no help came.”

   It took ten minutes to unscrew the seat, and a further five minutes to clear the sweet samples from the boot. Then Mr. Green found a wrench and began to work on the boot lock. Fifteen minutes passed by. “It was the only chanced I had. Finally it gave, but as soon as I moved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in. I forced the lid down into the mud and scrambled clear as the car filled up.”

   His hands and arms cut the bruised(擦伤), Mr. Green got to Beckett Farm nearby, where he was looked after by the farmer’s wife, Mrs. Lily Bates. Huddled in a blanket, he said, “That thirty minutes seemed like hours.” Only the tips of the car wheels were visible, police said last night. The vehicle had sunk into two feet of mud at the bottom of the ditch.

1. Which of the following objects is the most important to Mr. Green?

A. The hammer.  B. The coin.  C. The screw.  D. The horn.

2. Which statement is true according to the passage?

A. Mr. Green’s car stood on its boot as it fell down.

B. Mr. Green could not escape from the door because it was full of sweet jam.

C. Mr. Green’s car accident was partly due to the slippery road.

D. Mr. Green struggled in the pouring due to the slippery road.

3. “Finally it gave”(Paragraph 5) means that _______.

A. luckily the door was torn away in the end

B. at last the wrench went broken

C. the lock came open after all his efforts

D. the chance was lost at the last minute

4. It may be inferred from the passage that _______.

A. the ditch was along a quiet country road

B. the accident happened on a clear warm day

C. the police helped Mr. Green get out of the ditch

D. Mr. Green had a tender wife and was well attended