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A man shot Martin King in Atlanta on 4th April,1968.He drove a white Ford car. Who was he? The police found“Harvey Lowmeyer’s”gun and“John Willard’s”shirt, and then the white car. It was“Eric Starvo Galt’s”car. So what was this man’s real name? Marks on the shirt and the car sent the F.B.I.(美国联邦调查局)to Los Angeles.300 detectives(侦探)questioned people. At last one found a photograph of“Galt”.Then detectives in Atlanta found a fingerprint. It was on a map in “Galt’s”room in a small hotel. One fingerprint was enough. James Earl Ray’s fingerprints were already on the F.B.I. cards. The police watched railway stations, hotels and airports.3 000 detectives were trying to find Ray—without success. The Canadian police were helping too. They looked at 240 000 photographs in their Passport(护照)Office. Then they found one of“Ramon George Sneyd”.“We gave this man a passport last month,”they said.“He went to London on 2nd May.”The man was wearing thick glasses, but he looked like Ray. Then on 8th June, a detective at London Airport saw Sneyd’s name on a passenger list. It was the end of the biggest manhunt(搜捕)in history. The F.B.I. spent 1.4 million dollars, but they got their man.

1.The key to settling the case(案件) was probably the murderer’s______.

A. car　　　　    B.fingerprint　　　　  C.gun　　　　　　　　    D.shirt

2.It took the police ______to catch the murderer.

A.65 days　　　　　　  B.two months　　    C.eight weeks 　　　　　　 D.three months

3.The hunt for Ray cost______dollars.

A. a million and four hundred

B.one million four hundred thousand

C.fourteen million

D.a million four thousand

4.Martin Luther King’s murderer used the name of______.

A.Harvey Lowmeyer when he bought the gun

B.John Willard when he paid for the car

C.Eric Starvo Galt when he lived in Los Angeles

D.James Earl Ray when he came to Atlanta

5.The detective at London Airport caught Ramon George Sneyd because______.

A.Sneyd had a Canadian passport

B.he was sure that he was James Earl Ray

C.Sneyd’s name was not on the passenger list

D.Sneyd was wearing glasses

 

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A man shot Martin King in Atlanta on 4th April,1968.He drove a white Ford car. Who was he? The police found“Harvey Lowmeyer’s”gun and“John Willard’s”shirt, and then the white car. It was“Eric Starvo Galt’s”car. So what was this man’s real name? Marks on the shirt and the car sent the F.B.I.(美国联邦调查局)to Los Angeles.300 detectives(侦探)questioned people. At last one found a photograph of“Galt”.Then detectives in Atlanta found a fingerprint. It was on a map in “Galt’s”room in a small hotel. One fingerprint was enough. James Earl Ray’s fingerprints were already on the F.B.I. cards. The police watched railway stations, hotels and airports.3 000 detectives were trying to find Ray—without success. The Canadian police were helping too. They looked at 240 000 photographs in their Passport(护照)Office. Then they found one of“Ramon George Sneyd”.“We gave this man a passport last month,”they said.“He went to London on 2nd May.”The man was wearing thick glasses, but he looked like Ray. Then on 8th June, a detective at London Airport saw Sneyd’s name on a passenger list. It was the end of the biggest manhunt(搜捕)in history. The F.B.I. spent 1.4 million dollars, but they got their man.

1.The key to settling the case(案件) was probably the murderer’s______.

A. car　　　　    B.fingerprint　　　　  C.gun　　　　　　　　    D.shirt

2.It took the police ______to catch the murderer.

A.65 days　　　　　　  B.two months　　    C.eight weeks 　　　　　　 D.three months

3.The hunt for Ray cost______dollars.

A. a million and four hundred

B.one million four hundred thousand

C.fourteen million

D.a million four thousand

4.Martin Luther King’s murderer used the name of______.

A.Harvey Lowmeyer when he bought the gun

B.John Willard when he paid for the car

C.Eric Starvo Galt when he lived in Los Angeles

D.James Earl Ray when he came to Atlanta

5.The detective at London Airport caught Ramon George Sneyd because______.

A.Sneyd had a Canadian passport

B.he was sure that he was James Earl Ray

C.Sneyd’s name was not on the passenger list

D.Sneyd was wearing glasses

 

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Of all things we eat and drink, water is	1．______
the most important．A study shows which the	2．______
human body can come without food for a long	3．______
time, and 2 or 3 days without water usually	4．______
cause dead．Many people don't understand	5．______
how much water the human body need to work	6．______
and many people don't drink because they are	7．______
thirty．But we often need more water．A man's	8．______
body is 65 to 70 percents of water．Water is	9．______
very important for several different ways．	10．______

Miss Gogers taught physics in a New York school. Last month she explained to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her explanation. She said to them,“Now I have a brother in Los Angeles. If I was calling him on the phone and at the same time you were 75 feet away, listening to me from across the street, which of you would hear what I said earlier, my brother or you and for what reason?”

　Tom at once answered,“Your brother. Because electricity travaels faster than sound waves.”“That’s every good,”Miss Gogers answered; but then one of the girls raised her hand, and Miss Gogers said.“Yes, Kate.”

　“I disagree,”Kate said.“Your brother would hear you earlier because when it’s 11 o’clock here it’s only 8 o’clock in Los Angeles.”

Miss Gogers was teaching her class_________.

A.how to telephone 　    B.about electricity 　 C.about time zone 　  D.about sound

Miss Gogers raised this question because she wanted to know whether______.

　A.it was easy to phone to Los Angeles

　B.her student could hear her from 75 feet away

　C.her students had a good command of her lesson about sound

　D.sound waves were slower than electricity

Tom thought that electricity was _________.

　A.slower than sound waves   　B.faster than sound waves

　C.not so fast as sound waves  　D.as fast as sound waves

Kate thought Tom was wrong because _______.

　A.clocks in Los Angeles showed a different time from those in New York

　B.electricity was slower than sound waves

　C.Tom was not good at physics at all

　D.Tom’s answer had nothing to do with sound waves

Whose answer do you think is correct according to the law of physics?

　A. Tom’s 　     　B. Kate’s 　　C. Bath A and B 　　D. Neither A nor B

Miss Gogers taught physics in a New York school. Last month she explained to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her explanation. She said to them, “Now I have a brother in Los Angeles. If I was calling him on the phone and at the same time you were 75 feet away, listening to me from across the street, which of you would hear what I said earlier, my brother or you and for what reason?”

Tom at once answered, “Your brother. Because electricity travels faster than sound waves.” “That's every good,” Miss Gogers answered; but then one of the girls raised her hand, and Miss Gogers said. “Yes, Kate.”

“I disagree,” Kate said. “Your brother would hear you earlier because when it's 11 o'clock here it's only 8 o'clock in Los Angeles.”

1. Miss Gogers was teaching her class_________.

A. how to telephone 　                 B. about electricity 　

C. about time zone(时区) 　             D. about sound

2.Miss Gogers raised this question because she wanted to know whether______.

A. it was easy to phone to Los Angeles 　   B. her student could hear her from 75 feet away

C. her students had grasped（理解）her lesson .D. sound waves were slower than electricity

3.Tom thought that electricity was _________.

A. slower than sound waves　　         B. faster than sound waves

C. not so fast as sound waves 　　       D. as fast as sound waves

4.Kate thought Tom was wrong because _______.

A. clocks in Los Angeles showed a different time from those in New York

B. electricity was slower than sound waves

C. Tom was not good at physics at all

D. Tom's answer had nothing to do with sound waves

5.Whose answer do you think is correct according to the law of physics?

A. Tom's 　　B. Kate's 　　C. Bath A and B 　　D. Neither A nor B