Unit 8 Detective stories 单元主题阅读训练（含答案）

9A Unit8单元主题阅读训练 班级_____ 姓名_____ 一、完型填空 Lois Gibson will never forget that day. One evening nearly 45 years ago,a man 1　her house. He asked Gibson to give him all her money. After Gibson refused, the man almost choked(使窒息) her to death.Luckily,Gibson was finally set free. She was too 2　 to call the police.The second day,Gibson turned onto a wrong street while driving. There, she happened to see her attacker being arrested.Suddenly, Gibson saw a reason to return to school and learn more about 　 3 　. Four years later, Gibson became a forensic artist(罪犯素描师). Now 68, the artist has drawn thousands of suspects.About 30 percent of these drawings have 　4　 to an arrest. No one in the world has done better. Gibson still remembers the first time she tried to draw a suspect.She talked to a young man who had 　5　 a murder. The witness was too emotional(情绪激动的) and Gibson couldn't finish her drawing.The suspect looked like he was eating a lemon. 　6　, just a day later,a detective told Gibson that her drawing had helped solve the case."I thought, if that terrible drawing could stop a bad guy﹣﹣like the man who tried to kill me﹣﹣I'm never going to 　7　," Gibson says. There is never a day that goes by when Gibson isn't drawing a suspect. The artist says she wants to help people feel better about something they are 　 8　 going to forget. "When they see the drawing,they see 　 9 　 the bad guy is more likely to be brought to justice(审判),"she says. Some of Gibson's friends expect her to create 10　 things, just like other artists.She doesn't.Why " It's addictive(使人上瘾的) if you catch one suspect," Gibson says."You want to get another." 1. A.broke down B.broke out C.broke into D.broke away 2. A.brave B.scared C.lazy D.old 3. A.art B.business C.crimes D.detectives 4. A.turned B.moved C.come D.led 5. A.done B.planned C.seen D.solved 6. A.Instead B.Moreover C.However D.Otherwise 7. A.finish B.stop C.work D.understand 8. A.never B.always C.ever D.sometimes 9. A.hope B.life C.purpose D.reason 10. A.useful B.living C.simple D.beautiful 二、阅读理解 A Agatha Christie is undoubtedly queen of the detective story. Many people have fallen in love with her creations—Hercule Poirot, a famous Belgian detective and Miss Marple, an old lady who is also an amateur(业余的) detective. As I am a big fan of Agatha Christie, let me share with you an interesting story about her. The famous writer never forgot that night when she met a robber many years ago. That evening, she was invited to a birthday party which lasted until 2 o’clock in the morning. Agatha walked in the quiet street alone. Suddenly from the shadow of a dark building a tall man with a sharp knife in his right hand ran out at her. “Good morning, lady,” the man said in a low voice, “I don’ t think you wish to die here!” “What do you want ” Agatha asked. “Your earrings. Take them off!” Agatha suddenly had a bright idea. She tried to cover her necklace with the collar ... ...