() 1.The man ______ my house and stole my money last night.
A.broke away
B.broke out
C.broke down
D.broke into

D

"broke away"表示挣脱；"broke out"指爆发（战争、火灾等）；"broke down"意为出故障、分解；"broke into"表示闯入。句意为“昨晚那个男人闯入我家偷了钱”，"broke into"符合语境。

() 2.The police said that the victim was wounded ______ a knife and bled ______ death ______ a result.
A.by; with; for
B.with; to; as
C.with; for; as
D.by; to; for

B

第一空“被刀伤害”用“with a knife”表工具；第二空“流血致死”是固定搭配“bleed to death”；第三空“结果”用固定短语“as a result”。综上选B。

() 3.We are all very surprised at her ______ as she was quite well yesterday.
A.die
B.dead
C.death
D.died

C

本题主要考查词性辨析。题干大意为“我们对她的____非常惊讶，因为她昨天还很好。”题干中“her”为形容词性物主代词，后面需要接名词。选项A为动词原形；选项B为形容词；选项C为名词；选项D为动词过去式。
选项A，die为动词原形，表示“死亡”的动作，不符合前面的分析。
选项B，dead为形容词，表示“死的”状态，不符合前面的分析。
选项C，death为名词，表示“死亡”的事实或状态，符合前面的分析。
选项D，died为动词过去式，表示“死亡”的动作已经发生，不符合前面的分析。
因此，本题的正确答案是：C.death。

() 4.In the dark, the little girl held her ______ and listened carefully.
A.breathe
B.breath
C.breathing
D.breathed

B

hold one's breath 为固定短语，意为“屏住呼吸”，此处需用名词 breath。A 是动词“呼吸”，C 是动名词/现在分词，D 是动词过去式/过去分词，均不符合语法。

() 5.The police will offer ______ 10,000 ______ any useful information.
A.a prize of; for
B.the award for; of
C.the prize for; of
D.a reward of; for

D

"prize"侧重竞赛等获得的奖品，"award"侧重官方奖励，"reward"侧重因帮助等获得的报酬。警方为有用信息提供的是报酬，用"reward"；"offer a reward of + 金额 + for sth"为固定搭配，意为“为某事提供……金额的报酬”。

() 6.The man who is ______ in a black jacket is a detective from Australia.
A.dressing
B.wearing
C.putting on
D.dressed

D

"be dressed in"是固定搭配，意为“穿着……”，符合题意。A.dressing后需接宾语；B.wearing表状态，但“be wearing+衣物”结构中，wear为及物动词，空后有介词in，不搭配；C.putting on表动作，且不与in搭配。故答案为D。

三、阅读理解
The police have many ways of catching criminals. One way of catching them is by fingerprinting. Fingerprinting is the study of the patterns on our fingertips. We have known that no two fingerprints are exactly the same for hundreds of years. However, it wasn't until 1910 that the first criminal in the USA was convicted(定罪) using fingerprint evidence.
Early on the morning of September 19, 1910, Hiller's wife noticed that the light which they usually left on was off. When Hiller went to find out what was happening, he saw a stranger at the top of the stairs. The stranger had broken in and wanted to steal. Hiller and the stranger started to fight, but the stranger had a gun. He shot Hiller twice and ran away.
Hiller's wife ran to Hiller when she heard the gunshots but found him dead. So she called the police. Soon after, the police caught Thomas Jennings, not far from the Hillers' house.
The only problem was no one saw the criminal. However, the police had started using fingerprinting at that time. According to Hiller's wife, only several hours before Hiller's death, he had painted some wood near the kitchen window. Then the police checked the wood completely and found some fingerprints in the wet paint.
During the trial(审判), the police proved that the fingerprints belonged to Jennings, and he was convicted of Hiller's murder. Since then, fingerprinting has helped in the conviction of hundreds of thousands of criminals.
() 1. What helped the police convict the murderer of Hiller?
A.
B.
C.
D.

() 2. Which paragraph shows how Hiller was killed?
A. Paragraph 1.
B. Paragraph 2.
C. Paragraph 3.
D. Paragraph 4.
() 3. What is the CORRECT order of the case?
① The stranger shot Hiller twice and ran away.
② Jennings was convicted of Hiller's murder.
③ Hiller saw a stranger at the top of the stairs.
④ Hiller painted some wood near the kitchen window.
⑤ The police found Jennings's fingerprints in the wet paint.
⑥ The police caught Jennings, not far from the Hillers' house.
A. ③→④→①→⑤→⑥→②
B. ③→④→⑤→①→②→⑥
C. ④→③→①→⑤→②→⑥
D. ④→③→①→⑥→⑤→②
() 4. How does the writer end the passage?
A. By drawing a conclusion.
B. By providing a surprise ending.
C. By leading in a question.
D. By showing an endless discussion.

1. B
2. B
3. D
4. A