单选题 Mr. Peter Johnson, aged twenty-three, battled for half an hour to escape from his trapped car yesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water. Mr. Johnson took the only escape route—through the boot (行李箱).
Mr. Johnson'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. Johnson said. "I couldn't force the doors because they were jammed against the walls of the ditch and dared not open the windows because I knew water would come flooding in."
Mr. Johnson, 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 (拧开) the back seat to get into the boot. I hammered desperately with a hammer trying to 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. Johnson found a wrench and began to work on the boot lock. Fifteen minutes passed by."It was the only chance 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 and bruised (擦伤), Mr. Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby, where he was looked after by the farmer's wife, Mrs. Lucy 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.

单选题 What is the best title for this newspaper article?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 主旨题。根据第一段Mr.Peter Johnson…escape from his trapped car…through the boot和第四段It was really a half penny that saved my life.可归纳出文章的标题为答案C。
单选题 Which of the following objects is the most important to Mr. Johnson?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。根据第四段Mr.Johnson所说的话及他后面所做的事情可知本题答案为C。
单选题 Which statement is true according to the passage?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。根据第二段第一句…skidding on ice and hitting a bank.可知答案为C。
单选题 "Finally it gave" (Paragraph 5) means that______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。根据其上文…workonthebootlock及下文…butassoonasImovedtheboot lid,the water and mud poured in.可知答案为A。
单选题 It may be inferred from the passage that______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 推理题。根据第四段最后一句but no help came及最后一段的第一句Mr.Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby可知地点是在寂静的农村,答案为B。