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八年级英语阅读训练(七) 一 Last night there was a theft (盗窃案) on the special train in which an official from the British government was travelling to Paris to attend a meeting on European trade. The theft happened while everyone on the train was asleep, and even the police didn’t notice anything unusual until eight o’clock next morning. Fortunately the suitcase(衣箱) in which the official papers had been placed was not stolen. In his speech on the radio this afternoon the official didn’t speak about the theft in a frank (直截了当的)way when he said that he arrived in Paris with only two shirts. Four hours later a TV programme was shown that a French conductor had been caught and sent to a police station because two new expensive suits the British official had lost and a lot of pound notes had been found under the quilt in his room. 1. The best title for this passage is ____ . (A) Police on Special Train Useless (B) Important Government Papers Stolen (C) A Train Theft (D) A British Official Reached Paris With Only Two Shirts 2. The writer of this passage was certain that ____ . (A) the British official lost one of his suitcases before he got onto the ? train (B) one of the British official’s suitcases was stolen after he got off 牋t the train (C) one of the British official’s suitcases was taken away without being 牋?h noticed by anyone at night (D) one of the passengers stole the suitcase from the British official? when he was asleep 3. The British official went to the capital of France because ____ . (A) he would like to pay a visit to the famous city (B) he would see some of his friends at an important trade meeting (C) he would attend a meeting there? (D) he would attend a meeting there in order to do a large trade in silk 4. On the radio the British official ____ . (A) spoke about the theft indirectly (B) didn’t mention(提到) the theft at all (C) spoke about the theft directly(D) wanted to speak about the theft but he forgot to do so 5. A French c