阅读理解。
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 climbed out as the car filled up."
His hands and arms cut and bruised, 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.
1. Which of the following objects is the most important to Mr. Johnson?
A. The hammer.
B. The screw.
C. The coin.
D. The horn.
2. "Finally it gave"(Paragraph 5) means that _____.
A. Luckily the door was torn away in the end
B. At last the wrench went broken
C. The chance was lost at the last minute
D. The lock came open after all his efforts
3. Which statement is true according to the passage?
A. Mr. Johnson’s car stood on its boot as it fell down.
B. Mr. Johnson’s car accident was partly due to the icy road.
C. Mr. Johnson could not escape from the door because it was full of sweet jam.
D. Mr. Johnson struggled in the pouring mud as he unscrewed the back seat.
4. What is the best title for this newspaper article?
A. The Story of Mr. Johnson, A Sweet Salesman
B. Driver Escapes Through Car Boot
C. Car Boot Can Serve As The Best Escape Route
D. The Driver Survived A Terrible Car Accident