课时规范训练(单独成册)

　　训练(四十二)

　　Ⅰ.阅读理解

　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　A

　　While we are on the subject of crime，our listener question this week comes from Mohamad Firouzi in Iran.He wants to know about the history of Alcatraz Island and the prison that once operated there.

　　Alcatraz Island is in the harbor of San Francisco，California.It is best known for being a federal prison，which was also called “The Rock.” It was once the most famous prison in America.

　　Alcatraz was a military prison from the late eighteen fifties until the nineteen thirties.Then it became a federal prison for the country’s worst criminals.These included murderers，bank robbers and kidnappers.One of the main reasons federal officials chose Alcatraz Island to detain these prisoners was because they thought it would be impossible for prisoners to escape.

　　Cold，deep and dangerous waters surround the island.Also，the distance between the island and San Francisco is too far for most humans to swim.No prisoner was ever officially reported to have successfully escaped.

　　However，in nineteen sixty­two，three men broke out of the prison.Each man worked very hard at night for many months to cut through the stone wall of his cell.They made false heads out of paper，paint and hair.On the night of June eleventh，the men placed the heads in their beds to make it look as if they were sleeping.Then，the prisoners escaped through the holes in their cells to get to the water.The men were never seen or heard from again.It is believed that they drowned while trying to swim to San Francisco.

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