2. 外语
  3. At 3 a. m. ,Jack Mills was sitting at the controls of the mail (邮件) train. The train was made up of 13 cars. At the end of the t

At 3 a. m. ,Jack Mills was sitting at the controls of the mail (邮件) train. The train was made up of 13 cars. At the end of the t

admin2012-08-21  33
问题     At 3 a. m. ,Jack Mills was sitting at the controls of the mail (邮件) train. The train was made up of 13 cars. At the end of the train,71 mailmen sat sorting(分类)the mail. Inside the second car,there were only five mailmen and 128 bags full of five-pound notes. This train had run more than 100 years without being robbed. At three minutes past three, Mills and his helper,David Whitby,saw a yellow warning light. They slowed the train,and then stopped. Whitby went to the telephone beside the track,it was out of order. Then he saw a man moving between the second and third cars. Before Whitby could give a warning ? he was knocked down by two men. Mills was ordered to drive the train to a bridge that crossed a road. The last eleven cars with all the mailmen had been disconnected by the robbers. At the bridge,the bags of money were unloaded(卸下)from the train and thrown into waiting trucks. One of the robbers who obviously knew the schedules (时间表) of all the trains kept looking at his watch. At 3：45 he said,"That will have to be enough. "The robbers escaped with more than 2500000 pounds!
The robbery took place______.
选项 A、in the railway station
B、in the early morning
C、after three o’clock in the afternoon
D、after 3 ：45
答案B
解析 at 3 a．m．，是清晨三点钟，故选in the early morning。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/ONwd777K
本试题收录于： 公共英语二级笔试题库公共英语（PETS）分类
0

公共英语二级笔试

公共英语（PETS）

相关试题推荐
随机试题
最新回复(0)