五、阅读短文,回答问题
It was 9 p.m. Detective Brown was reading a book at home. Suddenly, the power was broken. Five minutes later, there was a loud noise. Then, a near house was burned. Detective Brown ran there at once. The owner of this house was an old woman. She was very sad. Then she said to the detective, "Luckily, I was buying something in a shop, otherwise..."
"There was a smell of gas at the scene," the detective said. "The explosion (爆炸) should be caused by the gas leakage (泄露)."
At this time, one policeman came here. "The fire started burning from the bedroom."
The old woman said, "But in my bedroom, there was just a bed, a phone and a box. Why?"
The policeman replied, "It's very strange. The power happened to break when the fire happened. So, it's possible to be caused by power leakage."
"It seems that it is a murder," Detective Brown said. The policeman found out that the old woman's nephew (侄子) Roy was the suspect. Because the old woman had a lot of jewellery and had them insured (上保险). And Roy would get everything after the old woman passed away. But Roy wasn't there when the fire happened. It could be proved that he was in the hotel which was 10 km away.
The detective asked, "Did Roy go to the old woman's house that night?" "Yes. He finished his dinner and left at half past eight o'clock," the policeman answered. Detective Brown thought for a few minutes and said, "It was made by Roy. It's Roy who cut off the phone line and turned on the gas. When the house was filled with gas, he would call the old woman. Then, the fire would come out."
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前3题每题的答案不超过10个词,第4题答案词数不限。
1. When did the explosion happen?
At 9:05 p.m.
2. Where did the fire start?
From the bedroom.
3. How many characters are mentioned in the story?
Four.
4. What might happen at the end of the story?
Roy was arrested by the police because Detective Brown found out his criminal method.
