Mrs. Green was over seventies, but she still drove her old car like a woman half her age. She loved driving very fast, and was proud of the that she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished a driving offence(犯规, 犯法).
Then one day she nearly her record. A police car her, and the policeman in it saw her a red light without stopping. Of course, she was stopped. It seemed that she would be punished. When Mrs. Green came up to the , he looked at her seriously and said that she was old to drive a car, and that the why she had not stopped at the red was most probably that her eyes had bee weak old age, so that she had simply not seen it.
When the judge had finished what he was , Mrs. Green opened the big handbag she was and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she a needle with a very small eye, and threaded it at her first attempt.
When she had done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your . I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight. ”
The judge took the and tried to thread it. After half a dozen tries, he had still not succeeded. The case against Mrs. Green was , and her record unbroken.
【小题1】A．fact B．actionC．skill D．age【小题2】A．aboutB．onC．toD．for【小题3】A．keptB．wonC．missedD．lost【小题4】A．watchedB．chasedC．followed D．stopped【小题5】A．passB．goC．runD．rush【小题6】A．sureB．able C．certainD．like【小题7】A．police B．judgeC．officerD．captain【小题8】A．soB．very C．tooD．quite【小题9】A．causeB．reasonC．matterD．trouble【小题10】A．lightB．lamp C．sign D．one【小题11】A．withB．becauseC．forD．of【小题12】A．speakingB．sayingC．talkingD．telling【小题13】A．holdingB．gettingC．carrying D．bringing【小题14】A．tookB．broughtC．pickedD．chose【小题15】A．almostB．hardlyC．successfully D．successful【小题16】A．bothB．allC．neitherD．either【小题17】A．timeB．turn C．chanceD．job【小题18】A．threadB．glassesC．needlesD．needle【小题19】A．dismissed B．passedC．settledD．studied【小题20】A．wasB．keptC．seemedD．remainedA
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【文章大意】70多岁的老太太开车闯了红灯, 在警察面前她轻松地把线穿过针眼, 这不仅避免了惩罚, 还使多年安全开车的纪录得以保持。
【小题1】选A。词语辨析题。结合句意分析句子结构可知空格后的句子“that she had never. . . been punished a driving offence. ”是她为之骄傲的具体内容, 即与要填入的名词为同位关系, 故用fact(事实)。action行动; skill技能; age年龄, 都不能与that从句形成同位语。
【小题2】选D。习语搭配题。根据句意“她很自豪35年来从来没有因为违反交通法规而受到惩罚。”, punish sb. for sth. 由于某事而惩罚某人。
【小题3】选D。逻辑推理题。结合上文知道她始终保持着35年来没违规的纪
录, 但下文说到她闯了红灯, 因此说那天她差点丢了这个纪录。lose丢掉, 符合句意。keep a record保持纪录。
【小题4】选C。背景常识题。警车跟在她后面, 用followed, 而watched不妥, 因为主语是警车, 而不是人。chase追赶, 根据上下文可知动作发生在警察发现她闯红灯之前, 警车在此之前没有理由追赶她或阻拦(stop)她。
【小题5】选A。逻辑推理题。根据下文的without stopping可知她pass a red light(闯红灯), 如用go, 则要用go by。
【小题6】选C。习语搭配题。此处缺少表语形容词, 因为主语为it, 相当于it is certain that句式, 故用certain, 不用sure, able, 因为sure, able常以人作主语; like一般不用于这一句式。
【小题7】选B。词汇复现题。根据下文第三段的内容可知对她的行为及年龄做出评论的是the judge, 故选B项。
【小题8】选C。习语搭配题。根据句意“她年纪太大了不能再开车了”可知这里是too. . . to. . . 结构, 表示“太……而不能……”。
【小题9】选B。词语辨析题。reason是说明某事或某现象的理由, 而cause则指火灾、水灾或事故的起因。此处在考查固定句式: the reason why. . . is that. . . ……的原因是……。
【小题10】选A。词汇复现题。根据上文可知她没有在红灯时停下来。“红灯”用red light。
【小题11】选A。逻辑推理题。根据句意“由于年龄老了, 她的视力不行了。”可知选表示原因的介词, 解释引起前面形容词weak的原因要用介词with, 此处相当于because of。
【小题12】选B。逻辑推理题。在宾语从句中what很显然作的是动词的宾语, 可排除speak, 因为讲某种语言时它才是及物动词; 强调说话的内容用say。
【小题13】选C。词语辨析题。根据句意可知她拿出了随身携带的手提包。表示随身携带, 不强调方向性, 用carry, 而bring则表示由远往近带来。
【小题14】选D。词语辨析题。此处是挑了一根小眼的针, 用took, brought和picked都要加up或out。
【小题15】选C。逻辑推理题。从下文内容来看, 老太太显然是成功了。修饰动词用副词。
【小题16】选A。词语辨析题。根据句意可知此处指针和线两者, 所以用both。
【小题17】选B。习语搭配题。it’s your turn表示轮到你了。很显然老太太想让警察穿针来证明她眼神很好。
【小题18】选D。词汇复现题。根据后面说他要thread it, 可知他要把线穿过针眼。刚谈过针线之事。
【小题19】选A。逻辑推理题。根据警察和老太太穿针的对比, 证明了警察的结论是错误的, 所以警察的指控是错误的, 故老太太的案子被取消了。be dismissed被取消了。
【小题20】选D。逻辑推理题。根据文章内容可知老太太的35年未违规的纪录仍然没被打破。remained“依然是”, 表示过去是这样, 现在仍然保持这一状态。seemed语气不够肯定; kept此处应用was kept。