On a warm Monday, Jenny Neilson bought a sandwich and parked her car under some trees. Rolling down the windows to 36 in fresh air, she settled back to enjoy her lunch. Suddenly she 37 a big bald（秃顶的）man running through the parking lot. Before she came to 38 what would happen, the man was there, shouting through her window. “Get out!”
Neilson 39 .
Pulling open her door, the man seized her 40 the neck and hair, and threw her out of the car onto the ground. She screamed, 41 her purse and the keys.
Two reporters of the local newspaper, Robert Bruce and Jeff Jackson, just outside their office building on a 42 , heard the screams and began running.
When they 43 Neilson’s car, the attacker had jumped into the driver’s seat and was 44 searching for the keys. Bruce opened the door, and he and Jackson dragged the man out. The attacker 45 back. But even in his cornered panic, he was no 46 for the two athletic men.
Reggie Miller, a worker of the local newspaper, heard the screams, too. He rushed back to the office to 47 the police, and then ran back with some plastic ropes —— used to tie up newspapers.
With his arms 48 tightly behind him, the prisoner looked up and said 49 , “I hope you guys feel good about yourselves – you just caught one of the most wanted men.” They 50 him and waited for the police.
Later, Bruce and Jackson were shocked to learn the man was the 51 carjacker（劫车者） and suspected murderer, whose 52 —but with a full head of hair – had been recently printed in their own newspaper.
Neilson considers herself lucky 53 she suffered injuries. She believes the story might have had a 54 ending if those good people had not e to her aid. “Unfortunately,” she says, “many people would 55 have done what they did, and that is the real truth.”
【小题1】A．bringB．gatherC．letD．send【小题2】A．recognizedB．noticedC．watchedD．met【小题3】A．imagineB．understandC．realizeD．conclude【小题4】A．refusedB．struggledC．escapedD．obeyed【小题5】A．byB．aroundC．withD．on【小题6】A．buryingB．forgettingC．grabbingD．offering【小题7】A．tripB．visitC．holidayD．break【小题8】A．startedB．reachedC．enteredD．stopped【小题9】A．carefullyB．patientlyC．disappointedlyD．madly【小题10】A．foughtB．turnedC．jumpedD．shouted【小题11】A．targetB．matchC．equalD．panion【小题12】A．phoneB．remindC．inviteD．beg【小题13】A．rolledB．foldedC．tiedD．bent【小题14】A．angrilyB．kindlyC．warmlyD．coldly【小题15】A. caught B. ignored C. forted D thanked.
【小题16】A．ordinaryB．outstandingC．honestD．professional【小题17】A．characterB．backgroundC．pictureD．story【小题18】A．thoughB．butC．andD．when【小题19】A．ridiculousB．differentC．strangeD．similar【小题20】A．sometimesB．foreverC．oftenD．neverC
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(答案→)C
解析：这篇短文中，讲述Neilson坐在车里吃午餐，遇到袭击者劫车，报社员工抓劫车者并把疑犯交给警察的故事。
【小题1】考查动词辨析把握动作发生的时间先后顺序进行考虑：Neilson摇下车窗（rolling down the windows）、放进新鲜空气（to let in fresh air）、仰坐在座位上（settled back）、吃午餐（to enjoy her lunch），同时注意短语动词let in，可以从两个单词的意思猜出let in的含义（让……进来）。bring in赚入，引进，send in提交，gather聚集。选C
【小题2】Neilson此时正在吃午餐，只可能是无意中看到（noticed）这个高个秃顶的人跑过来。recognize认出，watch仔细观看，meet碰到。选B。
【小题3】她还没意识到（realize）发生了什么，那个人就在她的车窗外大叫（shouting），叫她滚出来，understand理解，imagine想象，conclude断定；选C，
【小题4】她当然拒绝（refused）。她的反应也可以从下句的描述（pulling, seized, threw）得到印证。escape逃跑，struggle搏斗，obey服从。选A。
【小题5】考查词汇搭配，也可以说是英语中的一种常用表达方式，by与表示“抓、握、擒”的动词搭配，seized her by the neck and hair的意思是“抓住她的脖子和头发”。类似的结构还有：catch her by the neck/shoulder/arm, take me by the hand, take the knife by the handle, grab him by the collar等。选A。
【小题6】她尖叫的同时可能会试图抓住（grabbing）她的钱包和钥匙。后面的信息（serching for the keys）也可印证这一猜测的合理性。bury掩埋，forget忘记，offer提供。选C
【小题7】两位当地报社的记者（Bruce and Jackson），听到尖叫声，他们正在办公大楼外干什么？只可能是上班间隙的休息（on a break），而其它三个选项（on a trip / visit / holiday）选D
【小题8】两记者到达（reached）Neilson的车旁时，袭击者（the attacker），也就是前面提到的秃顶人，已坐在车里找钥匙了。start启动，stop停止，enter进入，选B
【小题9】肯定想要马上找到车钥匙，急于把车开走，当然找没找到钥匙不得而知，故用madly（发疯地）carefully仔细地，disppointedly失望地，patiently耐心地，选D
【小题10】，当记者打开车门把他拖出来的时候，袭击者当然会抵抗（fought back）。turn back往回走，翻起，jump跳，shout呼喊；选A
【小题11】在极度惊慌中他也不是两名身强体壮的记者的敌手（注意常用表达be no match for someone）。target靶子，目标，be the equal of与……相匹敌的，panion同伴。选B
【小题12】报社工人（Miller），听到尖叫（heard），冲回办公室（rushed back），给警察打电话（phone），拿着绳子跑回来（ran back）。此时的报社工人肯定不会提醒（remind）、邀请（invite）或者请求（beg）警察。而且，可以从下文的信息（waited for the police）得到印证。选A
【小题13】原先的秃顶人、袭击者成了被抓住的囚犯，with his arms tied（手臂被绑）与the prisoner之间存在语义复现，选C
【小题14】从他所说的话（“希望你们感觉不错，因为你们抓住了一名头号通缉犯。”）可以推测他现在的情感态度，经过一阵惊慌之后，他说话的神情，冷言冷语（coldly），选D
【小题15】后文的信息（the carjacker and suspected murderer），他们没有理睬罪犯（ignored）的话，只是在等候警察。catch抓住，thank感谢，fort安慰。选B
【小题16】此处的逻缉关联（因果关系）有助于我们准确理解合理推测。两位记者感到震惊（shocked）是因为他们抓住的罪犯身份最终确定下来，是一名职业劫车者（professional）选D
【小题17】疑犯的照片（picture）正好最近刊登在他们的报纸上。选C
【小题18】连词题。四个选项分别是表并列的and、表转折的but / though、和表时间的when。此处作者强调的是Neilson感到幸运，注意句子中两个动词的时态（considers, suffered）也会给我们一此提示。选A
【小题19】没有那些好心人的帮助，她的经历当然会有一个不同的（different）结果。ridiculous可笑的，荒谬的，similar相似的，strange陌生的，奇怪的。选B
【小题20】通过故事主人公Neilson的话，很多人可能从不（never）会在他人有难的时候伸手相助。另外，可以从同比排除的角度排除其它三个选项sometimes（有时）、often（经常）、forever（永远）。选D