Question

  I was recently on a working trip to Mumbai. One evening I 1        an auto rickshaw (電動人力車) home from work. It was around 6 pm and there was 2        rush-hour traffic. Because of this the rickshaw was travelling at a snail's pace.

  I was 3     in my own thoughts,thinking about the day's events,when a Mumbai traffic warden (交通管理員) appeared and slapped the driver three times,quite 4     ,across his face.

  I was 5      by this sudden turn of events!I asked the driver to take the rickshaw to one side of the street and 6      . I asked what had happened. He said that,by mistake,he had 7     the traffic warden's shoes. I told him he should have stopped and 8      . But,at the same time,I knew that the driver did not 9     getting beaten up like that!

  So,I asked the driver to accompany me to the 10     wherethe traffic warden was directing the traffic.

  Then I in a gentle 11        told him that the rickshaw driver 12        his mistake and wanted to apologize for it. The warden,who was all set to react again when he 13        the driver,calmed down on14         my words and the tone of my voice. The driver accepted his 15        but started complaining loudly that he did not deserve to get beaten up. The heated discussion began to attract a crowd. 16     ,good sense pre?vailed (獲勝) and the traffic warden accepted the apology of the rickshaw driver. I 17        both of them to shake hands,which they did and they parted as friends.

  We went back to the rickshaw and proceeded to my destination. As I finished paying the 18        he said in a soft voice, "Sahib,19        you for what you have done.” Hearing those words I knew I had made a ( n) 20      in somebody's life.

1. A. repaired   B. fetched   C. pulled   D. took

2. A. weak   B. tense   C. heavy   D. tough

3. A. busy   B. lost   C. good   D. careful

4. A. quickly   B. violently   C. seriously   D. shortly

5. A. shocked   B. delighted

   C. puzzled   D. embarrassed

6. A. charge   B. serve   C. stop   D. bear

7. A. come over   B. thought over   C. knocked over   D. run over

8. A. apologized   B. complained   C. returned   D. beaten

9. A. ripen   B. deserve   C. require   D. sharpen 

10. A. relation   B. man   C. spot   D. quality 

11.A. sigh   B. noise   C. sound   D. voice 

12.A. accepted   B. received   C. got   D. wanted 

13. A. waited   B. saw   C. found   D. managed 

14. A. retelling   B. informing   C. relating   D. hearing 

15.A. mistake   B. apology   C. thought   D. opinion 

16.A. Fortunately   B. Frankly

   C. Suddenly   D. Frequently 

17.A. advised   B. persuaded   C. warned   D. reminded 

18.A. expense   B. fee   C. fare   D. price 

19. A. praise   B. scold   C. forgive   D. thank 

20.A. effort   B. promise   C. difference   D. point

Answer 1

[文章大意]本文講述了作者在孟買工作時，一天晚上下班后在乘電動人力車回家的途中，幫助解決了人力車司機(jī)與交通管理員之間的一次小糾紛的故事。

1. D根據(jù)下文中的"home from work"可知，作者是乘坐電動人力車下班回家。

take乘坐;repair修理;fetch (去) 拿來；pull拉，拖，拔。

2. C由下文中的"Because of this the rickshaw was travel?ling at a snail's pace."知，這個人力車正以極慢的速度行進(jìn)。由此可知此時處于交通高峰期，所以選C項。

heavy 過度的，嚴(yán)重的；weak虛弱的;tense緊張的，繃緊的； tough困難的，強(qiáng)硬的。

3. B由下文的"thinking about the day's events"可知，此處應(yīng)選B項。

be losl m全神貫注于，陷人沉思。

4. B由第六段的最后一句話"...but started complaining loudly that he did not deserve to get beaten up. " 知，交通管理員打了這個人力車司機(jī)的臉三下，而且很用力。故選B項。

violently猛烈地，強(qiáng)烈地；quickly迅速地;se?riously嚴(yán)肅地，認(rèn)真地；shortly立即，馬上。

5. A由下文的"this sudden turn of events"可知，此處應(yīng)為"震驚的 (shocked) ", delighted高興的;puzzled迷惑的; embarrassed j£M) 的。

6. C因為出現(xiàn)了突發(fā)事件，所以作者讓人力車的司機(jī)把車?yán)�到路邊并且停下來。所以選C項。

7. D根據(jù)下文知，人力車司機(jī)壓到了交通管理員的腳。

run over在... 上駛過，碾過；come over過來，改變立場； think over仔細(xì)考慮;knock over打翻，撞倒。

8. A根據(jù)第六段首句"Then I in a gentle-.. told him that the rickshaw driver... his mistake and wanted to apologize for it.知，"我"告訴他，他應(yīng)該停下來并且道歉。故選A項。complain抱怨;return返回;beat打敗。

9. B根據(jù)第六段尾句"."but started complaining loudly that he did not deserve to get beaten up."可知，"我”知道^機(jī)不該挨打，故選deserve ,意為"應(yīng)受，值得"。ripen (使) 成熟；require要求;sharpen削尖，磨快。 

10. C從上文知，作者U:人力車司機(jī)停在路邊并且力向交通管理員道歉。且從句子的結(jié)構(gòu)分析，where引^定語從句，其先行詞應(yīng)為表地點的名詞。故選C項。spot地點，場所。 

11. D根據(jù)下文的"the tone of my voice"可知，此處應(yīng)選D 項。in a gentle voice用輕柔的聲音。 

12. A由下文的"…wanted to apologize for it.”可知選ac-cept ,意為"承認(rèn)，接受"。

receive收到，接到;_get得到; want想要。

13. B由第五段的"…I asked the driver to accompany me…"可知，人力車司機(jī)與作者一起到交通管理員那兒去道歉。由此知"^這位交通管理員看見這位司機(jī)時……"。故選B項。 

14. D由下文的”my words and the tone of my voice"可知, 此處應(yīng)選D項。retell復(fù)述;inform通知;relate講述，敘述。 

15. A根據(jù)本段第一句話中的"mistake"可知，此處選A 項。apology道歉;thought想法;opinion想法，意見。 

16. A根據(jù)下文中的"...good sense prevailed (獲勝) and the traffic warden accepted the apology of the rickshaw driver."可知，該題選A項。fortunately幸運地;frankly 坦白地;suddenly突然地;frequently經(jīng)常地，頻繁地。 

17. B根據(jù)下文的"...which they did and they parted as friends."可知，"我"勸他們?nèi)ノ帐�，而且成功了。故選B 項。persuade說服，勸服;advise建議(但是所建議的事情不一定成功) ；warn警告;remind提醒。 

18. C由第一段的內(nèi)容可知，作者乘電動人力車回家。而本段的內(nèi)容說明作者到了H的地，所以是在付車費。故選C項。fare意^;"車費，路費"。而fee指的是"服務(wù)費，酬金(如付給私人教師、醫(yī)生等的酬金) "。 

19. D 由上文的內(nèi)容可知，作者幫助人力車SI機(jī)解決了與交通管理員的糾紛，因此人力車司機(jī)感謝他。故選I) 項。 

20. C make a difference有影響，起 (重要) 作用。句意：聽到那些話，我知道我已經(jīng)在他人的生活中起到了一定的作用。

make an effort努力;make a promise答應(yīng)，允諾; make a point發(fā)表論點，證明一個論點。