20．Marie and Michael had been dating for some time，and felt fortunate that even though they had different jobs，they were able to talk with each other through their work almost every day．Michael is a police officer，and Marie is a"911"dispatcher（調(diào)度員），both working for the same police department．
One day，Marie received a call from Michael who said he was out on the road in his patrol car．
"Marie，would you do me a favor？"
"Sure，"Marie answered，happy to have an excuse to talk to him．
"Could you check a license plate for me？I need to see if this guy has any unpaid warrants（罰單）．"Michael explained．
"Okay，spell it for me．"
Michael phonetically spelled out the license plate，using code names，as all police officers do，so Marie would be sure to get the right letter：
William Ida Lincoln Lincoln
Young Ocean Union
Mary Adam Robert Robert Young
Mary Edward
As she did hundreds of times a day，Marie wrote down the letters on a piece of paper，typed them into her computer，and started to run the license check．At first，she was puzzled．This license plate number was too long，even for a personalized plate．Her coworkers，who were in on Michael's"plan"，finally had to say，"Marie，what do those letters spell？"
This time，Marie read just the first letters of each word out loud：W-I-L-L Y-O-U M-A-R-R-Y M-E？
With a cry of joy，Marie was all smiles as she got back on the phone to Michael，who was obviously not following any imaginary"driver"with the fictitious plates but was anxiously waiting in his patrol car for her response．
"Michael，are you there？"Marie began．"Yes，Marie？"he responded，his voice cracking a bit with nervousness．
"My answer is：yes!"
There was no"copping out"（回避） on this proposal!
56．Michael asked Marie to check a license plate for him becauseB．
A．he was too busy to check out the identity of the driver himself
B．he wanted to ask her to marry him in this way
C．Michael needed the information urgently
D．Michael didn't have access to a computer at that time
57．According to the passage，which of the following is TRUE？A
A．Marie didn't find the meaning of the letters at first．
B．Michael had difficulty in finding the owner of the license plate．
C．Marie's co-workers intended to play a joke on her．
D．Michael was asking Marie for help．
58．We can learn from the passageD．
A．Marie found the owner of the plate with the help of her coworkers
B．Michael was following a suspicious driver that day
C．Marie was not good at license check
D．Marie understood Michael's intention at last
59．The underlined word"proposal"in the last paragraph probably meansB．
A．suggestion B．marriage offer C．plan D．purpose．
分析 本文屬于記敘文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了米迦勒要求瑪麗為他檢查一個車牌向她求婚，瑪麗起初沒有找到字母的意思，在明白了米迦勒的用意后果斷的同意了．
解答 56．B．推理判斷題．根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第五段"This time，Marie read just the first letters of each word out loud：W-I-L-L Y-O-U M-A-R-R-Y M-E？"這一次，瑪麗只讀取第一個字母，每個字大聲說出：w-i-l-l y-o-u m-a-r-r-y ME，可知米迦勒要求瑪麗為他檢查一個車牌是為了向她求婚；故選B．
57．A．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第六段"At first，she was puzzled．This license plate number was too long，even for a personalized plate"起初，她疑惑不解，這個車牌號碼太長，甚至個性化的車牌；可知Marie起初沒有找到字母的意思；故選A．
58．D．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段"My answer is：yes!""我的回答是：是的；可知Marie終于明白了米迦勒的用意；故選D．
59．B．詞義推斷題．根據(jù)文章最后一段"There was no"copping out"（回避） on this proposal"沒有"逃避責(zé)任"（回避）對這一提議；有前文可知瑪麗同意了米迦勒的求婚；由此可見這個提議是求婚；故選B．
點(diǎn)評 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進(jìn)行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí)，要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
