Question

The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California , USA．

“Police station? A train for Santa Fe hit a truck at the McDonald Street Crossing．Please ________ there at once．With an ambulance, too．A man is badly _________．” said an anxious voice of a young woman．“ And you know I am the …．”

“Please wait! Hi! Hi!” the policeman kept on ________ though the line was cut off．Within a minute , a police car and an ambulance car started off．Before long they got to the crossing, but they _______everything was fine．No accident, no wounded man．

“What a dirty trick!” said the policeman _______．“We must find out that bad________ and …．．”They were just talking about the ________when they heard the whistle of a train which was nearing them quickly．All of a sudden, a truck appeared．It came _______towards them, too．When the truck was passing the crossing, it suddenly _______ to move on．Right then and there, before the eyes of all the policemen _________, the train hit the truck heavily and _______it dozens of meters away．

When Randolph Bruce, the driver, was ________ out of the damaged truck, he was seriously wounded just as the young woman had told on the phone．As he was taken to the _________ in time, his life was saved．

Later the police did whatever they could to _______the man who had telephoned them．It turned out that the young man was a very excellent police officer working far in the neighboring state, who had got the first-hand _______ of this crime as described above．

1.A．call B．come C． go D．notice

2.A．beaten B．treated C． needed D．injured

3.A．talking B．laughing C． crying D．shouting

4.A．．realized B．found C． proved D．wondered

5.A．nervously B．disappointedly C． angrily D．surprisingly

6.A．man B．woman C． child D．driver

7.A．trial B．warning C． program D．punishment

8.A．passing B．turning C． running D．rolling

9.A．refused B．stopped C． continued D．began

10.A．above B．below C． alive D．present

11.A．struck B．met C． caught D．missed

12.A．pushed B．helped C． let D．asked

13.A．company B．house C． station D．hospital

14.A．meet B．punish C． find D．arrest

15.A．information B．result C． advice D．news

Answer 1

1.C

2.D

3.D

4.B

5.C

6.B

7.D

8.C

9.A

10.D

11.A

12.B

13.D

14.C

15.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述的是一個關于預言與事實巧合的故事：一天警察局接到一個女士的報警電話說在一個鐵路和公路的交叉路口發(fā)生了交通事故。一輛貨車與火車相撞，有一個人受了重傷，要求警察帶救護車去救援，當警察和救護車趕到報案人所說的事故地點時，他們看到那里一切正常，并沒有事故發(fā)生。當警察們正為有人報假案而生氣，發(fā)誓要查出報案人時，與報案人所說的相似的事故發(fā)生了……

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2.With an ambulance可以推斷出有人受傷，故選擇D，意為受傷的。選項A意為被擊��；選項B意為被處理；選項C意為被需要。

3.“Please wait! Hi! Hi!”可知警察接到報警電話后很焦急，以及下文though the line was cut off可知警察在電話掛斷后還在叫，故選擇D。意為：大聲吼叫。選項A意為討論；選項B意為嘲笑；選項C意為哭。根據(jù)語意，選擇D。

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5.What a dirty trick可知，警察認為這是惡作劇，他們認為自己被耍了，所以此時應該是很生氣。選項A意為緊張地；選項B意為失望地；選項C意為生氣地；選項D意為令人驚嘆地。根據(jù)語意選擇C。

6.said an anxious voice of a young woman可知報警人為女性。故選擇B。

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8.All of a sudden, a truck appeared．以及報案人對于事件發(fā)生地的描述，可知卡車是往十字路口方向開，也就是警察所站的地方。因此，這輛卡車應該是往警察們這兒開過來。選項A意為經過；選項B意為轉彎；選項C意為跑動，駛過來；選項D意為翻滾。根據(jù)語意，選擇C。

9.A train for Santa Fe hit a truck at the McDonald Street Crossing可知車禍就在十字路口發(fā)生，也就表示當卡車經過路口時，應該停了下來。選擇A意為拒絕做某事，短語為refuse to do sth.；選項B意為停止，短語stop to do，意為停下來去做某事，和后面的move on搭配起來就表示繼續(xù)開；選項C意為繼續(xù)；選項D意為開始做某事。根據(jù)語意，選擇A。

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12.out of the damaged truck, he was seriously wounded可知卡車受損嚴重，以及他受傷嚴重，所以他只有在別人的幫忙下才可以從卡車里出來。選項A意為拉，而在車禍中受傷的人是不可以直接拉的；選項B意為幫助；選項C意為讓；選項D意為要求。故選擇B。

13.his life was saved以及上文與警車同去的救護車可知，這名男子應該是被送到了醫(yī)院，故選擇D，意為醫(yī)院。

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