Question

The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California, US. “     station? A train for Santa Fe collided (相撞) a    at the McDonald Street Crossing. Please come here at once. With an ambulance, too. A man is badly wounded,” said an anxious voice of a young woman.

  “OK. We’ll come soon. Please stay there and wait.” Replied the policeman.

  Within a minute, a police car and an ambulance     off. Soon they got to the crossing, but only to find everything was fine. No collision, no wounded man.

  “What a dirty     !” said the policeman angrily. “ We must find out that woman and…”

  They had not been able to say anything about a      when they heard the whistle of a train was nearing them quickly. All of a sudden, a truck appeared. It came     towards them, too. When it was passing the crossing, it suddenly     to move on. Right then and there, before the eyes of all the people present, the train collided with the truck heavily and struck it dozens of metres away.

  When Randolph Bruce, the driver, was helped out of the damaged truck, he was badly wounded just as the young woman had predicted on the phone. As he was taken to hospital in time, he was     at last. Later the police did whatever they could to     the woman who had      them, but failed.

  It is really     that a prediction should agree with the fact so     .

1.A. Weather    B. Railway C. Fire       D. Police

2.A. bus    B. truck     C. taxi        D. train     

3.A. turned        B. took      C. set         D. walked

4.A. call     B. signal    C. trick      D. arrangement        

5.A. reward       B. praise   C. thanks   D. punishment 

6.A. turning       B. running          C. starting D. passing

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

8.A. saved          B. dead     C. awake   D. alive     

9.A. find    B. attack    C. award   D. thank   

10.A. laughed   B. visited   C. repeated       D. telephoned 

11.A. exciting    B. pleasing         C. surprising      D. interesting   

12.A. equally     B. truly              C. exactly               D. carefully      

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.C

5.D

6.B

7.B

8.A

9.A

10.D

11.C

12.C

【解析】

試題分析：文章寫的是一個預言應驗的故事。一個年輕婦女打電話到警局稱十字路口發生了車禍，有人重傷。當警察和救護車趕到時，并沒有看到車禍，警方認為這是一個惡作劇。就在這時，一輛卡車停在了十字路口，被駛來的火車撞毀了。

1.考查名詞辨析。A天氣；B鐵路；C火；D警察。根據“The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond”可知，年輕女性是在給公安局打電話，故選D。

2.考查名詞辨析。A公交車；B卡車；C出租車；D火車。根據“All of a sudden, a truck appeared.”可知，火車撞上了一輛卡車，故選B。

3.考查動詞辨析。A轉向；B拿走，花費；C設置；D散步。Within a minute, a police car and an ambulance     off.接到電話報警之后，警車和救護車很快出發了，set off出發，故選C。

4.考查名詞辨析。A喊叫；B信號；C玩笑，惡作劇；D安排。根據“but only to find everything was fine. No collision, no wounded man.”可知，所謂的電話報警是有人給警察開了一個玩笑，故選C。

5.考查名詞辨析。A獎賞；B表揚；C感謝；D懲罰。They had not been able to say anything about a      when they heard the whistle of a train還未來得及定下一個懲罰報警人的辦法，這時，一輛火車呼嘯而來，故選D。

6.考查動詞辨析。A轉向；B奔跑；C開始；D通過。a truck appeared. It came     towards them, too.卡車向警察這個方向駛來，故選B。

7.考查動詞辨析。A繼續；B拒絕；C開始；D停止。When it was passing the crossing, it suddenly     to move on.當行駛到十字路口時，卡車突然停止前行了，A、C與句意不符，stop to do是停下來開始做另一件事，排除A、C、D；故選B。

8.考查形容詞辨析。A被拯救的；B死亡的；C醒著的；D活著的。As he was taken to hospital in time, he was     at last.卡車司機被及時送到了醫院而得救了，故選A。

9.考查動詞辨析。A找到；B襲擊；C獎勵；D感謝。Later the police did whatever they could to     the woman后來，警方設法尋找那個報案的女性，故選A。

10.考查動詞辨析。A大笑；B拜訪；C重復；D打電話。根據第一段最后“said an anxious voice of a young woman”可知，警方想找到那個打電話報案的女人，故選D。

11.考查形容詞辨析。A令人興奮的；B令人滿意的；C令人驚訝的；D有趣的。It is really     that a prediction should agree with the fact一個預言竟與事實吻合，這很令人驚訝，故選C。

12.考查副詞辨析。A平等地；B真實地；C精確地，完全地，確切地；D細心地。a prediction should agree with the fact so     一個預言與事實完全吻合，故選C。

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