Question

Miss Lovely began to work in our office last year. She thought she was__1__and hardly talked with us. Her house was a little far from our company and she had to go to work __2__ every day.

Of course, she had to spend a lot of __3__on this. She decided to have her own car, and began to __4__how to drive two months ago. Now she was able to drive, but had to__5__a licence before she could buy a car. It took her a week to__6__the traffic regulations. She was sure she would__7__the examinations.

It was finally time for her to take the examinations yesterday. Miss Lovely didn't come to work. We__8__she would drive her new car to our company this morning. But to our__9__she came here by taxi and didn't tell anybody about it. None of us asked her the__10__but her face clearly showed she had__11__in the exams.

This afternoon one of our workmates told us __12__had happened to the girl when she was__13__. Yesterday the chief examiner had asked her some questions, but she could answer only a __14__. For example, "Would you run over a man or a dog if you see them both in the middle of the__15__?"

"Of course I'd run over the dog, sir", Miss Lovely answered without __16__.

"I'm sorry to tell you, Miss Lovely," the examiner shook his__17__and said, "you have to take the examination again!"

"I don't think my answers were__18__, sir," the girl said in a hurry. "I__19__ run over a man, you know!"

"I agree with your__20__, Miss Lovely," the chief examiner said with a smile. "but why not brake (剎車)?"

1. A. old         B. foolish        C. clever         D. kind

2. A. by taxi      B. by train       C. on foot        D. by plane

3. A. time        B. money        C. energy        D. room

4. A. teach       B. plan          C. operate        D. learn

5. A. find        B. apply for      C. look for       D. make

6. A. learn       B. forget         C. teach         D. break

7. A. take        B. prepare       C. explain        D. pass

8. A. suggested   B. described      C. thought       D. replied

9. A. surprise     B. joy           C. anger        D. pleasure

10. A. name      B. reason        C. rule          D. notice

11. A. believed    B. heard         C. found        D. failed

12. A. why       B. how          C. what         D. when

13. A. ill         B. alone         C. in           D. out

14. A. few        B. several       C. all           D. lot

15. A. room      B. playground    C. hospital       D. road

16. A. asking     B. thinking       C. discussing    D. advising

17. A. foot       B. nose          C. ears         D. head

18. A. wrong     B. correct        C. right         D. true

19. A. can       B. need          C. can't         D. needn't

20. A. car       B. opinion        C. fact         D. purpose

Answer 1

1---20    CABDB   ADCAB   DCDAD   BDACB   

解析:

1. C。由下文可知,此空應(yīng)該填clever。Lovely認(rèn)為自己很聰明,所以她很少跟別人說話。 2. A。她的住處離公司有點兒遠(yuǎn),她每天都得坐出租車上班。3. B。每天坐出租車她當(dāng)然要花很多錢。4. D。她決定買車,所以她兩個月前開始學(xué)開車。 5. B。她會開車了,她在買車前得申請領(lǐng)取駕照。 6. A。她用了一周的時間記住了交通規(guī)則。 7. D。她很有把握自己能通過考試。 8. C。我們以為Lovely今天早晨會開著自己的新車來公司上班。 9. A。但令我們驚奇的是,她坐出租車來上班。 10. B 11. D。我們誰也沒問她這其中的原因,但她的臉色清楚地表明她沒有通過考試。12. C 13. D。今天下午當(dāng)Lovely不在場的時候,我們的一位同事跟我們講了她所發(fā)生的事情。14. A。主考官問Lovely幾個問題,但她只能回答其中幾個問題。15. D。如果你發(fā)現(xiàn)路中間有一個人和一條狗,你是壓人還是壓狗? 16. B。without thinking意為"不假思索地"。 17. D。主考官搖搖頭,表示對Lovely的回答不滿意。 18. A 19. C。Lovely對自己過于自信,認(rèn)為自己的答案沒錯,急切地說:"我不能去壓人吧!" 20. B。主考官同意Lovely的意見,但主考官微笑著說:"為什么不剎車呢?"