Mrs.Joneswasovereighty,butshestilldroveheroldcarlikeawo...
問題詳情:
Mrs. Jones was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like a woman half her age. She loved driving very fast, and was proud of the fact 36 she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished 37 a driving offence (犯規,犯法).
Then one day she nearly 38 her record. A police car 39 her, and the policemen in it saw her 40 a red light without stopping. Of course, she was stopped. It seemed 41 that she would be punished.
42 Mrs. Jones came up to the judge, he looked at her seriously and said that she was 43 old to drive a car, and that the 44 why she had not stopped at the red 45 was most probably that her eyes had become weak 46 old age, so that she had simply not seen it.
When the judge had finished what he was 47, Mrs. Jones opened the big handbag she was 48 and took out her sewing(縫紉). Without saying a word, she 49 a needle (針)with a very small eye, and threaded(穿針) it at her first attempt.
When she had 50 done this, she took the thread (線)out of the needle again and handed 51 the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your 52. I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight.”
The judge took the 53 and tried to thread it. After half a dozen tries, he had still not succeeded. The case (案例) against Mrs. Jones was 54 and her record 55 unbroken.
36. A. which B. when C. that D. this
37. A. about B. on C. to D. for
38. A. kept B. won C. missed D. lost
39. A. watched B. after C. followed D. ran after
40. A. pass B. go C. run D. rush
41. A. sure B. indeed C. certain D. perhaps
42. A. Before B. While C. Until D. When
43 A. so B. very C. too D. quite
44. A. cause B. reason C. matter D. trouble
45. A. light B. lamp C. sign D. one
46. A. with B. because C. for D. of
47. A. speaking B. saying C. talking D. telling
48. A. holding B. getting C. carrying D. bringing
49. A. took B. brought C. picked D. chose
50. A. almost B. hardly C. successfully D. successful
51. A. both B. all C. neither D. either
52. A. time B. turn C. chance D. job
53. A. thread B. glasses C. needles D. needle
54. A. dismissed B. passed C. settled D. studied
55. A. was B. kept C. seemed D. remained
【回答】
36.C.fact後接that, 因為that 引導的是一個同位語從句。
37.D.for表示被懲罰的原因。
38.D.她始終保持着記錄,但那天她差點兒丟了這個記錄,因為她闖了紅燈。
39.C.*車跟在她後面,用followed,而watched不妥,因為主語是*車,而不是人。ran after 也不對,*車在此之前沒理由追趕她。
40.A.pass a red light,而用go 則要説go by。
41.C.用certain,不用sure,因為sure 常用人作主語。
42.D.此處came為瞬間動詞,不能用while。 43.C.這是too…to結構,表示太…而不…
44.B.reason是説明某事某現象的理由,而cause 則指火災、水災或事故的起因。
45.A.紅燈,用red light。 46.A.with此處相當於because of。
47.B.強調説話的內容用say,指説話的動作或講某種語言用speak。
48.C.表示隨身攜帶,不強調方向*,用carry,而bring則表示由遠往近帶來。
49.D.此處是挑了一根小眼的針,如用took, brought和pick都要加up或out。
50.C.從下文看,老太太顯然是成功了。 51.A.指針和線兩者,所以用both。
52.B.your turn表示該輪到你了。 53.D.為什麼是針呢?因為後邊有一句説她要thread it。 54.A.be dismissed被取消了。
55.D.remained表示過去是這樣,現在仍保持這一狀態。seemed,語氣不夠肯定。kept此處應用was kept。
知識點:人物傳記 故事閲讀類
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