题目内容
It was just getting dark; there was a touch of fog and I was on a lonely stretch of road. But I was going along cheerfully, thinking about the dinner I would eat when I 1 to Salisbury.
I was going along 2 at about thirty-five miles an hour when suddenly I heard a scream, a woman’s scream—“ 3 !”I looked round, but the only 4 of life was a large, black, rather suspicious-looking car just 5 a bend in the road about a hundred yards 6 .That was 7 the cry had come from. I 8 speed and went after it. I think the driver saw what I was doing, 9 he did the same and began to draw away from me. As I drew near, the girl’s voice came again, a lovely voice but 10 with fear.
“Let me go, 11 fool; you’re hurting me. Oh! Oh!”
I felt my blood 12 . The fog was coming down thicker now; the countryside was lonelier. The man in the car had no 13 noticed this. Again came a cry.
“Drop the knife, fool. Oh!”Then a cry and a groan.
If I was to save her, it was now or 14 . Perhaps even now I was too late. But if I couldn’t save the girl, I would 15 try to bring the murderer to the police station. The car was only a couple of yards away now. I drove the bike right across its 16 , and its brakes screamed as the driver tried to pull it over and crashed into the ditch on the side of the road. The door of the car was pushed open angrily and a dark, evil-looking fellow stepped out, mad with anger.
“Fool!”he shouted 17 he came towards me with his fist raised to hit me. But I was quicker than he. I put all I knew into 18 that would have knocked out Joe Louis. It caught him right on the ground without a 19 .I rushed to the car, 20 open the door and peered inside. There was no girl there. Suddenly from the back of the car came a voice.
“You have been listening to a radio play. Murder in Hollywood, with Mae Garbo and Clark Taylor. The news will follow immediately.”
1. A. reached B. arrived
C. got D. led
2. A. strangely B. quietly
C. fearfully D. quickly
3. A. Save B. Come
C. Aid D. Help
4. A. person B. sign
C. figure D. form
5. A. turning B. coming
C. hurrying D. dropping
6. A. off B. apart
C. away D. far
7. A. how B. when
C. what D. where
8. A. put aside B. put up
C. put down D. put on
9. A. and B. for
C. when D. as
10. A. filling B. nodding
C. trembling D. covering
11. A. you B. your
C. yours D. you’re
12. A. boil B. run
C. come D. freeze
13. A. sign B. effort
C. doubt D. troubles
14. A. late B. then
C. ever D. never
15. A. at most B. at least
C. at last D. at first
16. A. path B. direction
C. behind D. trail
17. A. before B. after
C. as D. while
18. A. an anger B. a beat
C. a fist D. a blow
19. A. word B. voice
C. noise D. sound
20. A. pulled B. pushed
C. hit D. broke
提示:
1题抵达到达,不及物动词 2题由本文的“on a lonely stretch of road”和“going along cheerfully”可知此处用quietly较合适。 3题女人的尖声呼救声,该用“Help!”。 4题句意是:在这条孤寂的路上,惟一具有生活气息的迹象是一辆汽车。 5题turn a bend“转弯”。 6题100码远的地方 8题put on意为“increase”;put on speed意为“加速”。 9题for作并列连词,表原因。 10题因为害怕(with fear)而发抖(trembling)的声音。 11题you fool是口语用法,意为“笨蛋,混蛋”。 12题听到一柔弱的女孩在遭受坏人的折磨,我感到热血沸腾。 13题no doubt是固定短语,“毫无疑问”,此处作状语。14题“如果我想救她的话,就是现在,否则永远也救不了她了。” 15题at least至少 17题as “一边……一边……”。 18题“I put all I knew into a blow”,意为“我使尽全身的力量击打了过去”。 19题without a sound“无声无息地”。 20题pull open the door “用力拉开门”。
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They were going to Fort Lauderdale — three boys and three girls — and when they boarded the bus, they were carrying sandwiches and wine in paper bags, dreaming of golden beaches and sea tides as the gray, cold spring of New York went behind them.
As the bus passed through New Jersey, they began to notice Vingo. He sat in front of them, completely in silence.
Deep into the night, outside Washington, the bus pulled into Howard Johnson’s, and everybody got off except Vingo. The young people began to wonder about him. When they went back to the bus, one of the girls sat beside him and introduced herself.
“Want some wine?” she said. He smiled and took a swig from the bottle. He thanked her and became silent again. After a while, she went back to the others, and Vingo nodded in sleep.
In the morning, they awoke outside another Howard Johnson’s, and this time Vingo went in. The girl insisted that he join them. He ordered black coffee and some cookies as the young people talked about sleeping on beaches. When they returned to the bus, the girl sat with Vingo again, and after a while, slowly and painfully, he began to tell his story. He had been in prison in New York for the past four years, and now he was going home.
“Are you married?”
“I don’t know.”
“You don’t know?” she said.
“Well, when I was in prison I wrote to my wife,” he said, “I told her that I was going to be away for a long time, and that if she couldn’t stand it, if the kids kept asking questions, and if it hurt her too much, well, she could jus forget me. I’d understand. Get a new man, I said — she’s a wonderful woman. I told her she didn’t have to write me. And she didn’t. Not for three and a half years.”
“And you’re going home now, not knowing?”
“Yeah. Well, last week, when I was sure the parole (假释) was coming through, I wrote her again. We used to live in Brunswick, just before Jacksonville, and there’s a big oak (橡树) just as you come into town. I told her that if she didn’t have a new man and if she’d take me back, she should put a yellow handkerchief on the tree, and I’d get off and come home. If she didn’t want me, forget it — no handkerchief and I’d go on through.”
“Wow,” the girl exclaimed, “Wow.”
She told the others, and soon all of them were in it, looking at the pictures Vingo showed them of his wife and three children.
Now they were 20 miles from Brunswick, and the young people took over window seats on the right side, waiting for the approach of the great oak. Vingo stopped looking, tightening his face, as if protecting himself against still another disappointment.
Then Brunswick was ten miles, and then five. Then, suddenly, all of the young people were up out of their seats, shouting and crying.
Vingo sat there astonished, looking at the oak. It was covered with yellow handkerchiefs — 20 of them, 30 of them, maybe hundreds, flying in the wind. As the young people shouted, Vingo slowly rose from his seat and made his way to the front of the bus to go home.
【小题1】At the beginning of the story, the young boys and girls ______.
A.showed a great interest in Vingo | B.didn’t notice Vingo at all |
C.wanted to offer help to Vingo | D.didn’t like Vingo at all |
A.bus station | B.apartment | C.hospital | D.restaurant |
A.Ashamed. | B.Relaxed. | C.Nervous. | D.Disappointed. |
A.Vingo’s experience in prison |
B.the young people’s travel to Fort Lauderdale |
C.Vingo’s three lovely children |
D.the dialogue between Vingo and his family |