题目内容
The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California, US. “ 1 station? A train for Santa Fe collided (相撞) a 2 at the McDonald Street Crossing. Please come here at once. With an ambulance(救护车),too. A man is badly wounded,” said a(n) 3 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 4 off. Soon they got to the crossing, but only to find everything was 5 . No collision, no wounded man.
“What a dirty 6 !” said the policeman angrily. “ We must find out that mischievous (恶作剧) 7
and…”
They had not been able to say anything about a 8 when they heard the whistle of a train was nearing them quickly. All of a sudden, a truck appeared. It came 9 towards them, too. When it was passing the crossing, it suddenly 10 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 foretold (预言) on the phone. As he was taken to hospital in time, he was 11 at last. Later the police did whatever they could to 12 the woman who had 13 them, but failed.
It is really 14 that a prophecy(预言) should agree with the fact so 15 .
1.A. Weather B. Railway C. Fire D. Police
2.A. bus B. truck C. taxi D. train
3.A. sweet B. anxious C. beautiful D. low
4.A. turned B. took C. started D. walked
5.A. bad B. satisfied C. pleasant D. fine
6.A. call B. lie C. trick D. plan
7.A. policeman B. boy C. woman D. driver
8.A. reward B. praise C. thanks D. punishment
9.A. turning B. running C. starting D. passing
10.A. continued B. refused C. began D. stopped
11.A. saved B. dead C. awake D. alive
12.A. find B. meet C. punish D. thank
13.A. laughed B. telephoned C. repeated D. visited
14.A. exciting B. surprising C. pleasing D. interesting
15.A. equally B. truly C. exactly D. carefully
1.D
2.B
3.B
4.C
5.D
6.C
7.C
8.D
9.B
10.B
11.A
12.A
13.B
14.B
15.C
【解析】
试题分析:本文叙述了公安局接到了一位妇女的报案,等到警察和救护车到达报案现场时,却发现没有事故,正想回去查找一下这个报假案的人,这时听到了火车的鸣笛声,不一会就出现了报案人所讲的惊险的一幕,卡车司机由于得到了及时的救助,保住了生命。这真是一个令人难以置信的预言。
1.考查名词及上下文的呼应。 weather天气; Railway铁路; Fire火; police警察。这里police station公安局,根据The telephone rang in the police station “公安局吗”可知应选D。
2.考查名词及上下文的呼应。 bus公交车;truck卡车; taxi出租车; train火车。根据下文the train collided with the truck heavily and struck it dozens of metres away.从圣达菲来的列车将在the McDonald Street十字路口相撞,故选B。
3.考查形容词及上下文的呼应。sweet甜的; anxious焦急的; beautiful漂亮的; low低的。一位男士将受伤,一位年轻的妇女焦急地说。根据报案人的心理应该是焦急的,故选B。
4.考查动词及上下文的呼应。turn转动; take拿走; start off出发; walk步行。不一会儿警车和救护车就出发了,故选C。
5.考查形容词及上下文的呼应。 bad 坏的; satisfied满意的; pleasant愉快的; fine好的。他们到达十字路口后发现,一切都很好,故选D。
6.考查动词及上下文的呼应。 call打电话; lie撒谎; trick恶作剧;plan计划。根据We must find out that mischievous (恶作剧),多么可恶的恶作剧,可知应选C。
7.考查名词及上下文的呼应。policeman警察; boy男孩; woman妇女;driver
司机。根据said a(n) 3 voice of a young woman 可知报案人是一个妇女,故选C。
8.考查名词及上下文的呼应。reward报酬; praise赞扬; thanks感谢;punishment
惩罚。他们还没有来得及说惩罚的事情这时听到了火车的鸣笛声,故选D。
9.考查名词及上下文的呼应。turning转弯; running行驶,跑; starting开始; passing通过。一辆卡车向他们的方向开过来,故选B。
10.考查动词及上下文的呼应。continue继续; refuse拒绝; begin开始;stop
停止。当过十字路口的时候,卡车不向前开了,故选B。
11.考查动词及上下文的呼应。save挽救; dead死的; awake醒的; alive活着的。司机的生命被挽救了,故选A。
12.考查动词及上下文的呼应。find找到,发现; meet遇见; punish惩罚; thank感谢。后来警察想尽可能找到这个报案的妇女,故选A。
13.考查动词及上下文的呼应。laugh嘲笑; telephon打电话; repeat重复; visit参观。警察想找到打电话的妇女,故选B。
14.考查形容词及上下文的呼应。exciting令人高兴的; surprising吃惊的; pleasing高兴的; interesting有趣的。根据上下文可知这是令人吃惊的一个预言,故选B。
15.考查副词及上下文的呼应。equally平等地; truly真实地; exactly准确地,确切地; carefully仔细地。她的预言与事实竟然如此准确,故选C。
考点:故事类短文。
点评:做这题要看清上下文,找准定位词。充分利用文章的上下文和前后句,找到对选择有提示作用的词或句。这些词有时可能是同义词或反义词。通顺逻辑,寻求搭配。注意固定的搭配,包括动词与介词的搭配、动词与名词的搭配以及形容词与名词的搭配等,同时要根据内容选择正确的短语。扎实基础,搞清辨异。看清执行者,确定所选词。寻求上下逻辑,从容确定关系。了解生活常识,确定相关知识。