Question

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  21  of the fact that she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished  22  a driving offence (犯规).

Then one day she nearly  23 her record. A police car  24  her, and the policemen in it saw her  25  a red light without stopping. Of course, she was stopped. It seemed 26  that she would be punished.

When Mrs. Jones came up to the judge（法官）, he looked at her seriously and said that she was  27  old to drive a car, and that the reason why she had not stopped at the red   28  was most probably that her eyes had become weak   29  old age, so that she had not seen it.

When the judge had finished what he was    30 . Mrs. Jones opened the big handbag she was  31  and took out her sewing (针线). Without saying a word, she  32  a needle(针) with a very small eye, and threaded it at once.

When she had successfully done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed  33  the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your 34 . I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight.”

The judge took the needle and tried to thread it. After half a dozen tries, he had still not succeeded. Mrs. Jones’ record   35 unbroken.

1.	A．afraid B．careful C．proud D．full

 

2.	A．about B．on C．to D．for

 

3.	A．kept B．won C．missed D．lost

 

4.	A．watched B．after C．followed D．ran after

 

5.	A．pass B．go C．run D．rush

 

6.	A．sure B．Indeed C．certain D．perhaps

 

7.	A．so B．very C．too D．quite

 

8.	A．light B．lamp C．sign D．one

 

9.	A．with B．Because C．for D．of

 

10.	A．speaking B．saying C．talking D．telling

 

11.	A．holding B．getting C．carrying D．bringing

 

12.	A．took B．brought C．picked D．chose

 

13.	A．both B．all C．neither D．either

 

14.	A．time B．turn C．chance D．job

 

15.	A．was B．kept C．seemed D．remained

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.C

7.C

8.A

9.A

10.B

11.C

12.D

13.A

14.B

15.D

【解析】

试题分析：

1.考查形容词：be proud of“以…为荣”，fact后接引导的是一个同位语从句。选C

2.考查介词for 表示被惩罚的原因。选D.

3.考查动词：她始终保持着记录，但那天她差点儿丢了这个记录，因为她闯了红灯。选D.

4.考查动词：警车跟在她后面，用 followed，而 watched 不妥，因为主语是警车，而不是人。ran after 也不对，警车在此之前没理由追赶她。选C.

5.考查动词：pass a red light，而用 go 则要说 go by。选A.

6.考查形容词：用 certain，不用 sure，因为 sure 常用人作主语。选C.

7.考查固定结构：这是 too…to 结构，表示太…而不…选C。

8.考查名词：红灯，用 red light。选A。

9.考查介词： with 此处相当于 because of。选A.

10.考查动词：强调说话的内容用 say，指说话的动作或讲某种语言用 speak。选B

11.考查动词：表示随身携带，不强调方向性，用 carry，而 bring 则表示由远往近带来，选C。

12.考查动词：此处是挑了一根小眼的针，如用 took, brought 和 pick 都要加 up 或 out。选D。

13.考查代词：指针和线两者，所以用 both。选A.

14.考查名词：your turn 表示该轮到你了。选B.

15.考查动词：remained 表示过去是这样，现在仍保持这一状态。seemed，语气不够肯定。 kept 此处应用 was kept。选D

考点：考查故事类短文

点评：这篇文章讲了琼斯太太虽然年纪大了，但是还在开车，一直保持记录从没为犯规被罚款，有一次差点丢了记录，但她还是包住了记录，考查主要以动词，形容词，代词为主，也有考查固定词组和固定句型，做题时灵活运用所学知识，结合上下文进行判断。