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14．Alan Tong was the worst driver in town．He had an accident of some kind almost every week．
Alan lived with his mother．His mother was always worried about him．Every day she worried that police would appear to arrest him．This wasn't a foolish worry because they usually visited Alan's house about once a week to send a speeding ticket or to serve him notice to appear in court（法庭）．
Most of his accidents were caused by his carelessness．He drove through red lights．He turned left or drove at night without proper lights．He overtook other cars on hills．In short，there wasn't a traffic rule that Alan had not broken，and he had had so many accidents that it was a surprise that he was still alive．But luckily for Alan，he had never hurt anyone in his accidents or even gone to the hospital．
   Although Alan wasn't popular with the police，he was very popular with his lawyer．Alan's lawyer，Mr．Tsui，had earned a lot of money from Alan's cases and always felt very exc ited when he saw Alan coming into his office．
   One day Alan was working in the garage，painting his car when his mother walked in．"What are you doing？"his mother asked．
"Painting my car，"Alan replied．
"I can see that，"his mother said，"but why are you painting one side of the car red and the other side blue？""Because every time I have to go to court for a traffic crime，there are always two witnesses．"What color was the car？"the judge always asks，and the two witnesses always give the same answer．Well，in the future，one witness will say it was blue．Mr．Tsui will then say to the judge，"Your honor，the witnesses cannot even agree on th e color of the car involved in the accident．"And the judge will have to dismiss the case against me．
25．Which of the following is true of Mr．Tsui？D
A．He always volunteered to help Alan．
B．He was popular with the police．
C．He was good friends with Alan．
D．He looked forward to Alan's visit．
26．What was Alan doing when his mother walked in the garage？D
A．Painting his car all red．
B．Cleaning his car．
C．Painting the garage．
D．Painting his car two colors．
27．What is the purpose of what Alan did to his car in the last paragraph？A
A．To confuse the evidence against him．
B．To help the judge in court．
C．To make the witnesses agree．
D．To leave a good impression in court．
28．What's the meaning of the underlined word"dismiss"in the last paragraph？A
A．Remove．
B．Continue．
C．Concentrate       
D．Accept．

分析 本文属于说明文阅读，作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了几乎每周都有点意外的司机艾伦，为了逃避刑法将自己的车漆成两种颜色把证据混淆．

解答 25．D．细节理解题．根据文章第四段：Alan's lawyer，Mr．Tsui，had earned a lot of money from Alan's cases and always felt very exc ited when he saw Alan coming into his office可知他期待着艾伦的来访；故选D；
26．D．细节理解题．根据最后一段：but why are you painting one side of the car red and the other side blue可知他正在把汽车漆成两种颜色；故选D．
27．A．推理判断题．根据最后一段：Your honor，the witnesses cannot even agree on th e color of the car involved in the accident．"And the judge will have to dismiss the case against me；可知他正在把证据与他混淆；故选A．
28．A．词义猜测题．根据最后一段：And the judge will have to dismiss the case against me法官将驳回针对我的情况；可知意为驳回；故选A．

点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力，做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确的选择．在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．

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60．What is the passage mainly about？C
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A．active
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B．It may help increase the number of nicknames．
C．It is very helpful to emergency services．
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