Question

【题目】In Britain, people have different attitudes to the police. Most people generally them and the job they do-although there are certain people who do not believe that the police have the power that they do.

What does a policeman actually do? It is not job to de-scribe. After all, a policeman has a number of jobs in . A policeman often has to control traffic, either foot in the centre of a town, or in a police car on the roads. Indeed, in Britain, he might be in the Traffic Police and spend all, or a lot of, his time up and down main roads and motorways. A traffic policeman has to help keep the traffic moving, stop motorists and help when there is an accident.

A policeman has to help keep the ，too. If there is a fight or some other disturbances, we the police to come and restore order. And they often have to situations at great risk to their own .

We expect the police to solve crimes, of course, so an ordinary policeman， he is not a detective （侦探），will often have to help and arrest criminals.

And do we call when there is an emergency-an air crash, a ，a road accident, or a robbery? We call the police. a policeman has to be to face any unpleasant emergency that may happen in the /span> world.

The police do an absolutely necessary job; they do it well and I support them, but I do not envy policemen. I do not think that I could do the job of a policeman.

【1】A. dislike B. join C. appreciate D. admire

【2】A. should B. would C. could D. must

【3】A. a funny B. a pleasant C. an interesting D. an easy

【4】A. it B. one C. his D. them

【5】A. on B. by C. under D. with

【6】A. walking B. driving C. wandering D. searching

【7】A. resting B. tired C. speeding D. drunken

【8】A. peace B. silence C. situation D. condition

【9】A. wait for B. invite C. think of D. expect

【10】A. turn to B. avoid C. deal with D. treat

【11】A. safety B. families C. future D. friends

【12】A. although B. as if C. however D. even if

【13】A. get rid of B. question C. look for D. sentence

【14】A. how B. where C. what D. who

【15】A. power failure B. fire C. thunder storm D. thief

【16】A. Yet B. Then C. As D. So

【17】A. provided B. promised C. prepared D. presented

【18】A. future B. modern C. real D. whole

【19】A. extremely B. specially C. surprisingly D.particularly

【20】A. hardly B. forever C. ever D. never

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】B

【5】A

【6】B

【7】C

【8】A

【9】D

【10】C

【11】A

【12】D

【13】C

【14】D

【15】B

【16】D

【17】C

【18】B

【19】A

【20】C

【解析】

【1】C由下文观点排除A、B，作者是欣赏警察行事的态度与精神，而不是羡慕。

【2】A should指应该，此处译为“一些人认为警察不应该有他们有的权力”。

【3】D由下文可知，警察工作很繁忙，所以是不容易的。

【4】B由下文可知，一个警察要做很多工作，所以用"in one"集于一身。

【5】A 固定短语“on foot”。

【6】B在motorway上不能步行，只能行车，所以选driving。

【7】C speeding motorists是超速的机动车主。

【8】A下文说"there is a fight"可知上文说督察维护和平。

【9】D "wait for"是等待某人，invite是邀请，think of是想起，expect sb. to do sth. 是期待某人做某事。

【10】C警察面对情况是要处理的，所以要用deal with; treat是“对待、治疗”的意思。

【11】A警察处理情况会有危险威胁他们的安全，所以应选safety, their own safety。

【12】D although与even if都有“虽然……但是”之意，但even if有强调之意，此处强调警察的作用。

【13】C “ look for” 是寻找之意，get rid of 摆脱，question 质问，sentence判处，此处是警察寻找并追捕犯罪分子。

【14】D此处问“当一个紧急情况发生时，我们将召唤谁”，选疑问代词who。

【15】B前文说"emergency"是紧急情况，A、B、C、D中只有a fire是紧急情况。

【16】D由上文可知我们面对紧急情况总是找警察，顺承下来用so表结果是。

【17】C由上文可知警察要时刻准备着面对emergency。

【18】B

【19】A extremely是very的意思，此处赞扬警察的工作做得很好。

【20】C 这句话否定前移，应为 "I think that I could not..."，A、D都是否定之意，双重否定表肯定，故排除，forever不合语境。