题目内容
第二节 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1. 5分,满分30分)
阅读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从21~40各小题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California, USA. “Police station? A train for Santa FE collide(碰撞)with a(n) 21 at the McDonald Street Crossing. Please go there at once, with an ambulance too. A man is badly injured,” said a(n) 22 voice of a young woman.
“Just a minute, we’ll come 23 . Please stay there and wait,” answered the policeman.
Within a minute, a police car and an ambulance 24 . Soon they got to the 25 , but only to 26 everything was fine. No collision, no 27 man.
“What a dirty trick!” said the policeman 28 . “We must find out that mischievous(恶作剧的) 29 and. . . ”
They had not been able to say anything about a punishment 30 they heard the whistle of a train: the train was nearing them quickly. All 31 a sudden, a truck appeared. It came fast towards them, too. 32 it was passing the crossing, it suddenly refused 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 33 meters away.
When Randolph Bruce, the driver was 34 out of the damaged truck, he was 35 hurt just 36 the young woman had foretold on the phone. As he was taken to the 37 in time, he was saved at last.
Later the policemen did 38 they could to find the woman who had telephoned them, but 39 .
It is 40 that a prophecy(预言)should coincide(巧合)with the fact so exactly.
21. A. ambulance B. truck C. car D. bus
22. A. anxious B. sweet C. gentle D. low
23. A. fast B. ahead C. soon D. later
24. A. went by B. set off C. got there D. came on
25. A. telephone B. street C. station D. crossing
26. A. feel B. find C. have D. tell
27. A. injured B. trapped C. frightened D. killed
28. A. happily B. excitedly C. angrily D. disappointedly
29. A. man B. policeman C. woman D. boy
30. A. until B. since C. while D. when
31. A. at B. of C. by D. for
32. A. When B. Where C. That D. Which
33. A. dozen B. dozens C. dozen of D. dozens of
34. A. raised B. helped C. pushed D. forced
35. A. slightly B. clearly C. hardly D. badly
36. A. as B. so C. before D. for
37. A. police station B. market C. hospital D. sidewalk
38. A. that B. which C. however D. whatever
39. A. delayed B. worked C. stopped D. failed
40. A. surprised B. surprising C. satisfied D. satisfying
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