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As I drove my blue Buick into the garage. I saw that a yellow Oldsmobile was ___21___ too close to my space. I had to drive back and forth to get my car into the ___22___ space. That left ___23___ enough room to open the door. Then one day I arrived home___24___, and just as I turned off the engine, the yellow Oldsmobile entered its space — too close to my car, ___25___. At last I had a chance to meet the driver. My patience had ___26___ and I shouted at her, “Can’t you see you’re not___27___ me enough space? Park father over.” Banging(猛推) open her door into ___28___, the driver shouted back: “Make me!” ___29___ this she stepped out of the garage. Still, each time she got home first, she parked too close to my ___30___. Then one day, I thought, “What can I do?” I soon found ___31___. The next day the woman ___32___ a note on her windshield(挡风玻璃):

Dear Yellow Oldsmobile,

I’m sorry my mistress(女主人) shouted at yours the other day. She’s been sorry about it. I know it because she doesn’t sing anymore while ___33___. It wasn’t like her to scream ___34___. Fact is, she’d just got bad news and was taking it out on you two. I ___35___ you and your mistress will ___36___ her.

Your neighbor,

Blue Buick

When I went to the___37___ the next morning, the Oldsmobile was gone, but there was a note on my windshield:

Dear Blue Buick,

My mistress is sorry, too. She parked so___38___ because she just learned to drive. We will park much farther over after this. I’m glad we can be___39___ now.

Your neighbor,

Yellow Oldsmobile

After that, whenever Blue Buick ___40___ Yellow Oldsmobile on the road, their drivers waved cheerfully and smiled.

21. A. driven B. parked C. stopped D. stayed

22. A. complete B. close C. narrow D. fixed

23. A. quite B. nearly C. seldom D. hardly

24. A. hurriedly B. first C. finally D. timely

25. A. as usual B. as planned C. as well D. as yet

26. A. run into B. run about C. run out D. run off

27. A. keeping B. saving C. offering D. leaving

28. A. mine B. hers C. itself D. ours

29. A. For B. With C. From D. Upon

30. A. room B. area C. front D. side

31. A. an instruction B. a result C. an answer D. a chance

32. A. put B. wrote C. sent D. discovered

33. A. working B. driving C. returning D. cooking

34. A. on end B. so long C. like that D. any more

35. A. hope B. know C. suppose D. suggest

36. A. comfort B. help C. forgive D. please

37. A. office B. flat C. place D. garage

38. A. crazily B. eagerly C. noisily D. early

39. A. neighbors B. friends C. drivers D. writers

40. A. followed B. passed C. found D. greeted

21---40 BCDBA CDABD CDBCA CDABB

解析:

文章讲的是两位车主因停车的事所发生的争吵以及后来各自通过一种巧妙的道歉而和解的故事。

21. B。根据第1句As I drove my blue Buick into the garage可知，此处指的是“停车”，故选parked。

22. C。由于那辆yellow Oldsmobile 停得太靠近“我”的车位，所以我的车位显得比较narrow。

23. D。由于那辆车停得太近，留给我的空间显得很narrow，所以导致“我”的车门几乎都不好打开。故选 hardly。

24. B。此处是说，这次我先把回家，即先把车开进车库，故用first。

25. A。as usual 意为“像往常一样”，指的是“像往常一样与我的车贴得很近”。

26. C。run out意为“用完，耗尽”。此句的意思是“我的忍耐力用完了”，即“我”终于失去了耐心，或者说忍无可忍了。

27. D。比较：save 挽救，节省；offer 主动提供；leave 留下，留给；keep 保持。此处说的是对方没有给“我”留足停车的空间，故用leave。

28. A。双方的车停得很靠近，所以对方猛推车门，肯定会撞到我的车门上。此处的mine指my door。

29. B。with在此表示伴随，with this 相当于 with these words，其意为“说完这话”。

30. D。在车库里，车并排而停，所以此处指的是她的车离“我”的车位的side很近。

31. C。此处指作者找到了解决问题的办法。

32. D。discover 意为“发现”，即在挡风玻璃上发现有一张字条。

33. B。由于这个字条是“以车子的口吻写的”，所以选driving，因为车子它只知道主人在开车时做什么，而不会知道其他情况。

34. C。like that 意为“像那样”。本句的意思是：(那天)她像那样吼叫不是她的本性或本意。(言外之意是：她像那样吼叫是另有原因的)

35. A。此句是在请求对方原谅，其意为：我希望你(指车子)和你的女主人能原谅她。

36. C。forgive为“原谅”。分析见上句。

37. D。此处说的是，第二天“我”去车库(garage)开车时，那辆yellow Oldsmobile已开走了。

38. A。比较四个选项，只有crazily较合适。crazily的本意是“疯狂地，发狂地，疯子似地”，对方用此词是为了表示歉意。

39. B。根据后面的…their drivers waved cheerfully and smiled可知，此处填friends最合适。

40. B。pass 指“从……旁经过”，符合文章的意思。

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　　One day I found myself in the same situation. The Clerk was obviously a career woman, confident and possessed of a high sounding title. “What is your occupation?” she asked.

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