完形填空 (共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36-55各题所给四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

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 proud of the fact   36  she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished   37  a driving offence (犯规，犯法).

Then one day she nearly   38  her record. A police car   39  her, and the policemen in it saw her   40  a red light without stopping. Of course, she was stopped. It seemed   41  that she would be punished.

42  Mrs. Jones came up to the judge, he looked at her seriously and said that she was   43  old to drive a car, and that the   44  why she had not stopped at the red   45  was most probably that her eyes had become weak   46  old age, so that she had simply not seen it.

When the judge had finished what he was  47 , Mrs. Jones opened the big handbag she was   48  and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she   49  a needle（针） with a very small eye, and threaded it at her first attempt.

When she had   50  done this, she took the thread（n.线） out of the needle again and handed   51  the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your   52  . I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight.”

The judge took the   53  and tried to thread it. After half a dozen tries, he had still not succeeded. The case (案例) against Mrs. Jones was   54  , and her record   55  unbroken.

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 proud of the fact   1   she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished   2   a driving offence (犯规，犯法).

Then one day she nearly   3   her record. A police car   4   her, and the policemen in it saw her   5   a red light without stopping. Of course, she was stopped. It seemed   6   that she would be punished.

7   Mrs. Jones came up to the judge, he looked at her seriously and said that she was   8   old to drive a car, and that the   9   why she had not stopped at the red   10   was most probably that her eyes had become weak   11   old age, so that she had simply not seen it.

When the judge had finished what he was   12, Mrs. Jones opened the big handbag she was   13   and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she   14   a needle with a very small eye, and threaded it at her first attempt.

When she had   15   done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed   16   the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your   17. I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight.”

The judge took the   18   and tried to thread it. After half a dozen tries, he had still not succeeded. The case (案例) against Mrs. Jones was   19, and her record   20   unbroken.

1. A. which           B. when            C. that               D. this

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. Before          B. While           C. Until             D. When

8. A. so               B. very             C. too                D. quite

9. A. cause           B. reason          C. matter             D. trouble

10. A. light          B. lamp             C. sign               D. one

11. A. with           B. because        C. for                  D. of

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

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

14. A. took            B. brought         C. picked             D. chose

15. A. almost         B. hardly           C. successfully      D. successful

16. A. both            B. all                C. neither            D. either

17. A. time            B. turn              C. chance             D. job

18. A. thread          B. glasses         C. needles            D. needle

19. A. dismissed     B. passed          C. settled             D. studied

20. A. was             B. kept             C. seemed             D. remained

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 proud of the fact   36   she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished   37  a driving offence (犯规，犯法).

Then one day she nearly   38 her record. A police car   39 her, and the policemen in it saw her  40  a red light without stopping. Of course, she was stopped. It seemed 41   that she would be punished.

42 Mrs. Jones came up to the judge, he looked at her seriously and said that she was  43 old to drive a car, and that the 44  why she had not stopped at the red  45  was most probably that her eyes had become weak   46   old age, so that she had simply not seen it.

When the judge had finished what he was  47, Mrs. Jones opened the big handbag she was   48  and took out her sewing（缝纫）. Without saying a word, she 49   a needle （针）with a very small eye, and threaded（穿针） it at her first attempt.

When she had   50  done this, she took the thread （线）out of the needle again and handed  51   the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your   52. I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight.”

The judge took the  53  and tried to thread it. After half a dozen tries, he had still not succeeded. The case (案例) against Mrs. Jones was   54 and her record   55   unbroken.

36. A. which               B. when              C. that                   D. this

37. A. about               B. on                 C. to                     D. for

38. A. kept                 B. won               C. missed                D. lost

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

40. A. pass                 B. go                 C. run                    D. rush

41. A. sure                 B. indeed            C. certain               D. perhaps

42. A. Before              B. While             C. Until                  D. When

43 A. so                    B. very              C. too                    D. quite

44. A. cause               B. reason            C. matter                D. trouble

45. A. light               B. lamp                 C. sign                  D. one

46. A. with                B. because            C. for                    D. of

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

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

49. A. took               B. brought           C. picked                 D. chose

50. A. almost            B. hardly             C. successfully         D. successful

51. A. both              B. all                  C. neither                D. either

52. A. time              B. turn                C. chance                 D. job

53. A. thread           B. glasses            C. needles                D. needle

54. A. dismissed      B. passed              C. settled                D. studied

55. A. was              B. kept                C. seemed                D. remained