阅读下列短文.从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项中.选出最佳选项. At one time no one could travel on an English road faster than four miles an hour．That was the law until 1896．A man had to walk in front of a car which could no 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　At one time no one could travel on an English road faster than four miles an hour．That was the law until 1896．A man had to walk in front of a car which could not go faster than the man．At night the man had to carry a red lamp．

　　Once Charles Rolls brought a car from France to England,But he wanted to drive faster than four miles an hour．In order to have no trouble with the police,he had a talk with some of the police officers,who ordered their policemen to look the other way when the car came along the road．This was a good plan in the country,but not so easy to follow in the busy streets of London．

　　One night Rolls and some friends started from London on their journey to Cambridge．One of the men walked in front with the red lamp,but he walked as fast as he could．The police became very interested in walls and shop-fronts when they heard the car,and not one of them saw it．

　　They reached a hill;but what a waste of time it was to drive down the hill at four miles an hour!Rolls was getting ready to jump into the car;but then he noticed a policeman who was not looking the other way．The slow car reached him．

　　“Good evening,”said the policeman,looking at the car．

　　“Good evening,”said Rolls,holding the lamp．

　　“One of these horseless things,”said the policeman,looking at it with interest．

　　“Yes,”said Rolls,and waited．

　　“I've often wanted a ride in one;but of course policemen can't buy things like that．”He turned and looked hopefully in Rolls's face．

　　“Jump in,”said Rolls．

　　“Thanks,”said the policeman,and did so．“Now,”he said,sitting down,“you can let it go just as you like down this hill．There isn't another policeman on this road for a mile and a half．”

(1)

The policeman were told“to look the other way”(the underlined part in Paragraph 2)so that ________
[　　]
A．	they could watch the car coming from the other direction
B．	the car could go faster than four miles an hour
C．	they could make sure no one was in the way
D．	the car would not hit them on the road

(2)

In what way did the policemen carry out the order from their officers?
[　　]
A．	They greeted Roils when the ear came along．
B．	They walked in front of the car with a red lamp．
C．	They pretended to be attracted by something else．
D．	They stood on duty every 1.5 miles along the road．

(3)

The policeman who said“Good evening”to Rolls wanted to ________
[　　]
A．	teach Rolls a lesson
B．	take a free ride home
C．	have a talk with Rolls
D．	have a car ride experience

(4)

After the policeman jumped into the car,Rolls ________
[　　]
A．	dared not drive the car faster than he was allowed to
B．	could drive as fast as he wished within a certain distance
C．	could drive on any road he liked for the rest of the journey
D．	drove his car as fast as he could down the hill to Cambridge

答案：1．B;2．C;3．D;4．B;
解析：

(1)	解析：这题是细节题
(2)	解析：警察假装去看walls and shop-fronts，让Rolls passed
(3)	解析：这个警察想坐Rolls的车，所以他向Rolls打招呼。
(4)	解析：从最后一句可以推出应选B

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Yes, the boss was, Sam entered the office at 9:35. The place was as quiet as a locker room; everyone was hard at work. Sam's supervisor came up to him. Suddenly, Sam forced a grin and stretched out his hand. "How do you do!" he said. "I'm Sam Maynard. I'm applying for a job, which, I understand, became available just 35 minutes ago. Does the early bird get the worm?"
The room exploded in laughter, except that the supervisor had to clamp off a smile and walked back to his office. Sam Maynard had saved his job--with the only tool that could win, a laugh.
Humor is a most effective, yet frequently neglected, means of handling the difficult situations in our lives. It can be used for patching up differences, apologizing, saying "no", criticizing, getting the other fellow to do what you want without his losing face. For some jobs, it's the only tool that can succeed. It is a way to discuss subjects so sensitive that serious dialog may start a quarrel. For example, many believe that comedians on television are doing more today for racial and religious tolerance than people in any other forum.
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53. The phrase "clamp off" in Paragraph 3 means       .
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54. Which of the following statements can we infer from the passage?
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