Question

 

Mr. King works in a shop and drives a car for the manager. He drives carefully and can keep calm when   16   danger. And he escaped from several accidents. The manager   17   him more and the traffic policemen often speaks highly of him.

Mr. Baker，one of his friends，works in a factory outside the city. It’s far from his house and he has to go to work by bus. As the street is   18   in the morning, sometimes he’s late for the work. His manager warns the young man that he will be sent away   19   he gets to his office on time. He hopes to buy a car，but he hasn’t enough   20  . He decides to buy an old one. One day, he went to the second-hand market and at last he chose a beautiful but cheap car. He said he wanted to try the car，the seller agreed. He   21   Mr King and asked him to help him at once.

Mr. King examined(檢查) the car and then drove it away. It was early in the morning and there were few cars in the street. At first he drove slowly and it   22   well. Then he drove fast. And when he reached a crossing，the lights turned   23  . He tried to stop it， but he failed and   24   hit an old woman who was crossing the street. A policeman told him to stop，but the car went on until it hit a big tree by the road.

“Didn’t you hear me？” the policeman asked angrily.

　　“Yes, I did，sir,” said Mr King，“   25   it doesn’t listen to me，can it obey（聽從）you？”

1.A. looking        B. reaching     C. facing           D. getting

2.A. gives              B. pays         C. needs        D. believes

3.A. crowded        B. quiet        C. empty        D. full

4.A. until          B. unless           C. when         D. if

5.A. time           B. experience  C. friends          D. money

6.A. called         B. found        C. visited          D. invited

7.A. looked         B. traveled         C. seemed       D. worked

8.A. red                B. green            C. up               D. out

9.A. hardly         B. heavily          C. nearly           D. mostly

10.A. Although     B. Since            C. While        D. For

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.B

5.D

6.A

7.D

8.A

9.C

10.B

【解析】本文主要講述的是Mr. King是一位有技能的司機，但他幫他的朋友試駕二手車的時候卻發生了一次意外，被警察訓斥。

1.固定短語，面對危險face danger。

2.根據句意經理付他更多的錢，故選B

3.根據上下文這里指街道擁擠，故選A。

4.根據語境：除非他準時到辦公室，否則他將被趕走。故選B。

5.這里指沒有錢，故選D。

6.這里指打電話給他的朋友，故選A

7.根據句意指汽車運轉正常，故選D。

8.這里指交通燈變紅，故選A。

9.nearly 幾乎，將近；hardly 幾乎不；heavily 大大的，重重的；mostly 主要的。這里故選C。

10.根據句意：既然他都不聽從我，他能聽你的嗎？故選B