The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California , USA. “Police station? A train for Santa Fe hit a truck at the McDonald Street Crossing.Please ________ there at once.With an ambulance, too.A man is badly _________.” said an anxious voice of a young woman.“ And you know I am the ….” “Please wait! Hi! Hi!” the policeman kept on ________ though the line was cut off.Within a minute , a police car and an ambulance car started off.Before long they got to the crossing, but they _______everything was fine.No accident, no wounded man. “What a dirty trick!” said the policeman _______.“We must find out that bad________ and …..”They were just talking about the ________when they heard the whistle of a train which was nearing them quickly.All of a sudden, a truck appeared.It came _______towards them, too.When the truck was passing the crossing, it suddenly _______ to move on.Right then and there, before the eyes of all the policemen _________, the train hit the truck heavily and _______it dozens of meters away. When Randolph Bruce, the driver, was ________ out of the damaged truck, he was seriously wounded just as the young woman had told on the phone.As he was taken to the _________ in time, his life was saved. Later the police did whatever they could to _______the man who had telephoned them.It turned out that the young man was a very excellent police officer working far in the neighboring state, who had got the first-hand _______ of this crime as described above.
试题分析:本文讲述的是一个关于预言与事实巧合的故事:一天警察局接到一个女士的报警电话说在一个铁路和公路的交叉路口发生了交通事故。一辆货车与火车相撞,有一个人受了重伤,要求警察带救护车去救援,当警察和救护车赶到报案人所说的事故地点时,他们看到那里一切正常,并没有事故发生。当警察们正为有人报假案而生气,发誓要查出报案人时,与报案人所说的相似的事故发生了…… 【小题1】考查动词辨析。根据上文可知,报警电话说发生了交通事故,故她应该要求警察迅速赶往事发地点,根据常识选用 go,构成短语:go there,去那儿。选项A意为打电话;选项B意为来;选项D意为注意。故选C。 【小题2】考查动词辨析。根据报警人所说的With an ambulance可以推断出有人受伤,故选择D,意为受伤的。选项A意为被击败;选项B意为被处理;选项C意为被需要。 【小题3】考查动词辨析。通过上文的“Please wait! Hi! Hi!”可知警察接到报警电话后很焦急,以及下文though the line was cut off可知警察在电话挂断后还在叫,故选择D。意为:大声吼叫。选项A意为讨论;选项B意为嘲笑;选项C意为哭。根据语意,选择D。 【小题4】考查动词辨析。通过上文警察在接到报警电话后就紧急赶往事发地,但是当他们赶到事发地时,却发现没有事故。选项A意为明白,意识到;选项B意为发现;选项C意为证明;选项D意为想知道。根据语意,选择B。 【小题5】考查副词辨析。通过上文警察没有发现异样以及所说话What a dirty trick可知,警察认为这是恶作剧,他们认为自己被耍了,所以此时应该是很生气。选项A意为紧张地;选项B意为失望地;选项C意为生气地;选项D意为令人惊叹地。根据语意选择C。 【小题6】考查名词辨析。本题通过上文即可知道答案。警察认为自己被耍了,故要找到报警人。根据第二段said an anxious voice of a young woman可知报警人为女性。故选择B。 【小题7】考查名词辨析。上文说警察发誓要找到报警人,因此现在肯定在讨论给报警人的惩罚。选项A意为试验,审判;选项B意为警告;选项C意为项目;选项D意为惩罚。根据语意,选择D。 【小题8】考查动词辨析。根据上文All of a sudden, a truck appeared.以及报案人对于事件发生地的描述,可知卡车是往十字路口方向开,也就是警察所站的地方。因此,这辆卡车应该是往警察们这儿开过来。选项A意为经过;选项B意为转弯;选项C意为跑动,驶过来;选项D意为翻滚。根据语意,选择C。 【小题9】考查动词辨析。通过第二段A train for Santa Fe hit a truck at the McDonald Street Crossing可知车祸就在十字路口发生,也就表示当卡车经过路口时,应该停了下来。选择A意为拒绝做某事,短语为refuse to do sth.;选项B意为停止,短语stop to do,意为停下来去做某事,和后面的move on搭配起来就表示继续开;选项C意为继续;选项D意为开始做某事。根据语意,选择A。 【小题10】考查形容词辨析。意为:就在在场的所有警察的眼前火车狠狠地撞上了卡车。选项A意为在上面;选项B意为在下面;选项C意为活着的;选项D意为在场的当它修饰名词时,放在所修饰词之后。故选D。 【小题11】考查动词辨析。意为:火车把卡车撞到了几十米以外。选项A意为撞击,罢工,打击等;选项B意为遇上,遇到;选项C意为抓到;选项D意为错过,思念。根据语意,选择A。 【小题12】考查动词辨析。通过下文out of the damaged truck, he was seriously wounded可知卡车受损严重,以及他受伤严重,所以他只有在别人的帮忙下才可以从卡车里出来。选项A意为拉,而在车祸中受伤的人是不可以直接拉的;选项B意为帮助;选项C意为让;选项D意为要求。故选择B。 【小题13】考查名词辨析。通过下文his life was saved以及上文与警车同去的救护车可知,这名男子应该是被送到了医院,故选择D,意为医院。 【小题14】考查动词辨析。通过对整个事件的描述,可知报警人在事故没有发生时就报了警,由此警察肯定想找出这个人。选项A意为遇见;选项B意为惩罚;选项C意为找出;选项D意为逮捕。根据语意,选择C。 【小题15】考查名词辨析。短语:the first-hand information意为第一手信息、情报。故选择A.选项B意为结果;选项C意为建议;选项D意为新闻。