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Last Sunday, in my return from a weekend in the country, I took a taxi from Waterloo Station to my home in North London. We hadn’t gone very far  1  we had to stop at one of the many traffic lights. Just as the light was changing to  2 a policeman pulled  3  the door of the taxi, jumped in, shouted to the driver,“   4 that blue car in front. It’s been stolen,” and he sat down on the seat beside me. Then he seemed to see me for the first time for he said quickly but5  ,“Sorry sir, but I’ve got to catch that car.”The taxi driver  6  the speed without saying anything. After a few hundred yards the blue car stopped at  7 traffic light and we drew up8  .The policeman got out, ran round to the driver’s door of the blue car, opened it and  9  the driver out. I couldn’t hear what was said, but after a few minutes the policeman  10  to me and I went up to him. He asked me to help him take the car thief to the nearest  11 .The three of us got into the  12  .We drove off  13 the taxi following. I didn’t like sitting next to the  14  ,who was a young, rather tough-looking man, but I had no  15 .  16  it wasn’t far to the police-station. When we got there the policeman took my name and address, thanked me for my  17  and said I could go. So I got back into my taxi and we drove off again. The taxi-driver said18 that that was the second time in a month he had been  19  to he1p the police, and he  20 it wouldn’t happen again.
1.A.until                      B.because                     C.after                         D.before
2.A.orange                   B.yellow                      C.red                           D.green
3.A.out                        B.up                                   C.open                         D.aside
4.A.Follow                   B.Catch                        C.Knock                      D.Watch
5.A.politely                  B.apologically               C.gently                       D.clearly
6.A.increased                B.kept                          C.slowed                      D.removed
7.A.a                           B.the                            C.another                            D.the other
8.A.off                         B.beside                       C.alongside                   D.away
9.A.brought                  B.tried                         C.pulled                       D.spat
10.A.smiled                 B.came                         C.referred                     D.signed
11.A.car-park                B.police-station       C.traffic-light                D.railway-station
12.A.blue taxi               B.stolen car                  C.passing car                D.first taxi
13.A.with                     B.by                                   C.of                             D.in
14.A.thief                     B.driver                       C.policeman                 D.man
15.A.luck                            B.choice                       C.reason                       D.way
16.A.Finally                 B.Naturally                   C.Fortunately                D.Unfortunately
17.A.deed                     B.action                       C.help                          D.words
18.A.happily                 B.angrily                      C.curiously                   D.proudly
19.A.obliged                 B.seen                          C.begged                      D.allowed
20.A.thought                B.guessed                     C.believed                    D.hoped

答案

1--20   DDCBB   ACCCD   BBAAB   CCBAD 

解析

1.用before的意思是说，没有多远就遇上了红灯。
2.从上下文及交通常识，判断答案。
3. 从上文意思看，应选择把门拉“开”。
4.警察的目的是要“抓住”前面那辆车上的人，而不是“跟踪”那辆车。
5.此选项是“抱歉”之意。警察开始没有注意，后来才发现车里有位乘客，觉得有些冒失，故说了句抱歉的话。
6.从上下文分析，应为提高速度。
7.“又遇上了红灯”，因为前面已经说过，曾遇到过红灯。
8.draw up“停车”。 alongside“并排”。
9.pull out“拽出来”。
10.sign“打手势”，意思是让“我”过去。
11.小偷应该被送往警察局。
12.上了那辆被偷的车，因为后面说“那辆出租车跟在后面”。
13.这是一个语法填空，with+名/代+分词，这被称之为“with独立结构”。
14. 人们都不愿和小偷坐在一起。
15.“没有选择”即“只好这样做”。
16.“幸亏”。这是说，虽不愿和小偷为伴，但好在路不远，不会和他在一起坐很长时间。
17.这位作者所做的事只是帮了个忙而已。并不是他主动地见义勇为（deed,action）。
18. “生气”同后面司机所说的“希望这事不再发生了”相一致。
19.be obliged to do“被迫做不情愿的事”。
20.从所给答案结合句子的具体语境可知答案。