Question

完形填空

阅读下列短文，从文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个最佳答案。

A few minutes before six o’clock, Mr. Smith began to leave. He was about to ________  the car when a gunman (持枪者) jumped up from the back seat. He ________  a gun to Mr. Smith’s head，“Drive me to Paris!” he shouted.

“All right,” Mr. Smith answered. He started the engine (发动机), pulled away from the side of the street and   ________  down. Being 81 years old, he knew he could not   ________ the gunman. He knew he needed help. Where were the police? As he drove  ________ each crossing, he looked up and down the side streets, hoping to meet a police car. But he could see ________. "Just my luck,” he thought. “If I was ________  too fast, there would be a police car on every corner."

________  he pushed his foot down on the accelerator(加速器), and the car ran ________  faster. “What are you doing?” shouted the gunman. “Keeping off the police.” Mr. Smith answered. “I thought I saw a police car   ________  there.”

He ran red lights, drove wrong on one-way streets. On the two-way streets, he drove on the wrong   ________  of the road. Not one of the policemen saw him. Again Mr. Smith’s plan was not working. He had to try a ________ plan.

He   ________ a corner and saw the police station in front. Then he drove his car as fast as he could towards the police gate. The car hit a police motorbike down and stopped. Mr. Smith shouted, “Help! Help!” Then he ________ back to grab(抓住) the man’s gun. At the same time the policemen heard the   ________ and quickly caught the gunman.

1.A. stop        B. begin      C. repair      D. start

2.A. brought    B. pointed    C. held       D. carried

3.A. drove       B. left       C. took        D. pushed

4.A. fight       B. lift       C. keep        D. hit

5.A. past        B. over       C. through    D. towards

6.A. somebody    B. anybody     C. everybody   D. nobody

7.A. driving     B. moving      C. getting    D. walking

8.A. Slowly      B. Suddenly   C. Quietly    D. Carefully

9.A. more       B. much       C. very        D. quite

10.A. front      B. near       C. below      D. back

11.A. street     B. way        C. side       D. corner

12.A. new        B. safe        C. hard       D. nice

13.A. found     B. turned     C. stopped at  D. arrived at

14.A. got       B. looked      C. turned      D. came

15.A. sound      B. man         C. voice       D. noise

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.A

5.A

6.D

7.A

8.B

9.B

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述了一个Smith如何智斗持枪劫匪的故事。Smith先生在车上被人用枪挟持，为了制服劫匪，他故意将车开得很快，或违反交通规则来引起警察的注意，但都没成功。最后他看到了警察局，就将车撞向大门，终于在警察帮助下成功获救。

1.D考查动词辨析及语境理解。句意：当他发动车子时，一个持枪者从后座跳了起来。 A. stop停下来；B. begin开始；C. repair修理； D. start开始，发动。结合前文Mr. Smith left the house. Smith先生离开家门，可判断此句为：当他发动车子时，一个持枪者从后座跳了起来，故选D，发动。

2.B考查动词辨析及语境理解。句意：他用枪指着Smith先生的头。A. brought带来；B. pointed指着；C. held持有，拥有；D. carried搬运。根据when a gunman (持枪者) jumped up from the back seat.可知是用枪指着。Point to指着，故选B。

3.A考查动词辨析及语境理解。句意：他发动引擎，从路边开走，往前开。A. drove 开车；B. left 离开；C. took拿，获得；D. pushed推。根据He started the engine (发动机), pulled away (开走) from the side of the street可知他是在开车。故答案为A。

4.A考查动词辨析及语境理解。句意：他知道自己不能和持枪者搏斗。 A. fight 搏斗；B. lift 举起；C. keep 保持；D. hit撞击。依据语境理解，老人已经81岁了。不是歹徒的对手，需要帮助。故答案为A。

5.A考查介词辨析及语境理解。句意：当他经过十字路口时。这里考查的介词的识记情况。A. past经过；B. over在上面；C. through穿过；D. towards往前。结合题意，答案选A。

6.D考查代词辨析及语境理解。句意：他希望能看到警车，但是什么人都没看到。A. somebody一些人；B. anybody任何人；C. everybody每个人；D. nobody没有人，结合前面的内容，答案为D。

7.A考查动词辨析及语境理解。句意：如果我开车的速度太快的话，每个路口都会有警车。 A. driving 开车；B. moving移动；C. getting得到；D. walking步行。从上文可知，史密斯先生在开车。故答案为A。

8.B考查副词辨析及语境理解。句意：突然他把脚踩到了油门上，加大了油门。联系后文he pushed his foot down on the accelerator A. Slowly慢的；B. Suddenly 突然；C. Quietly 静静地；D. Carefully仔细地。他把脚踩到了油门上，由此可判断他想把车开快引起警察注意。故答案为B。

9.B考查副词辨析及语境理解。句意：车子开得更快了。联系前文，他把脚踩到油门上，车子开得很快了。副词much修饰比较级，表示程度，快了很多，故选B。

10.B考查介词辨析及语境理解。句意：我以为我在那附近看到了一辆警车。A. front 前面；B. near附近；C. below在下面；D. back后面。near there“在那附近”。故答案为B。

11.C考查名词辨析及语境理解。句意：他在道路的错误的一边开车。A. street街道；B. way道路；C. side 边；D. corner角落。道路的两边应用side这个词。故答案为C。

12.A考查形容词辨析及语境理解。句意：他必须尝试新的计划。A. new新的；B. safe 安全的；C. hard艰难的；D. nice好的。Mr. Smith在一计不成后又生一计, 选答案A。

13.B考查动词辨析及语境理解。句意：在他转个弯之后看见前面有一个警察局。 A. found发现； B. turned转弯；C. stopped at停下来 D. arrived at到达。根据意思应是在他转个弯之后才看见了警察局。故答案为B。

14.C考查动词辨析及语境理解。然后他转过身抓住那人的枪。句意：A. got 得到；B. looked看； C. turned 转身；D. came来。本题的难点在于look back to 和turn back to 的用法。两个词组的意思分别是“回 头”和“转身”的意思，再联系下文，他显然是转身想抓住歹徒, 故选C。

15.名词辨析及语境理解。句意：与此同时，警察听到了响声,迅速抓住了持枪者。A. sound 声音；B. man 男人；C. voice嗓音；D. noise噪音。发生冲突后应产生打闹的噪音，故选D 最恰当。

考点：故事类短文阅读。