Question

The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California, US. “     station? A train for Santa Fe collided (相撞) a    at the McDonald Street Crossing. Please come here at once. With an ambulance, too. A man is badly wounded,” said an anxious voice of a young woman.

  “OK. We’ll come soon. Please stay there and wait.” Replied the policeman.

  Within a minute, a police car and an ambulance     off. Soon they got to the crossing, but only to find everything was fine. No collision, no wounded man.

  “What a dirty     !” said the policeman angrily. “ We must find out that woman and…”

  They had not been able to say anything about a      when they heard the whistle of a train was nearing them quickly. All of a sudden, a truck appeared. It came     towards them, too. When it was passing the crossing, it suddenly     to move on. Right then and there, before the eyes of all the people present, the train collided with the truck heavily and struck it dozens of metres away.

  When Randolph Bruce, the driver, was helped out of the damaged truck, he was badly wounded just as the young woman had predicted on the phone. As he was taken to hospital in time, he was     at last. Later the police did whatever they could to     the woman who had      them, but failed.

  It is really     that a prediction should agree with the fact so     .

1.A. Weather    B. Railway C. Fire       D. Police

2.A. bus    B. truck     C. taxi        D. train     

3.A. turned        B. took      C. set         D. walked

4.A. call     B. signal    C. trick      D. arrangement        

5.A. reward       B. praise   C. thanks   D. punishment 

6.A. turning       B. running          C. starting D. passing

7.A. continued  B. refused          C. began   D. stopped        

8.A. saved          B. dead     C. awake   D. alive     

9.A. find    B. attack    C. award   D. thank   

10.A. laughed   B. visited   C. repeated       D. telephoned 

11.A. exciting    B. pleasing         C. surprising      D. interesting   

12.A. equally     B. truly              C. exactly               D. carefully      

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.C

5.D

6.B

7.B

8.A

9.A

10.D

11.C

12.C

【解析】

试题分析：文章写的是一个预言应验的故事。一个年轻妇女打电话到警局称十字路口发生了车祸，有人重伤。当警察和救护车赶到时，并没有看到车祸，警方认为这是一个恶作剧。就在这时，一辆卡车停在了十字路口，被驶来的火车撞毁了。

1.考查名词辨析。A天气；B铁路；C火；D警察。根据“The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond”可知，年轻女性是在给公安局打电话，故选D。

2.考查名词辨析。A公交车；B卡车；C出租车；D火车。根据“All of a sudden, a truck appeared.”可知，火车撞上了一辆卡车，故选B。

3.考查动词辨析。A转向；B拿走，花费；C设置；D散步。Within a minute, a police car and an ambulance     off.接到电话报警之后，警车和救护车很快出发了，set off出发，故选C。

4.考查名词辨析。A喊叫；B信号；C玩笑，恶作剧；D安排。根据“but only to find everything was fine. No collision, no wounded man.”可知，所谓的电话报警是有人给警察开了一个玩笑，故选C。

5.考查名词辨析。A奖赏；B表扬；C感谢；D惩罚。They had not been able to say anything about a      when they heard the whistle of a train还未来得及定下一个惩罚报警人的办法，这时，一辆火车呼啸而来，故选D。

6.考查动词辨析。A转向；B奔跑；C开始；D通过。a truck appeared. It came     towards them, too.卡车向警察这个方向驶来，故选B。

7.考查动词辨析。A继续；B拒绝；C开始；D停止。When it was passing the crossing, it suddenly     to move on.当行驶到十字路口时，卡车突然停止前行了，A、C与句意不符，stop to do是停下来开始做另一件事，排除A、C、D；故选B。

8.考查形容词辨析。A被拯救的；B死亡的；C醒着的；D活着的。As he was taken to hospital in time, he was     at last.卡车司机被及时送到了医院而得救了，故选A。

9.考查动词辨析。A找到；B袭击；C奖励；D感谢。Later the police did whatever they could to     the woman后来，警方设法寻找那个报案的女性，故选A。

10.考查动词辨析。A大笑；B拜访；C重复；D打电话。根据第一段最后“said an anxious voice of a young woman”可知，警方想找到那个打电话报案的女人，故选D。

11.考查形容词辨析。A令人兴奋的；B令人满意的；C令人惊讶的；D有趣的。It is really     that a prediction should agree with the fact一个预言竟与事实吻合，这很令人惊讶，故选C。

12.考查副词辨析。A平等地；B真实地；C精确地，完全地，确切地；D细心地。a prediction should agree with the fact so     一个预言与事实完全吻合，故选C。

考点：故事类短文阅读