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. WeatherB. Railway      C. Fire         D. Police

2.A. busB. truckC. taxiD. train

3.A. turnedB. tookC. setD. walked

4.A. callB. signalC. trickD. arrangement

5.A. rewardB. praiseC. thanksD. punishment

6.A. turningB. runningC. startingD. passing

7.A. continuedB. refusedC. beganD. stopped

8.A. savedB. deadC. awakeD. alive

9.A. findB. attackC. awardD. thank

10.A. laughedB. visitedC. repeatedD. telephoned

11.A. excitingB. pleasingC. surprisingD. 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：本文讲述的是一位女性准确预测事故，并向警察局报案，及时挽救了人的性命的故事。

1.1】D 上下文串联。根据第一句The telephone rang in the police station可知警察局里的电话响起，那么接线员首先应该标明身份：这里是警察局。故D正确。

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3.Turn off关闭；take off脱掉，起飞，受欢迎；set off出发；一分钟之内，一辆警车和一辆救护车立刻就出发前往出事地点救人去了。

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5.5】D 名词辨析。A奖励；B表扬；C感谢；D惩罚；他们还没有说出一些惩罚的话，在这时他们听见了火车的声音传了过来。

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10.10】D 动词辨析。A嘲笑；B参观；C重复；D打电话；根据第一句可知这位女性是打电话给警察局报案的，故D正确。

11.11】C 词义辨析。A令人兴奋的；B令人高兴的；C令人惊讶的；D有趣的；这位女性能够准确预测这样的一件事情真是令人惊讶。

12.12】C 副词辨析。A平等地；B真实地；C确切地，精确地；D细心地；这位女性能够准确预测这样的一件事情真是令人惊讶。

考点：考察故事类短文