Question

    Denton police officers were dispatched to the 500 block of South Elm Street after a call about a fight at 1:30 a.m. Sunday.

The officers met with a husband and a wife in parking lot who said a man had pulled a gun on them, according to a police report. They said the man fired a round as he was leaving. The woman said they had been at a bar, where she got into an argument with a man she didn’t know. Her husband joined in the argument, which spilled on into the parking lot, according to the report. She said that man left but his friend, the man who fired the round, began to shout at her husband while they were outside. She reported that as the second man was getting into his truck, he pulled out a gun and she noticed the gun’s laser pointed at herself and her husband. Her husband took his cane(拐杖) and hit the side of the truck, damaging the driver’s side window, according to the report. Then the man shot off the gun as he was leaving the parking lot, the woman said.

Another woman witnessed the argument and heard the gunshot, according to the report. The officer reported that a single 45-caliber(口径) shell casing（外壳）was found in the street by the exit of the parking lot. Another officer found a truck matching the couple’s description in the 600 block of Fort Worth Drive.

The driver of the truck admitted to the police that he had pulled out a gun and fired a shot into the ground as he was leaving, according to the report. The man was taken to prison and charged with assault(袭击) with a deadly weapon.

1.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A.The police didn’t find the man who had a gun.

B.The woman’s husband was hurt by the man’s shooting.

C.The man who argued with the woman fired at her husband.

D.The truck’s side window was broken by the woman’s husband.

2.Which is the correct order of the things that happened in the passage?

a. The driver of the truck fired the round.

b. The driver of the truck shouted at the couple.

c. They all went out to the parking lot.

d. The police found the truck.

e. The man who argued with the couple left.

A.cebad B.ceabd C.abced D.ecabd

3.The underlined word “dispatched” in the first paragraph probably means________.

A.invited B.sent C.introduced D.welcomed

4.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A.An argument happened in the bar.

B.A fire fight in the parking lot.

C.A man fired a shot after the argument in the parking lot.

D.A driver was charged with owning a deadly weapon.

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.C

【解析】

文章讲述的是警察向目击证人调查取证一起枪击事件，并把罪犯带到警察局。

1.细节理解题。根据文中“The driver of the truck admitted to the police that he had pulled out a gun and fired a shot into the ground as he was leaving, according to the report.”据报道，卡车司机向警方承认，他在离开时掏出了一把枪，向地上开了一枪。可知A选项错误；根据文中“she noticed the gun’s laser pointed at herself and her husband. Her husband took his cane(拐杖) and hit the side of the truck, damaging the driver’s side window, according to the report.”她注意到枪的激光指向自己和她的丈夫。 据报道，她的丈夫拿起他的拐杖，撞到了卡车的侧面，损坏了司机的侧窗。可知并没有提到他的丈夫有没有受伤，所以B选项错误；根据文中“where she got into an argument with a man she didn’t know. Her husband joined in the argument, which spilled on into the parking lot, according to the report. She said that man left but his friend, the man who fired the round, began to shout at her husband while they were outside.”在那里她和一个她不认识的男人吵了起来。据报道，她的丈夫也加入了这场争吵，争吵还蔓延到了停车场。她说那个人走了，但是他的朋友，那个开了枪的人，在他们出去的时候开始对她的丈夫大喊大叫。可知C选项错误；根据文中“Her husband took his cane(拐杖) and hit the side of the truck, damaging the driver’s side window”她丈夫拿着拐杖撞到了卡车的一侧，损坏了司机的侧窗。可知D选项是正确的，故选D。

2.细节理解题。根据文章的发展顺序可以看出，文中“Her husband joined in the argument, which spilled on into the parking lot, according to the report. ”据报道，她丈夫也参与了这场争吵，这场争吵蔓延到了停车场。也就是序号c；根据文中“She said that man left but his friend, the man who fired the round, began to shout at her husband”她说那个人走了，但他的朋友，那个开枪的人，开始对她丈夫大喊大叫，也就是序号e；根据文中“but his friend, the man who fired the round, began to shout at her husband”但是他的朋友，那个开枪的人，开始对她丈夫大喊大叫，可知这是序号b；根据文中“Then the man shot off the gun as he was leaving the parking lot”当他离开停车场时，那人开枪射击，可知这是序号a；根据文中“Another officer found a truck matching the couple’s description in the 600 block of Fort Worth Drive.”另一名警官在沃思堡道600街区发现了一辆与这对夫妇描述相符的卡车。可知这是序号d，所以整个事件的发展顺序应该是cebad，故选A。

3.词义猜测题。invited邀请；sent发送，派遣；introduced介绍；welcomed欢迎；根据文中“Denton police officers were dispatched to the 500 block of South Elm Street after a call about a fight at 1:30 a.m. Sunday.”周日凌晨1点30分，丹顿警方接到一通关于打架的电话，随后被派往南榆树街500号街区。可知，dispatched在这里指的是“派遣”的意思，英语中send也有这个意思，而原词用的是过去时，所以这里也用过去时，故选B。

4.主旨大意题。根据整个文章的讲述的是在酒吧发生的一场争吵，这场争吵蔓延到停车场，然后一名男子开枪的事情，所以C选项概括的比较全面，故选C。