Question

In Britain, people have different attitudes to the police. Most people generally ____them and the job they do，although there are certain people who do not believe that the police____have the power that they do.

What does a policeman actually do? It is not ____job to describe. After all, a policeman has a number of jobs in ____.A policeman often has to control traffic, either____ foot in the centre of a town, or in a police car on the roads. Indeed, in Britain, he might be in the Traffic Police and spend all, or a lot of, his time ____up and down main roads and motorways. A traffic policeman has to help keep the traffic moving, stop ____motorists and help when there is an accident.

A policeman has to help keep the ___， too. If there is a fight or some other disturbance, we ___ the police to come and restore order. And they often have to ____ situation at great risk to their own ____.We expect the police to solve crimes, of course, so an ordinary policeman, ____ he is not a detective(侦探)，will often have to help___and arrest criminals.

And ___ do we call when there is an emergency—an air crash, a____，a road accident, or a robbery? We call the police.___a policeman has to be __17__to face any unpleasant emergency that may happen in the ___ world. The police do an absolutely necessary job, they do it ____ well and I support them, but I do not envy policemen. I do not think that I could____do the job of a policeman.

1.A.dislike  B．join  C．appreciate  D．admire

2.A.should  B．would  C．could  D．must

3.A.a funny  B．a pleasant  C．an interesting  D．an easy

4.A.it  B．one  C．his  D．them

5.A.on  B．by  C．under  D．with

6.A.walking  B．driving  C．wandering  D．searching

7.A.resting  B．tired  C．speeding  D．drunken

8.．A.peace  B．silence  C．situation  D．condition

9.A．wait for  B．call  C．think of  D．expect

10.A.turn to  B．avoid  C．deal with  D．treat

11.A.safety  B．families  C．future  D．friends

12.A.although  B．as if  C．however  D．even if

13.A.get rid of  B．question  C．look for  D．sentence

14.A.how  B．where  C．what  D．who

15. A．power failure  B．fire  C．thunder storm  D．thief

16.A.Yet  B．Then  C．As  D．So

17.A.provided  B．promised  C．prepared  D．presented

18.A.future  B．modern  C．real  D．whole

19.A.extremely  B．specially  C．surprisingly  D．particularly

20.A.hardly  B．forever  C．ever  D．never

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.D

10.C

11.A

12.D

13.C

14.D

15.B

16.D

17.C

18.B

19.A

20.C

【解析】

1.1】答案 C [由下文观点排除A、B，作者是欣赏警察行事的态度与精神，而不是羡慕。]

2.2】答案 A [should指应该，此处译为“一些人认为警察不应该有他们有的权力”。]

3.3】答案 D [由下文可知，警察工作很繁忙，所以是不容易的。]

4.4】答案 B [由下文可知，一个警察要做很多工作，所以“a number of jobs in one”。]

5.5】答案 A [固定短语“on foot”。]

6.6】答案 B [在motorway上不能步行，只能行车，所以选driving。]

7.7】答案 C [speeding motorists是超速的机动车辆。]

8.8】答案 A [上文说“there is a fight”可知上文要警察维护和平。]

9.9】答案 D [“wait for”是等待某人，call是打电话召某人，think of是想起，expect sb to do sth是期待某人做某事。]

10.10】答案 C [警察面对情况是要处理的，所以要用deal with; treat是对待、治疗的意思。]

11.11】答案 A [警察处理情况也有危险威胁他们安全，所以应选safety, their own safety。]

12.12】答案 D [although与even if都有“虽然……但是”之意，但even if有强调之意，此处强调警察的作用。]

13.13】答案 C [“look for”是寻找之意，“get rid of”摆脱，question质问，sentence判处，此处是警察寻找并追捕犯罪分子。]

14.14】答案 D [此处问“我们将召唤谁，当一个紧急情况发生时”，选疑问代词who。]

15.15】答案 B [上文说“emergency”是紧急情况，A、B、C、D中只有a fire是紧急情况。]

16.16】答案 D [由上文可知我们面对紧急情况总是找警察，顺承下来用so表示结果。]

17.17】答案 C [上文结果是警察随时准备(prepared)面对(emergency)。]

18.18】答案 B [in the modern world在现代社会。]

19.19】答案 A [extremely是very的意思，此处praise警察的工作是very well。]

20.20】答案 C [这句话否定前移，应为“I think that I could not...”A、D都是否定之意，双重否定表肯定，故排除，forever不合语境。]