Question

There was in Washington a policeman who was known as the man who arrested the president. The_______ took place when the man was a green officer_______ at No. 1 Street.

One evening, President Grant, who had been invited to a party of friends, was_______ home to meet the engagement. The _______, with its four horses, was running down the street so fast that the new policeman _______ the driver to stop. The driver _______ him and asked what was the _______. “Don’t you know you are driving about nine times as fast as the law _______?” said the officer.

“Yes,” answered the president. “I suppose I was, _______ you speak of it.”

“Well, then, you may __________yourself under arrest and go with me to the station house.”

There were some marks from the other __________of the carriage __________ whom was a foreign minister, but the president said, “The man is __________ right.” and asked the policeman to __________himself behind him.

__________ the policeman heard a soft voice, “I only thought you __________ know that it’s President.” The officer was very __________ and begged them to let him go, __________ the president would have none of it.

When they reached the station, the captain turned __________. Apologies were made, but the president __________on paying the proper fine.

1.A. accident    B. incident    C. account    D. affair

2.A. stood    B. stationed    C. kept watch    D. defending

3.A. walking    B. wandering    C. running    D. hurrying

4.A. car    B. bus    C. carriage    D. train

5.A. begged    B. hoped    C. ordered    D. suggested

6.A. agreed    B. accepted    C. listened    D. obeyed

7.A. matter    B. thing    C. affair    D. business

8.A. lets    B. forbids    C. tells    D. allows

9.A. though    B. unless    C. while    D. since

10.A. decide    B. guess    C. consider    D. treat

11.A. passengers    B. drivers    C. officers    D. policemen

12.A. with    B. among    C. in    D. except

13.A. rather    B. hardly    C. rarely    D. perfectly

14.A. seat    B. sit    C. stand    D. climb

15.A. Fortunately    B. Happily    C. Suddenly    D. Carefully

16.A. could    B. must    C. ought to    D. may

17.A. excited    B. interested    C. moved    D. astonished

18.A. therefore    B. but    C. and    D. otherwise

19.A. white    B. green    C. red    D. yellow

20.A. demanded    B. asked    C. required    D. insisted

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.C

6.D

7.A

8.D

9.D

10.D

11.A

12.B

13.D

14.A

15.C

16.C

17.D

18.B

19.C

20.D

【解析】

本文是一篇故事。讲述华盛顿一个新警察因为超速逮捕了美国总统格兰特，格兰特总统承认超速，也同意跟警察回警局，并且坚持上交罚款。

1.考查名词词义辨析。句意：这件事情发生在第一大道，当时该地值守的是一个新警察。A. accident事故；B. incident事件；C. account描述；D. affair事情。根据前文There was in Washington a policeman who was known as the man who arrested the president.可知，警察逮捕了总统，这是个事件，故选B。

2.考查动词词义辨析。句意：这件事情发生在第一大道，当时该地值守的是一个新警察。A. stood站立；B. stationed使驻扎；C. kept watch严密监视；D. defending防卫。根据文章可知，警察按照警局的部署驻扎在指定的地方，故选B。

3.考查动词词义辨析。句意：一天晚上，总统格兰特受邀到朋友的一个聚会上而匆忙赴约。A. walking步行；B. wandering漫步；C. running跑步；D. hurrying着急。根据后文可知，总统超速了，故可知赶时间，故很匆忙，选D。

4.考查名词词义辨析。句意：四匹马拉的马车跑的速度非常快，因而警察命令司机停下来。A. car轿车；B. bus公交车；C. carriage四轮马车；D. train火车。根据本句with its four horses可知，总统乘坐的是由马拉动的马车，故选C。

5.考查动词词义辨析。句意：四匹马拉的马车跑的速度非常快，因而警察命令司机停下来。A. begged乞讨；B. hoped希望；C. ordered命令；D. suggested建议。根据文章可知，警察的职责就是制止不法行为，因而发现超速问题，及时制止是其职责，故选C。

6.考查动词词义辨析。句意：司机听从了该命令停了下来，并问他有什么问题。A. agreed同意；B. accepted接受；C. listened听；D. obeyed服从。根据后文asked what was可知，司机听从了警察的命令，故选D。

7.考查名词词义辨析。句意：司机听从了该命令停了下来，并问他有什么问题。A. matter问题；B. thing事情；C. affair事件；D. business生意，正事。根据后文Don’t you know you are driving about nine times可知，正是因为超速，而被警察要求停车，故司机问怎么回事，故选A。

8.考查动词词义辨析。句意：难道你不知道你正在以法律允许的9倍速度驾驶吗？A. lets让；B. forbids禁止；C. tells告诉；D. allows允许。根据本文可知，司机正在超速行驶，故选D。

9.考查连词词义辨析。句意：我想我是超速了，因为你都说了。A. though尽管；B. unless除非；C. while然而；D. since既然。分析句子可知，前后句逻辑关系为因果关系，后面是原因，故选D。

10.考查动词词义辨析。句意：那么你将面临逮捕，请跟我回警察局。A. decide决定；B. guess 猜测；C. consider考虑；D. treat款待。根据后文可知，总统去了警察局接受处罚，因而选D。

11.考查名词词义辨析。句意：马车里其他人说了话，其中一个是外交部长。A. passengers乘客；B. drivers司机；C. officers官员；D. policemen警察。根据本句of the carriage可知，马车里面还有其他的人，故选A。

12.考查介词词义辨析。句意：马车里其他人说了话，其中一个是外交部长。A. with和……一起；B. among在……中；C. in在……里面；D. except除了。分析句子，本句为非限制性定语从句修饰先行词passengers，根据后文but可知，外交部长为总统辩解了，故选B。

13.考查副词词义辨析。句意：但是总统却说道，这个警察是完全正确的，并且叫他坐在他后面。A. rather相当；B. hardly几乎不；C. rarely稀少地；D. perfectly完美地。根据后文可知，总统认可警察的判定，故选D。

14.考查动词词义辨析。句意：句意：但是总统却说道，这个警察是完全正确的，并且叫他坐在他后面。A. seat使…入座；B. sit坐；C. stand站着；D. climb攀爬。根据本句可知，总统要跟随警察去伏法，故选A。sit为不及物动词，后面不能直接接宾语。

15.考查副词词义辨析。句意：突然，这个警察听到一个温和的声音。A. Fortunately幸运地；B. Happily高兴地；C. Suddenly突然；D. Carefully仔细地。根据前后文可知，警察此时知道了总统的身份，表明事情的突然性，故选C。

16.考查情态动词。句意：我原本以为你应该知道这位是我们的总统。A. could可能；B. must一定；C. ought to应该；D. may也许。根据本文I only thought可知，总统的随从认为警察可能认识总统，不太确定，故选C。

17.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这个警察非常惊讶，并且祈求同车的人让总统走。A. excited兴奋的；B. interested感兴趣的；C. moved感动的；D. astonished感到震惊的。根据本句begged them to let him go可知，警察不知道是总统，知道其身份之后很吃惊，故选D。

18.考查连词词义辨析。句意：但是总统却拒绝接受。A. therefore因此；B. but但是；C. and和；D. otherwise否则。根据文章可知，大家建议总统走，但是总统没有采纳，因而两句属于转折关系，故选B。

19.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当他们达到警察局的时候，警队队长脸色绯红。A. white白色；B. green绿色；C. red红色；D. yellow黄色。根据后文Apologies were made可知，警察犯了错误，故感到不好意思，故选C。

20.考查动词词义辨析。句意：虽然已经道歉，但是总统坚持要求缴纳适合的罚款。A. demanded要求；B. asked要求；C. required要求；D. insisted坚持。本句为短语insist on doing sth坚持做某事，故选D。