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It was just getting dark. There was a touch of fog and I was on a lonely stretch of road.   36

I was going along cheerfully, thinking about the dinner I would eat when I got to Salistury.

I was going along   37  at about thirty-five miles an hour when suddenly I heard a scream, a  38  scream--- “ Help! ” I looked round, but the only   39  of life was a large, black, rather suspicious-looking car just   40   a bend in the road about a hundred yards away. That was where the cry had come from. I   41   speed and went after it. I think the driver saw what I was doing, for he did the same and began to draw   42   me. As I drew near, the girl’s voice came again, a lovely voice but trembling with   43   .

“Let me go, you coward; you’re hurting me. Oh ! Oh ! ”

I felt my   44   boil. The fog was coming down   45   now, and the countryside was lonelier. I had no  46  that the murderous guy in the car noticed this. Again came a cry.

“Drop that knife, you fool. Oh ! ” Then a cry and a groan（呻吟）.

 If I was to save her, it was now or   47  . Perhaps even now I was too late. But if I couldn’t save the girl, I would at least try to bring the murderer to   48  . The car was only a couple of yards away now. I drove the bike right across its   49  , and its brakes screamed as the driver tried to pull it over and   50   into the ditch（沟）at the side of the road. The door of the car was pushed open angrily and a dark, evil-looking fellow stepped out .

“You fool!” he shouted as he came towards me with his fist raised to hit me. But I was   51   than he. I put all I could into   52   that would have knocked out Joe Louis. It   53   him right on the point of the chin; his   54   slowly bent under him, and he dropped to the ground without a sound. I rushed to the car,   55   open the door and looked inside. There was no girl there. Suddenly from the back of the car came a voice.

“You have been listening to a radio play, Murder in Hollywood, with Mae Garbo and Clark Taylor. The news will follow immediately . ”

1.A. And                B. Though           C. Therefore            D. But

2.A. quietly            B. quickly          C. carefully            D. nervously

3.A. boy’s             B. man’s               C. woman’s         D. driver’s

4.A. person         B. sign             C. sound                D. form

5.A. turning            B. crossing         C. going                D. driving

6.A. slowed down        B. put on               C. added to         D. took up

7.A. right behind       B. close to         C. away from            D. near by

8.A. joy                B. sorrow               C. fear             D. anger

9.A. tears              B. heart                C. face             D. blood

10.A. slighter          B. thicker              C. lower                D. harder

11.A. need              B. effort               C. trouble              D. doubt

12.A. never             B. late             C. ever             D. then

13.A. justice           B. court                C. lawyer               D. sentence

14.A. direction         B. path             C. front                D. nose

15.A. drove             B. ran              C. crashed          D. sped

16.A. slower            B. quicker          C. taller               D. heavier

17.A. an anger          B. a fist               C. a beat               D. a blow

18.A. caught            B. struck               C. knocked          D. beat

19.A. chin              B. fists                C. knees                D. body

20.A. hit               B. brought          C. pushed           D. pulled

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.C

9.D

10.B

11.D

12.A

13.A

14.B

15.C

16.B

17.D

18.B

19.C

20.D

【解析】本文讲述了在一条偏僻的道路上，作者听到有人喊救命，尽力去就那个女孩，结果发现时场误会。

1.考查连词。根据前面a touch of fog以及lonely，而且天又黑了，可知当时应该是很害怕的，但作者却是cheerfully，故是转折关系。

2.考查形容词。因为是一个人所以是“静静地”走着。

3.考查上下文串联。从下文可知是女子的声音。

4.考查名词辨析。生命的迹象 sign of life

5.考查动词辨析。turn a bend转弯

6.考查动词短语。put on speed 加速 A 慢下来 add to 增加，加到 take up占据，开始从事。根据意思，作者听到声音后，就加速追那辆车。

7.考查动词短语。这个人也加速渐渐地拉开距离。故用away from.

8.考查名词辨析。听到女孩因为害怕而颤抖的声音。

9.考查名词辨析。我热血沸腾。故用blood。

10.考查形容词辨析。雾更浓了，用thicker.

11.考查名词辨析。我不怀疑，也就是说相信车子里的家伙也注意到了这一点。

12.考查副词辨析。now or never勿失良机，机不可失

13.考查名词辨析。bring sb. to justice把某人送交法院，使某人得到公正的判决

14.考查名词辨析。我横穿马路，挡在他的面前。

15.考查动词辨析。crash into 撞到…上

16.考查形容词辨析。有后面可知，我把他打了，所以是我比他更快。

17.考查名词辨析。a blow一击。我用尽全力一击。

18.考查动词辨析。strike击中 beat常指连续打击。

19.考查名词辨析。他的膝盖慢慢地弯下去了。chin下巴 fist拳头

20.考查动词辨析。把车门拉开，故用pull。