Question

The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California, US. “  1  station? A train for Santa Fe collided (相撞) a   2  at the McDonald Street Crossing. Please come here at once. With an ambulance(救護(hù)車(chē))，too. A man is badly wounded,” said a(n)  3  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  4  off. Soon they got to the crossing, but only to find everything was  5  . No collision, no wounded man.

“What a dirty  6  !” said the policeman angrily. “ We must find out that mischievous (惡作劇)   7  

and…”

They had not been able to say anything about a  8  when they heard the whistle of a train was nearing them quickly. All of a sudden, a truck appeared. It came  9  towards them, too. When it was passing the crossing, it suddenly  10  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 foretold (預(yù)言) on the phone. As he was taken to hospital in time, he was  11  at last. Later the police did whatever they could to  12  the woman who had  13  them, but failed.

It is really  14  that a prophecy(預(yù)言) should agree with the fact so  15  .

1.  A. Weather                B. Railway               C. Fire                 D. Police v       

2.  A. bus                       B. truck                   C. taxi                  D. train            

3.  A. sweet                   B. anxious               C. beautiful           D. low             

4.  A. turned                   B. took                    C. started             D. walked         

5.  A. bad                       B. satisfied               C. pleasant            D. fine             

6.  A. call                       B. lie                       C. trick                D. plan             

7.  A. policeman             B. boy                     C. woman            D. driver          

8.  A. reward                  B. praise                  C. thanks              D. punishment  

9.  A. turning                  B. running               C. starting            D. passing        

10.  A. continued            B. refused                C. began               D. stopped        

11.  A. saved                  B. dead                    C. awake              D. alive            

12.  A. find                    B. meet                   C. punish              D. thank           

13.  A. laughed               B. telephoned           C. repeated           D. visited          

14.  A. exciting               B. surprising            C. pleasing            D. interesting    

15.   A. equally            B. truly            C. exactly        D. carefully  

Answer 1

1—5 DBBCD    6—10 CCDBB    11—15 AABBC