Miss Lovely began to work in our office last year. She thought she was__1__and hardly talked with us. Her house was a little far from our company and she had to go to work __2__ every day.

　　Of course, she had to spend a lot of __3__on this. She decided to have her own car, and began to __4__how to drive two months ago. Now she was able to drive, but had to__5__a licence before she could buy a car. It took her a week to__6__the traffic regulations. She was sure she would__7__the examinations.

　　It was finally time for her to take the examinations yesterday. Miss Lovely didn't come to work. We__8__she would drive her new car to our company this morning. But to our__9__she came here by taxi and didn't tell anybody about it. None of us asked her the__10__but her face clearly showed she had__11__in the exams.

　　This afternoon one of our workmates told us __12__had happened to the girl when she was__13__. Yesterday the chief examiner had asked her some questions, but she could answer only a __14__. For example, "Would you run over a man or a dog if you see them both in the middle of the__15__?"

　　"Of course I'd run over the dog, sir", Miss Lovely answered without __16__.

　　"I'm sorry to tell you, Miss Lovely," the examiner shook his__17__and said, "you have to take the examination again!"

　　"I don't think my answers were__18__, sir," the girl said in a hurry. "I__19__ run over a man, you know!"

　　"I agree with your__20__, Miss Lovely," the chief examiner said with a smile. "but why not brake (刹车)?"

　　1. A. old B. foolish C. clever D. kind

　　2. A. by taxi B. by train C. on foot D. by plane

　　3. A. time B. money C. energy D. room

　　4. A. teach B. plan C. operate D. learn

　　5. A. find B. apply for C. look for D. make

　　6. A. learn B. forget C. teach D. break

　　7. A. take B. prepare C. explain D. pass

　　8. A. suggested B. described C. thought D. replied

　　9. A. surprise B. joy C. anger D. pleasure

　　10. A. name B. reason C. rule D. notice

　　11. A. believed B. heard C. found D. failed

　　12. A. why B. how C. what D. when

　　13. A. ill B. alone C. in D. out

　　14. A. few B. several C. all D. lot

　　15. A. room B. playground C. hospital D. road

　　16. A. asking B. thinking C. discussing D. advising

　　17. A. foot B. nose C. ears D. head

　　18. A. wrong B. correct C. right D. true

　　19. A. can B. need C. can't D. needn't

　　20. A. car B. opinion C. fact D. purpose

　　[答案与解析]

　　1. C。由下文可知,此空应该填clever。Lovely认为自己很聪明,所以她很少跟别人说话。 2. A。她的住处离公司有点儿远,她每天都得坐出租车上班。3. B。每天坐出租车她当然要花很多钱。4. D。她决定买车,所以她两个月前开始学开车。 5. B。她会开车了,她在买车前得申请领取驾照。 6. A。她用了一周的时间记住了交通规则。 7. D。她很有把握自己能通过考试。 8. C。我们以为Lovely今天早晨会开着自己的新车来公司上班。 9. A。但令我们惊奇的是,她坐出租车来上班。 10. B 11. D。我们谁也没问她这其中的原因,但她的脸色清楚地表明她没有通过考试。12. C 13. D。今天下午当Lovely不在场的时候,我们的一位同事跟我们讲了她所发生的事情。14. A。主考官问Lovely几个问题,但她只能回答其中几个问题。15. D。如果你发现路中间有一个人和一条狗,你是压人还是压狗? 16. B。without thinking意为"不假思索地"。 17. D。主考官摇摇头,表示对Lovely的回答不满意。 18. A 19. C。Lovely对自己过于自信,认为自己的答案没错,急切地说:"我不能去压人吧!" 20. B。主考官同意Lovely的意见,但主考官微笑着说:"为什么不刹车呢?"

　　(文/毛颖坤；英语辅导报高三版2003-2004学年第4期；版权归英语辅导报社所有，独家网络合作伙伴新浪教育，未经许可，不得以任何形式进行转载。)