真题考试辅导之历年阅读真题解析与导读四

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2003

Passage One

本文是一篇有关个人经历的记叙文。文章讲述了一位女司机一次让一位素不相识的女人搭车，在路途中这位乘客的一些反常之处引起了她的警觉，因此她中途借机骗乘客下了车，后来她吃惊的发现乘客遗留在她车上的包里带有血迹的斧头。

Andrea had never seen an old lady hitchhiking (搭 车) before. However, the weather and the coming darkness made her feel sorry for the lady. The old lady had some difficulty climbing in through the car door, and pushed her big brown canvas shopping bag down onto the floor under her feet. ①She said to Andrea, in a voice that was almost a whisper, "Thank you dearie —Im just going to Brockbourne."

Something in the way the lady spoke, and the way she never turned her head, made Andrea uneasy about this strange hitchhiker. She didnt know why, but she felt instinctively that there was something wrong, something odd, something...dangerous. But how could an old lady be dangerous? It was absurd.

Careful not to turn her head, Andrea looked sideways at her passenger. She studied the hat, the dirty collar of the dress, the shapeless body, the arms with their thick black hairs .②...

Thick black hairs?

Hairy arms? Andreas blood froze.

This wasnt a woman. It was a man.

At first, she didnt know what to do. Then suddenly, an idea came into her racing, terrified brain. Swinging the wheel suddenly, she threw the car into a skid (刹车), and brought it to a halt.③

"My God!" she shouted, "A child! Did you see the child? I think I hit her?

The "old lady" was clearly shaken by the sudden skid. "I didnt see anything dearie," she said. "I dont think you hit anything."

"Im sure it was a child!" insisted Andrea. "Could you just get out and have a look? Just see if theres anything on the road?" She held her breath. Would her plan work?

It did. The passenger slowly climbed out to investigate. As soon as she was out of the vehicle, Andrea gunned the engine and accelerated madly away, and soon she had put a good three miles between herself and the awful hitchhiker.④

It was only then that she thought about the bag lying on the floor in front of her. Maybe the bag would provide some information about the real identity about the man. Pulling into the side of the road, Andrea opened the heavy bag curiously.⑤

It contained only one item—a small hand axe, with a razor-sharp blade. The axe, and the inside of the bag, were covered with the dark red stains of dried blood.

Andrea began to scream. (404 words)

Notes：

① have some difficulty climbing in through the car door艰难地打开车门，爬进车内。down onto the floor under her feet 放在车内地板上，她的脚下。

② the arms with their thick black hairs . 长着浓密黑毛的胳膊。

③racing, terrified brain 飞速转动的，恐惧的大脑。Swinging the wheel 转方向盘。

后来，她飞速转动的，恐惧的大脑产生了一个念头。她迅速扭转方向盘，来了个急刹车，把车子停下。

④ Andrea开足马力，发狂地加速把车开走。不久，她就把那个可怕的搭车者甩下了三英里。

⑤ 现在分词作状语。

把车停到路旁后，Andrea好奇地打开了那个沉重的袋子。

46. Andrea allowed the hitchhiker to take a ride in her car, mainly because .

A. the hitchhiker was an old woman

B. she was curious about the old lady

C. the lady had a heavy bag

D. she knew the old lady

47. What made Andrea afraid when she looked at the old lady?

A. She had a shapeless body.

B. She had a harsh voice.

C. She wore a dirty dress.

D. She had hairy arms.

48. Andrea suddenly stopped the car because .

A. she thought she had hit a child on the road

B. she skidded on some ice on the road

C. she wanted to trick the passenger into getting out

D. she couldnt concentrate and nearly had a crash

49. Andrea looked in the passengers bag to .

A. examine what was in it

B. find out where the passenger lived

C. use the passengers tools

D. find out who the passenger was

50. Andrea screamed because .

A. she saw the hitchhiker come back

B. she realized she could have been killed

C. she was scared at seeing blood

D. she cut herself by the blade

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