完形填空 (共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36-55各题所给四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
Mrs. Jones was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like a woman half her age. She loved driving very fast, and was proud of the fact 36she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished 37a driving offence (犯规,犯法).
Then one day she nearly 38her record. A police car 39her, and the policemen in it saw her 40a red light without stopping. Of course, she was stopped. It seemed 41that she would be punished.
42Mrs. Jones came up to the judge, he looked at her seriously and said that she was 43old to drive a car, and that the 44why she had not stopped at the red 45was most probably that her eyes had become weak 46old age, so that she had simply not seen it.
When the judge had finished what he was 47 , Mrs. Jones opened the big handbag she was 48and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she 49a needle(针) with a very small eye, and threaded it at her first attempt.
When she had 50done this, she took the thread(n.线) out of the needle again and handed 51the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your 52 . I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight.”
The judge took the 53and tried to thread it. After half a dozen tries, he had still not succeeded. The case (案例) against Mrs. Jones was 54 , and her record 55unbroken.
A.which B.when C.that D.this
A.about B.on C.to D.for
A.kept B.won C.missed D.lost
A.watched B.after C.followed D.ran after
A.pass B.go C.run D.rush
A.sure B.indeed C.certain D.perhaps
A.Before B.While C.Until D.When
A.so B.very C.too D.quite
A.cause B.reason C.matter D.trouble
A.light B.lamp C.sign D.one
A.with B.because C.for D.of
A.speaking B.saying C.talking D.telling
A.holding B.getting C.carrying D.bringing
A.took B.brought C.picked D.chose
A.almost B.hardly C.successfully D.successful
A.both B.all C.neither D.either
A.time B.turn C.chance D.job
A.thread B.glasses C.needles D.needle
A.dismissed B.passed C.settled D.studied
A.was B.kept C.seemed D.remained