When sailors are allowed ashore after a long time at sea, they sometimes get drunk and cause trouble. For this reason, the navy ___1___ has its police in big ports. Whenever sailors cause trouble, the police come and ___2___ them.

One day, the police in a big seaport received a telephone call ___3___ a bar in the town. The barman said that a big sailor had got drunk and ___4___ the furniture in the bar. The officer in charge of the police guard that evening said that he would come immediately.

Now, officers who ___5___ and punish the sailors ___6___ drunk usually chose ___7___ policeman they could find to go with them. ___8___ this particular officer did not do this. ___9___, he chose the smallest and ___10___ man he could find to go to the bar with him and ___11___ the sailor.

Another officer who ___12___ there was surprised when he saw the officer of the guard chose such a small man. ___13___ he said to him, “Why ___14___ you take a big man with you? You have to fight the sailor who ___15___.”

“Yes, you are ___16___ right,” answered the officer of the guard. “That is exactly ___17___ I am taking this small man. If you see two policemen coming ___18___ you, and one is ___19___ the other, which one ___20___ you attack?”

1. A. always????????????? B. seldom???????????????? C. forever???????????????? D. sometimes

2. A. meet with???????? B. deal with?????????????? C. see?????????????????????? D. judge

3. A. about??????????????? B. from??????????????????? C. in???????????????????????? D. of

4. A. was breaking???? B. was ordering???????? C. was moving????????? D. was dusting

5. A. would go????????? B. might beat???????????? C. dared to fight??????? D. had to go

6. A. slightly???????????? B. not at all??????????????? C. heavily???????????????? D. much more

7. A. the biggest??????? B. the youngest????????? C. the bravest?????????? D. the experienced

8. A. In fact????????????? B. But?????????????????????? C. So?????????????????????? D. And

9. A. Instead???????????? B. Therefore????????????? C. Although????????????? D. Then

10. A. good-looking?? B. weakest-looking???? C. ugly-looking????????? D. strongest-looking

11. A. seize?????????????? B. kill??????????????????????? C. get rid of????????????? D. catch up with

12. A. will go??????????? B. had come????????????? C. would start off????? D. happened to be

13. A. Yet???????????????? B. But?????????????????????? C. So?????????????????????? D. Then

14. A. don’t????????????? B. couldn’t??????????????? C. can’t??????????????????? D. do

15. A. looks strong??? B. is drunk??????????????? C. seems rude?????????? D. is dangerous

16. A. all?????????????????? B. very???????????????????? C. too?????????????????????? D. quite

17. A. how?????????????? B. what???????????????????? C. why???????????????????? D. that

18. A. up????????????????? B. at???????????????????????? C. before?????????????????? D. towards

19. A. not smaller than?????????????????????????????? B. as big as

???? C. as small as?????????????????????????????????????? D. much smaller than

20. A. could????????????? B. will????????????????????? C. do??????????????????????? D. can

【解析與解析】

1. A。/ 2. B。根據(jù)下文whatever引導的時間狀語從句的意義可知，在大的港口必須一直都有警察駐守，來處理水手們隨時可能引起的麻煩。

3. B。強調接到來自于(from)某地的電話。

4. A。該句意為一位身材高大的水手喝醉了，而且在摔酒吧里的家具設備。

5. D。/ 6. C。/ 7. A。一般情況下，那些必須到現(xiàn)場去懲治那些爛醉如泥的水手的警官，通常都盡可能地從警察中挑選一位身材最高大的警察跟他一起去現(xiàn)場。

8. B。/ 9. A。分析上文可知，這兩空都含有轉折意義。

10. B。此處應選與smallest意義一致的形容詞weakest-looking，說明“看上去很弱小”。

11. A。警官與警察一起去酒吧“抓”喝醉了的水手，而不是“殺、除掉、趕上”喝醉了的水手。

12. D。根據(jù)語境可知，應選 happen to be(碰巧)。

13. C。上文說明了原因，下文表達結果。

14. A。Why don’t you do sth? 為表示建議的固定句型，意為“為何不…?”

15. B。根據(jù)上文可知，此處強調要對付的是“喝醉的”水手。

16. D。“十分正確”常表達為quite right，而副詞very, too一般不可修飾right。all right用作表語時，意為“身體好”，不符句意。

17. C。why引導表語從句，強調原因。

18. B。/ 19. D。/ 20. B。此句意為：如果你看到兩個警察向你撲來，一個比另一個矮小得多，你將會進攻哪一個？