Mrs. Jones was over eighty, but she still

题目内容：

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 21 of the fact that she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished22a driving offence (犯规).

Then one day she nearly 23 her record. A police car24her, and the policemen in it saw her25a red light without stopping. Of course, she was stopped. It seemed 26that she would be punished.

When Mrs. Jones came up to the judge（法官）, he looked at her seriously and said that she was27 old to drive a car, and that the reason why she had not stopped at the red 28 was most probably that her eyes had become weak 29old age, so that she had not seen it.

When the judge had finished what he was 30 . Mrs. Jones opened the big handbag she was31and took out her sewing (针线). Without saying a word, she32 a needle(针) with a very small eye, and threaded it at once.

When she had successfully done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed33the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your 34. I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight.”

The judge took the needle and tried to thread it. After half a dozen tries, he had still not succeeded. Mrs. Jones’ record 35unbroken.

小题1:

A．afraid

B．careful

C．proud

D．full小题2:

A．about

B．on

C．to

D．for小题3:

A．kept

B．won

C．missed

D．lost小题4:

A．watched

B．after

C．followed

D．ran after小题5:

A．pass

B．go

C．run

D．rush小题6:

A．sure

B．Indeed

C．certain

D．perhaps小题7:

A．so

B．very

C．too

D．quite小题8:

A．light

B．lamp

C．sign

D．one小题9:

A．with

B．Because

C．for

D．of小题10:

A．speaking

B．saying

C．talking

D．telling小题11:

A．holding

B．getting

C．carrying

D．bringing小题12:

A．took

B．brought

C．picked

D．chose小题13:

A．both

B．all

C．neither

D．either小题14:

A．time

B．turn

C．chance

D．job小题15:

A．was

B．kept

C．seemed

D．remained

最佳答案：

小题1:C

小题2:D

小题3:D

小题4:C

小题5:A

小题6:C

小题7:C

小题8:A

小题9:A

小题10:B

小题11:C

小题12:D

小题13:A

小题14:B

小题15:D

答案解析：

小题1:考查形容词：be proud of“以…为荣”，fact后接引导的是一个同位语从句。选C

小题2:考查介词for 表示被惩罚的原因。选D.

小题3:考查动词：她始终保持着记录，但那天她差点儿丢了这个记录，因为她闯了红灯。选D.

小题4:考查动词：警车跟在她后面，用 followed，而 watched 不妥，因为主语是警车，而不是人。ran after 也不对，警车在此之前没理由追赶她。选C.

小题5:考查动词：pass a red light，而用 go 则要说 go by。选A.

小题6:考查形容词：用 certain，不用 sure，因为 sure 常用人作主语。选C.

小题7:考查固定结构：这是 too…to 结构，表示太…而不…选C。

小题8:考查名词：红灯，用 red light。选A。

小题9:考查介词： with 此处相当于 because of。选A.

小题10:考查动词：强调说话的内容用 say，指说话的动作或讲某种语言用 speak。选B

小题11:考查动词：表示随身携带，不强调方向性，用 carry，而 bring 则表示由远往近带来，选C。

小题12:考查动词：此处是挑了一根小眼的针，如用 took, brought 和 pick 都要加 up 或 out。选D。

小题13:考查代词：指针和线两者，所以用 both。选A.

小题14:考查名词：your turn 表示该轮到你了。选B.

小题15:考查动词：remained 表示过去是这样，现在仍保持这一状态。seemed，语气不够肯定。 kept 此处应用 was kept。选D

点评：这篇文章讲了琼斯太太虽然年纪大了，但是还在开车，一直保持记录从没为犯规被罚款，有一次差点丢了记录，但她还是包住了记录，考查主要以动词，形容词，代词为主，也有考查固定词组和固定句型，做题时灵活运用所学知识，结合上下文进行判断。

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。