高考英語(yǔ)閱讀理解（6）

An expensive car speeding down the main street of a small town was soon caught up with by a young motorcycle policeman. As he started to make out the ticket, the woman behind the wheel said proudly, “Before you go any further, young man, I think you should know that the mayor of this city is a good friend of mine.”The officer did not say a word, but kept writing. “I am also a friend of chief of police Barens,”continued the woman, getting more angry each moment, Still he kept on writing. “Young man,”she persisted, “I know Judge Lawson and State Senator (參議員) Patton.” Handing the ticket to the woman, the officer asked pleasantly , “Tell me, do you know Bill Bronson.”

“Why, no,”she answered.

“Well, that is the man you should have known,”he said, heading back to his motorcycle, “I an Bill Bronson.”

1. The policeman stopped the car because_____

A. it was an expensive car

B. the driver was a proud lady

C. the driver was driving beyond the speed limit

D. the driver was going to make trouble for the police

2. The woman was getting more angry each moment because _____.

A. the policeman didn’t know her friends

B. the policeman didn’t accept her kindness

C. the policeman was going to punish her

D. she didn’t know the policeman’s name

3. The policeman was _______.

A. an honourable fellow B. a stupid fellow

C. an impolite man D. a shy man

4. The woman was _______.

A. kind-hearted

B. a person who depended on someone else to finish her work

C. trying to frighten the policeman on the strength of her friends’ powerful positions

D. introducing her good friends’ names to the young officer

5. The policeman _______.

A. had no sense of humor (幽默) B. had s sense of humor

C. had no sense of duty D. was senseless
 

答案：1C 2 C 3 A 4 C 5 B