Question

Charlie Vansant, a college student of Athens, Ohio who reported that his car was stolen, got a surprise when he learned a woman had mistaken it for her daughter's car and taken it－using her key.

Kate Anderson became an accidental car thief when picking up her daughter's car near an Ohio University building last week. Anderson spotted the Toyota Camry（豐田凱美瑞）and used her daughter's key to unlock the car, start the engine and drive home-without realizing that the car wasn't her daughter's.

When Charlie Vansant left class a short time later, he found only an empty parking spot. He first assumed the car had been towed, but when the police couldn't find a record of it, they took a theft report.

The morning after Anderson took the car, her daughter discovered the Camry in the driveway wasn't hers. Anderson said she was able to find Vansant's name on paperwork in the glove compartment and look up his phone number on the website for the university.

When Anderson told Charlie the car was in her driveway, "It sounded real suspicious at first, as she wanted to hold the thing for ransom（贖金）,” said Vansant. He eventually went to the house with a police officer, where he was reunited with his car. According to the police report, the case was closed "because of mistaken car identity", Anderson wasn't charged.

Vansant seemed to blame the car company more than the "thief". "Her key fit not only my lock, but my ignition（點(diǎn)火裝置） as well - so high-five for Toyota. I guess." he said.

1. What does the underlined word "towed" mean in paragraph 3?

A. removed. B. damaged.

C. stolen. D. sold.

2.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Mrs. Anderson's daughter discovered the car her mother drove was not hers.

B. Mrs. Anderson stole Charlie's car at the request of her daughter.

C. Charlie had thought he had to give Anderson money to get his car back.

D. Mrs. Anderson used her daughter's key to unlock Charlie's car and drive home.

3. What does Charlie mean by "high-five for Toyota"?

A. He is blaming Toyota for the poor quality of car keys.

B. He should thank Toyota for returning his car.

C. He wants to celebrate with Toyota for getting his car back.

D. He thinks highly of Toyota for producing large quantities of cars.

4. What is likely to happen next according to the passage?

A. Mrs. Anderson was charged with stealing a car.

B. Charlie blamed Mrs. Anderson for mistakenly taking his car.

C. Charlie would ask the Toyota Company to give him an explanation.

D. The Toyota Company would give Charlie a new car as compensation.

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.A

4.C

【解析】

試題分析:本文是一篇故事類短文，講述了Kate Anderson無意中成為“偷車賊”的故事。一天Kate Anderson在街上看到“女兒的車”，于是用女兒給她的備用鑰匙把車打開，然后開回家。當(dāng)女兒發(fā)現(xiàn)不是自己的車后，把車送還了車主。

1.詞義猜測(cè)題。 A. removed. 移動(dòng) ；B. damaged. 損壞；C. stolen. 偷；D. sold.賣掉。根據(jù)第三段He first assumed the car had been towed, but when the police couldn't find a record of it, they took a theft report．可知他剛開始沒認(rèn)為車被偷，而CD選項(xiàng)不符合語境，選A。句意：起初他以為車被移開了，但是當(dāng)警察找不到移動(dòng)記錄時(shí)，他們就做了一個(gè)車輛被盜的記錄。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)根據(jù)文章第二段Anderson spotted the Toyota Camry（豐田凱美瑞）and used her daughter's key to unlock the car, start the engine and drive home-without realizing that the car wasn't her daughter's.和第四段The morning after Anderson took the car, her daughter discovered the Camry in the driveway wasn't hers內(nèi)容可知Anderson沒有故意偷車，而且她女兒也沒有授意她去偷車，故B選項(xiàng)內(nèi)容錯(cuò)誤。

3.推理判斷題。根據(jù)上文內(nèi)容可知?jiǎng)e人的車鑰匙不但能開他的車門，而且還能開動(dòng)發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)，說明豐田車存在技術(shù)問題，在此他是用反語來責(zé)備豐田公司，由此判斷選A。句意：他說，”她的車鑰匙不僅能夠開我的車門，竟然還能夠開動(dòng)我的發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)--我真的想為豐田公司擊掌‘慶祝’！

4.推理判斷題。Charlie的車竟然能用別人的車鑰匙打開車門并開走，說明汽車存在問題，再根據(jù)他說的話可以推測(cè)他會(huì)找汽車公司討要說法，選C。

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