同等學力英語閱讀及翻譯專項練習 1

Andrea had never seen an old lady hitchhiking ( 搭車 ) before. However, the weather and the coming darkness made her feel sorry for the lady. The old lady had some difficulty climbing in through the car door, and pushed her big brown canvas shopping bag down onto the floor under her feet. She said to Andres, in a voice that was almost a whisper, “Thank you dearie —I'm just going to Brockbourne.”

Something in the way the lady spoke, and the way she never turned her head, made Andrea uneasy about this strange hitchhiker. She didn't know why, but she felt instinctively that there was something wrong, something odd, something…dangerous. But how could an old lady be dangerous? It was absurd.

Careful not to turn her head, Andrea looked sideways at her passenger. She studied the hat, the dirty collar of the dress, the shapeless body, the arms with the thick black hairs…

Thick black hairs?

Hairy arms? Andres's blood froze.

This wasn't a woman. It was a man.

At first, she didn't know what to do. Then suddenly, an idea came into her racing, terrified brain. Swinging the wheel suddenly, she threw the car into a skid ( 剎車 ), and brought it to a halt.

“My God!” she shouted, “A child! Did you see the child? I think I hit her!”

The “old lady” was clearly shaken by the sudden skid, “I didn't see anything dearie,” she said. “I don't think you hit anything.”

“I'm sure it was a child!” insisted Andrea. “Could you just get out and have a look? Just see if there's anything on the road?” She held her breath. Would her plan work?

It did. The passenger slowly climbed out to investigate. As soon as she was out of the vehicle, Andrea gunned the engine and accelerated madly away, and soon she had put a good three miles between herself and the awful hitchhiker.

It was only then that she thought about the bag lying on the floor in front of her. Maybe the bag would provide some information about the real identity about the man. Pulling into the side of the road, Andrea opened the heavy bag curiously.

It contained only one item—a small hand axe, with a razor-sharp blade. The axe and the inside of the bag were covered with the dark red stains of dried blood.

Andrea began to scream.

1. Andrea allowed the hitchhiker to take a ride in her car mainly because __A____.

A. the hitchhiker was an old woman B. she was curious about the old lady

C. the lady had a heavy bag D. she knew the old lady

2. What made Andrea afraid when she looked at the old lady?D

A. She had a shapeless body. B. She had a harsh voice.

C. She wore a dirty dress. D. She had hairy arms.

3. Andrea suddenly stopped the car because __C____.

A. she thought she had hit a child on the road

B. she skidded on some ice on the road

C. she wanted to trick the passenger into getting out

D. she couldn't concentrate and nearly had a crash

4. Andrea looked in the passenger's bag to __D____.

A. examine what was in it. B. find out where the passenger lived.

C. use the passenger's tools. D. find out who the passenger was.

5. Andrea screamed because __B____.

A. she saw the hitchhiker come back B. she realized she could have been killed

C. she was scared at seeing blood D. she cut herself by the blade

安德妮婭以前從來沒有見過老年婦女搭便車。不過，天氣和即將降臨的黑夜使她覺得那名老婦人可憐。那名老婦人比較艱難地爬進車里，把她的棕色大帆布購物袋放在車內她的腳下。她用一種近似耳語的聲音對安德妮婭說，“謝謝你，小寶貝——我正要到布洛克伯尼去。”

途中老婦人講的事情以及她從不扭頭的舉動令安德妮婭對這名奇怪的搭車者感到不安。安德妮婭不知道這是為什么，但是她本能地覺得有些不對頭、有些奇怪、有些…危險。但是，一名老婦人怎么可能危險呢？真是荒謬。

安德妮婭盡量小心謹慎，沒有扭頭，斜著看了看她帶的乘客。她觀察了帽子、衣服上的臟衣領、不勻稱的體型、長滿濃密黑毛的胳膊…

濃密的黑毛？

多毛的胳膊？安德妮婭愣住了。

這不是一個女人。是一個男人。

起初，她不知道該怎么辦。后來，她飛速轉動、恐懼的大腦突然想出了一個主意。她迅速扭轉方向盤，來了個急剎車，把車子停下。

“天哪！”她喊道，“一個小孩！你看到那個小孩了嗎？我想我撞到她了！”

那名“老婦人”明顯被急剎車嚇住了，“我沒有看見任何東西，小寶貝，”她說。“我認為你沒有撞到什么。”

“我肯定是個小孩！”安德妮婭堅持說。“你能不能出去看一看？只是去看看路上是不是有什么？”她屏住了呼吸。她的計劃會奏效嗎？

計劃奏效了。那名乘客慢慢地爬出車去觀察。她一下車，安德妮婭就開足馬力，發狂地加速逃走了；不久，她就把那名可怕的搭車者甩下了 三英里 。

只是到了那時，她才開始考慮留在車上放在她前面的袋子。也許這袋子能為辨別那名男子的真實身份提供某些信息。把車子停在路旁后，安德妮婭好奇地打開了那個沉重的袋子。

袋子里只有一樣東西——一把小手斧，一把有剃刀一般鋒利刀口的斧子。斧子上和袋子里滿是凝固的暗紅血斑。

安德妮婭開始尖叫起來。

參考答案 ： 1 ． A 2 ． D 3 ． C 4 ． D 5 ． B