单选题 Women are quite competent drivers, but they are very seldom consistently first-class. At best they are a mild hazard, at worst potentially lethal. A wise male driver will always give them plenty of road and still be on the look-out for the unpredictable to happen. This deficiency has nothing to do with their lack of ability to cope with the mechanical complexities of the vehicle; it is due to an inherent characteristic which, in certain other circumstances, may be highly desirable, but which, behind the wheel, is deadly. It is their lust for talking. Women together in a car succumb to this need and when they talk they look into each other's faces. Simple words are insufficient. It is necessary for them to see the expression which partners words and so read the meaning the words leave unsaid. When talking instead of listening, they look to estimate the reaction their words have had. Thus two women in the front of a car repeatedly distract each other's attention from the road and four represent an incredible danger because the one nominally driving the car feels it necessary not only to see and hear what her companion is talking about but also, such is her nature, what those in her back are discussing in case it is anything into which she can inject an added opinion, or in the hope of collecting fresh fuel to feed other fires on later occasions. Quite apart from this factor, which means that the road ahead is quite often an unknown quantity, women seldom use the driving mirror except for cosmetic purposes, after which its position gives the driver little indication of the state of the road behind. A final important factor that seems to lie at the back of feminine attitudes to driving is that comparatively few women have the feel for a machine that so many men have; the satisfaction of a slick change-down means nothing to them. The co-ordination between the various maneuvers, an operation which gives many men a boost of pride, is only a momentary lapse in their concentration on the topic in hand.

单选题 The author says that women drivers are______.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】解析：由题干定位至首句“Women are quite competent drivers，but they are very seldom consistently first-class．”句中consistently意为“始终如一地，一贯地”，uniformly与之含义相近；而not often与seldom对应，可见C是对该句的同义转述，故为答案。A与该句矛盾；而B与第二句“At best they are a mild hazard，at worst potentiallylethal”矛盾；第三句提到男人给女司机让路，但说的是还要小心以防不测，D与之矛盾。

单选题 When women talk they______.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】解析：由题干中的talk定位至首段第五句“It is their lust for talking．”随后解释了女士们开车说话的习惯，第八句分析原因：It is necessary for them to see the expression which partners words and so read the meaning the wordsleave unsaid．可见，C符合文意，故为答案。A中的glare at意为“怒视”，这与第六句中的“when they talk theylook into each other's faces”不符；同理，B与原文也不符；D在原文中未提及，排除。

单选题 What is the reaction when there are four women in a car?

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】解析：由题干定位至首段末句，其中提到“the one nominally driving the car feels it necessary not only to see and hearwhat her companion is talking about but also，such is her nature，what those in her back are discussing…”，这说明她对后座上两人的谈话也感兴趣，时刻关注，故D符合文意。其他三项均与文意不符，排除。

单选题 The "fresh fuel" in the last line of the first paragraph referred to is______.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】解析：由题干定位至首段末句，最后提到开车的人对后座两人谈话感兴趣的原因：she can inject an addedopinion，or in the hope of collecting fresh fuel to feed other fires on later occasions。可见这里是说她可以将得到的信息作为其他场合的谈资，结合女人爱聊天的特点可以判断B符合文意。文章没有提到给汽车加油，也未提及收集任何东西，也没有具体涉及某种看法，排除其他三项。

单选题 What does the author say gives men a feeling of pride?

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】解析：由题干定位至末段末句。其中“which gives many men a boost of pride”是“an operation”的定语从句，而anoperation又是前面提到的“The co-ordination between the various maneuvers”的同位语，因此可以判断让男性感到骄傲的是各种动作之间的协调性，故D为答案。虽然这里提到“operation”，但具体的是解释前面提到的coordination，B项是针对该处的曲解。同理，A也是对该部分内容的曲解。C是对“only a momentary lapse intheir concentration on the topic”的解释，但这里说的让男人骄傲的是前面提到的内容，而非其后内容，故排除。