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Passage One 

Woman nabbed for a DUI at same crash spot 

Wed May 21. 2: 17 AM ET 

TRUCKEE,Caif。- Call it drunken driving deja vu(记忆幻觉)。 For the second time in five months, a 23-year-old California woman has been arrested after she crashed her car while driving under the influence( DUI) at the exact same spot north of Lake Tahoe. 

And to top it off, Truckee Police say that in both cases, her blood alcohol content was more than three times the legal limit. 

The police say Melissa Dennison of Truckee crashed at about noon on Sunday on glenshire Drive just south of the Glenshire Bridge. They say she was extremely drunk and had trouble standing or walking. Her blood alcohol level initially was measured at 346. The legal limit is. 08. 

Sergeant J. Litchie said Dennison also had been charged with a DUI in January when she crashed at the same spot and registered a blood alcohol level of. 380. If found guilty of the second offense, she faces up to 10 years in prison and fines in excess of $2, 000. 

A telephone message the Associated Press left at a listing for Dennison in Truckee on Tuesday was not immediately returned. 

单选题

Who is the author of the passage? 

【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】

从文章开头的日期,整个事件的叙述语气及人称的使用可判断出这是一篇记者 做的报道,故选 D。 

单选题

Why couldn’t the woman stand and walk? 

【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】

从文章第三段第二句“ They say she was extremely drunk and had trouble standing or walking”可知,她站不稳并且不能自己走路是因为醉得太厉害,故选 C。 

单选题

Why could the woman be imprisoned for 10 years? 

【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】

从文章第四段第二句“ If found guilty of the second offense, she faces up to 10 years in prison and fines in excess of s2,000 可知,她面临 10 年监禁是因为她两次被抓到醉 驾,故选 A。

单选题

What does the word"nabbed"in the title mean? 

【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】

题目中的 nabbed 意为“被逮住的”。选项中, arrested 与 nabbed 意思相同, 意为“被逮捕的”,故选 A。 attacked 意为“被攻击的”, charged 意为“被控告的”, punished 意为“被处罚的”。