单选题
Jewel Thief Captured

At 1:30 this morning, local police finally caught the jewel thief whom they had been trying to trap (诱捕) for the past two months. (51) the man they arrested, James Smith, (52) that he was the thief, he was captured with several diamond rings in his (53) . Po- lice saw Smith leaving a jewelry store on Main Street at 1:16 A, M.. (54) seeing the police, Smith jumped (55) his auto, and a high-speed chase followed for the next fourteen minutes. The police finally (56) Smith off the road and his (57) hit a tree.
When the police searched Smith's (58) , they found the diamond rings hidden in an inside pocket of his jacket. Although Smith claimed that the diamonds were fake (假的), the owner of the jewelry store (59) the most recent robbery incident happened identified them (60) his missing jewels.
Smith is now awaiting his first visit to court in a cell in the town jail. If he does not (61) , a jury (陪审团) will have to decide his guilt or innocence. (62) , a representative of the police stated today that they have no (63) that he will be found to be (64) . This spokesman also stated that they hoped that the alarm (65) in the community by all the recent robberies would be calmed by Smith's arrest.

单选题 A. When B. After
C. Until D. Although
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 根据下文判断，这里应该是转折关系。尽管抓到了那个人不承认自己是小偷，但是抓到他时，他身上有几枚钻戒。所以选D。
单选题 A. accepted B. denied
C. ignored D. rejected
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] deny是“否定”的意思，与“承认”相对。accept是接受；ignor是忽视；reiect是拒绝、抵制。
单选题 A. safe B. possession
C. provision D. own
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] in one's possession是“拥有，持有”的意思，相当于in possession of，因此选B。
单选题 A. To B. For
C. At D. On
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 介词on后接动名词时，有“一……就……”的意思。本句的意思是“史密斯一看到警察，就跳进了车里，……”，因此选D。
单选题 A. from B. into
C. over D. off
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 文章要表达的意思是“跳进车里”，只能选介词into。
单选题 A. urged B. imposed
C. forced D. attempted
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] force：逼迫。本句的意思就是“警察最终把史密斯逼到了路边”。
单选题 A. truck B. motorbike
C. car D. bicycle
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] truck是卡车，motorbike是摩托车，bicycle是自行车，前文提到他跳进“auto”(汽车)，与car同义。
单选题 A. coat B. cloth
C. clothing D. costume
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] clothing：衣服，所有衣服的统称。文章说的是当警察搜查他的衣服时发现了钻戒。coat：外衣。
单选题 A. when B. where
C. which D. what
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 看下文应该要填一个引导定语从句的表示地点的疑问副词，所以选where。
单选题 A. with B. upon
C. like D. as
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] identify…as…“认出……是……”句义是“最近发生抢劫案的珠宝店主认出了他丢失的珠宝。”
单选题 A. admit B. prove
C. confess D. exhibit
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] confess：承认、坦白、忏悔，既可以作及物动词，又可以作不及物动词使用。文中的意思是犯人是否坦白罪行，应该选C。
单选题 A. Therefore B. However
C. Or D. And
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 看前后文可以推断此处应为表转折关系的连词。
单选题 A. evidence B. suspect
C. opinion D. doubt
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] sb have no doubt that…，可以当作一种句型，意思是“某人对……毫不怀疑”。
单选题 A. guilty B. sorry
C. ashamed D. miserable
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] guilty：有罪的，符合原文的意思。
单选题 A. objected B. led
C. caused D. promoted
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] caused by意思是“由……引起的”，原文的意思就是“发言人还表示，希望由最近发生的抢劫案在社区中引起的恐慌会因为史密斯的被捕而平息。”