单选题 When sailors are allowed ashore after a long time at sea, they sometimes get drunk and cause trouble. For this reason, the navy (16) has its police in big ports. Whenever sailors cause trouble, the police come and (17) them.
One day, the police in a big seaport received a telephone call (18) a bar in the town. The barman said that a big sailor had got drunk and (19) the furniture in the bar. The officer in charge of the police guard that evening said that he would come immediately.
Now, officers who (20) and punish the sailors (21) drunk usually chose (22) policeman they could find to go with them. (23) this particular officer did not do this. (24) , he chose the smallest and (25) man he could find to go to the bar with him and (26) the sailor.
Another officer who (27) there was surprised when he saw the officer of the guard chose such a small man. (28) he said to him, "Why (29) you take a big man with you? You have to fight the sailor who (30) ."
"Yes, you are (31) right," answered the officer of the guard. "That is exactly (32) I am taking this small man. If you see two policemen coming (33) you, and one is (34) the other, which one (35) you attack?/

单选题 A. always B. seldom C. forever D. sometimes
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】从文章第一句我们了解到这是一篇关于sailor制造trouble的故事。always意为“总是”。
单选题 A. meet with B. deal with C. see D. judge
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】deal with意为“处理”，海员醉酒闹事后警察前来处理。
单选题 A. about B. from C. in D. of
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】from意为“来自”，a telephone call from a bar从酒吧打来的电话。
单选题 A. was breaking B. was ordering C. was moving D. was dusting
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】醉汉都会break(打碎、砸)东西。
单选题 A. would go B. might beat C. dared to fight D. had to go
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】had to go不得不前去。
单选题 A. slightly B. not at all C. heavily D. much more
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】heavily drunk醉熏熏的，烂醉的。
单选题 A. the biggest B. the youngest C. the bravest D. the experienced
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】从下文知一般警官都会挑选块头大的、强壮的警员去出警以制服醉酒的海员。
单选题 A. In fact B. But C. So D. And
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】与一般情况形成对比，这位警官却没这么做。“But”在此处表示转折。
单选题 A. Instead B. Therefore C. Although D. Then
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】本句讲述警官的另类做法，所以选用“instead”，即“而是……”。
单选题 A. good-looking B. weakest-looking
C. ugly-looking D. strongest-looking
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】根据上下文语境选weakest-looking“看上去最瘦弱的”。
单选题 A. seize B. kill C. get rid of D. catch up with
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】seize意为“抓捕”。
单选题 A. will go B. had come
C. would start off D. happened to be
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】happened to be there意为“碰巧在那”。
单选题 A. Yet B. But C. So D. hen
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】“So”在此处表示顺承关系。
单选题 A. don't B. couldn't C. can't D. do
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】why don't you…“你为什么不……”。
单选题 A. looks strong B. is drunk C. seems rude D. is dangerous
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】上文提到一位海员喝醉了。
单选题 A. all B. very C. too D. quite
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】从下文该警官的解释可以看出他并非完全同意，所以选quite。
单选题 A. how B. what C. why D. that
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】why引导原因状语。
单选题 A. up B. at C. before D. towards
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】at表示“以……为目标”。
单选题 A. not smaller than B. as big as
C. as small as D. much smaller than
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】当你看到两位警察朝你走来，其中一个比另一个瘦小得多，你会袭击哪一个?
单选题 A. could B. will C. do D. can
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】“will”在此处表示一种询问的语气。