Late last year, I needed to transport some furniture from our house in Sussex to my son' s flat in central London. I should have paid a man to do it for me, but foolishly confident in my driving ability, I decided to hire a van and drive it myself. It was a Ford Transit 280, long and wide: you couldn' t see out of the back. You never really knew how close you were to anything else on the road.
Reversing in my home yard, I crashed into a small shed, causing permanent damage. At least I owned the shed.
I loaded up the furniture and set out. By now it was rush hour. My nerves broke down, as I steered the huge van through ever-shifting lanes, across oncoming vehicles, between distances of buses, at last to Charlotte Street.
Here, I found an available parking space. As I reversed into it, I noticed three people at a pavement cafe waving to me. I got out, trembling violently, like one who has just endured a stormy Atlantic crossing. "You' ve shifted the car parked behind you three feet," they said, and it belonged to a disabled person. I examined the car. There were white scratches along its front bumper. It bore a disabled sign. So, now I was a bad driver and a bad man. Under the stem gaze of the three, I left an apologetic note on the damaged car' s windscreen, giving my phone number.
I unloaded the furniture, dripping with sweat. Wanting only to escape the
monster
, I drove the van back to its base on the Edgware Road. On arrival, the hire man told me I must fill it up with petrol before returning it. " Just charge me," I cried, still shaking with fear. He gazed at me with understanding. No doubt he' d witnessed others in this state before. "How about I drive you to a petrol station, you fill up, and I drive her back?" he asked.
He danced the great van through the traffic so casually that it would have shamed me if I had not been so grateful.
单选题
The writer felt regretful that he had______.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】解析：细节题。由文中第一段第二句话“I should have paid aman to do it for me，but foolishly confident in my driving ability，Idecided to hire a van and drive it myself．”可知，作者本来能够付钱让别人来帮助他运送家具，但是由于对自己的开车技术比较自信，所以选择租车，然后自己开车去伦敦。所以A项是错误的，B项在文中没有提及。C项的a small van“小货车”和下文信息不符，故选D。
单选题
On his way to Charlotte Street, the writer felt______.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】解析：细节题。由文章中的第三段第三句话“My nerves brokedown，as I steered the huge van through ever-shifting lanes，acrossoncoming vehicles，between distances of buses，at last to CharlotteStreet．”可知，那时作者面对不断变换着的车道，迎面驶来的车以及在拥挤的车道中穿梭，作者非常害怕，精神已经快崩溃了，在四个选项中，只有A项frightened“害怕的”符合当时作者的心情，B项意为“恼怒的”，C项意为“放松的”，D项意为“兴奋的”，均不符合题意，故选A。
单选题
In the parking lot, the writer______.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】解析：细节题。由文章中的第四段第四句话“‘You’ve shiftedthe car parked behind you three feet，’they said，and it belonged toa disabled person．”可知，作者当时在停车的时候撞上了一辆残疾人的车。C项意为“撞上了其他汽车”，正确。A、B项在文中没有出现，D项“检查了他自己的车”是错误的，因为作者当时检查的是残疾人的车，故选C。
单选题
The writer uses the word "monster"(para. 5)to refer to______.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】解析：推断题。由文章的第五段第二句“Wanting only to escapethe monster，I drove the van back to its base on the EdgwareRoad．”可知，当时作者想要逃离这个“恶魔”，A项意为“这段糟糕的经历”，但是经历是抽象的东西，并且储存在脑海中，所以不需要逃离；B项意为“笨重的家具”，在文中给作者造成困扰的是开货车，并不是家具；C项意为“在站点的那个男人”，此时这个人还没有出现，所以也不是指人；D项意为“他开的货车”，符合题意，综观全文，是这巨大的货车给他造成了困扰，故选D。
单选题
Watching the hire man drive, the writer felt______.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】解析：细节题。由文章的最后一段“He danced the great vanthrough the traffic so casually that it would have shamed me if I hadnot been so grateful．”可知，此时作者的心里是感激的，A项意为“怀疑的”；B项意为“感激的”；C项意为“羞耻的”；D项意为“担心的”。故选B。