单选题 A young woman was driving through the (56) countryside. It was dark and raining. Suddenly she saw an old woman (57) the side of the road, (58) her hand out as if she wanted (59) “I can’t (60) her out in this weather,” the woman said to herself, so she stopped the car and opened the door.
“Do you want a lift?” she asked. The old woman (61) and climbed into the car. After a (62) she said to the old woman, “Have you been waiting for a long time?” The old woman shook her head. “ (63) ,” thought the young woman. She (64) again. “Bad weather for the time of the year,” she said. The old woman nodded. No matter (65) the young woman said the hitchhiker (搭便车的人) gave no answer (66) a nod of the head. Then the young woman (67) the hitchhiker’s hands, which were large and hairy.
Suddenly she (68) that the hitchhiker was (69) a man! She stopped the car. “I can’t see out of the rear screen,” she said, “Would you mind (70) it for me?” The hitchhiker nodded and opened the door. (71) the hitchhiker was out of the car, the frightened young woman (72) .
When she got to the next village she (73) to a stop. She noticed that the hitchhiker had (74) his handbag (75) . She picked it up and opened it. She gave a gasp (喘气); inside the bag was a gun!

单选题 A．lovely B．lonely C．noisy D．crowded
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 根据文章大意，可知只有lonely(偏僻的)符合题意。
单选题 A．at B．beside C．by D．near
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] by the side of在……附近。at the side of在……旁边。其他两项不与 the side of连用。
单选题 A．holding B．to hold C．to be holding D．to be held
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 现在分词表状态。
单选题 A．an aid B．a taxi C．a car D．a lift
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] a lift意思是搭便车。其他三项无此意义。
单选题 A．permit B．leave C．allow D．order
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] leave表示“剩下，遗忘，委托，遗弃”。permit、allow表示“允许”，order表示“命令”，均不合题意。
单选题 A．answering B．shook C．nodded D．smiles
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 根据下文，无论女司机问什么问题，这个搭车者只是点头或摇头，并不说话。而根据后文这个人上了车所以不选shook。
单选题 A．while B．moment C．time D．period
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 固定搭配：after a while，过了一会儿。
单选题 A．Curious B．Interesting C．Strange D．Wonderful
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 根据文章意思，女司机应该是对此感到奇怪，而不是好奇或有兴趣或叫好。
单选题 A．told B．did C．made D．tried
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 根据文章意思，女司机又试了一次。
单选题 A．when B．which C．how D．what
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] “No matter what the young woman said”不论女司机问什么问题。
单选题 A．except for B．apart from C．other than D．more than
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 考查词汇辨析。except for除……以外，只是(表示提到的内容不包括在内)；apart from远离，除……之外(需要根据上下文判断后面的内容是否包含在前面)；other than不同于，除了，不包括，相当于but，例如：There is no one but me．
单选题 A．saw B．noticed C．watched D．observed
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] noticed注意到；observed，saw和watched都表示有意地看或观察。
单选题 A．recognized B．realized C．recovered D．remembered
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] realized意识到；recognized认出；recovered恢复；remembered记起。
单选题 A．practically B．basically C．actually D．probably
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] actually实际上，事实上，有“竟然，居然”的意思；practically实践上；basically基本上；probably可能。
单选题 A．clear B．cleared C．to clear D．clearing
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 常用句型would you mind doing...。
单选题 A．As long as B．As far as C．As soon as D．As well as
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] As soon as一……就；As far as直到；As long as只要；As well as也，又。
单选题 A．moved on B．ran away C．fell down D．raced off
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] moved on继续前进，原文的意思是“开动汽车”；ran away跑开； fell down倒下；raced off无此词组。
单选题 A．pulled B．picked C．pushed D．paused
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 此处是形象的说法，因为把那个可疑的搭车者骗下车后，她肯定会开得很快，当进入另一个村庄后。她尽力的拉闸才把车子停下来。
单选题 A．lift B．lost C．laid D．left
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 那个男的把手提包遗留在了车里。left...behind留下，遗留；lift提升；lost丢失；laid(有意地)放下。
单选题 A．beneath 　B. behind C．backwards D．afterwards
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] left...behind留下，遗留。
[长难句分析]
Suddenly she saw an old woman by the side of the road，holding her hand out as if she wanted a lift。突然，她看到道路附近有一位老妇人，伸着手似乎想要搭便车。
holding是现在分词作非限制性定语修饰old woman。