单选题
Little Tips for Law-breaking Motorists in Court

Even a careful motorist may have the misfortune to commit a motoring (51) . In due course, (52) a summons (传票) , he will appear in a police court. In the court, the motorist hears his name called by the clerk of the court, and comes forward to identify himself. The magistrate(地方法官) then calls for the policeman who charged the offender and asks him to give evidence. The officer takes the oath to tell the truth, the whole truth and (53) the truth. He also is expected to give an account (54) what happened when the offence was committed and to mention any special circumstances. For instance, the offence (55) partly due to the foolishness of another motorist. It would be unwise for the accused motorist to exaggerate this. It will not help his case to try to blame (56) for his own mistake. The magistrate, (57) hearing that some other motorist is involved, will doubtless say: "What is being done about this man.9 Case coming up later this afternoon," may (58) be the answer.
(59) you are guilty, it is of course wise to plead guilty and apologize for committing the offence and (60) the court's time. Magistrates are not heartless and a motorist may be lucky enough to hear one say: "There are mitigating circumstances, (61) you have broken the law and I am obliged to (62) a fine. Pay five pounds. Next case. " For many offences if you wish to plead guilty you may do so by post and avoid (63) at all.
Some short-tempered people forget that both policemen and magistrates have a public duty to perform and are rude to them. This does not pay and rightly so! A magistrate will not let off an offender (64) because he is (65) , but the courteous (有礼貌的) lawbreakers may certainly hope that the magistrate will extend to him what tolerance the law permits.

【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查的是动词与名词的搭配与辨析以及对文章上下文的理解。在此出现的名词中，前三个都可以与commit搭配。但commit an offence指“违章”、“犯规”，commit a crime指“犯罪”，commit a mistake指“犯错误”。从上下文看此处应指司机违章，故选A。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查的是非谓语动词的区别。现在分词的完成时相当于after doing，此句意为“收到传票后”。故选B。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查的是不定代词的用法与辨析及固定搭配的用法。anything but意为“根本不是”、“一点也不”，与nothing but意思相反，从上下文看，在法庭上宣誓只讲真话，故选D。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查的是介词的使用及固定搭配的用法。give an account of sth.为固定搭配，意为“讲述某事”。故选C。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查的是虚拟语气的用法。should have been意为“本应该”，could have been意为“本来可以”二者均为虚拟语气，must have been指肯定的判断，may have been指可能的判断，从上下文看C最合适。故选C。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查的是不定代词的用法与辨析以及固定搭配的用法。someone else为固定搭配，意为“其他人”。故选A。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查的是介词的使用与辨析。on+v-ing意为“一…就……”。故选A。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查的是副词的搭配与辨析。may+well是固定搭配，意为“很可能”。故选B。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查的是连接词的使用及对文章上下文逻辑关系的掌握。此句是承上启下的关键句，if最符合上下文的逻辑关系，意为“如果你是有罪的，当然聪明的做法就是服罪并为违章和占用法庭时间而道歉”。故选A。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查的是动词词组的用法与辨析。A项take on(雇佣、呈现)，B项take in(吸收、欺骗)，C项take over(接管)，D项take up(占用、从事)。根据上下文，该空白处应该填D项。该句意思见上题解释。故选D。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查的是连接词的使用及对文章上下文逻辑关系的掌握。此句关键在于but与since，as，if的区别上。but为并列连词，因为全句中还有一个and在后面连接另一个分句，所以since，as，if作为主从复合句连词均不能与and同时出现在一个句子中。故选C。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查的是动词固定搭配的用法。impose a fine意为“处以罚款”，为固定搭配。全句意为“虽然情有可原，但你已触犯法律”。故选B。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查的是动词的用法。avoid后接动名词，从上下文来看此处应该是现在时态，故选A。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查的是对文章上下文的理解与副词的辨析。merely意为only或者just，merely because意为“仅仅因为”。故选D。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查的是形容词在句子层面上的使用。本题必须联系上下文中的courteous判断，此处也指一个“恭敬”、“有礼貌”的犯事人。respectful(恭敬、虔诚)，respectable(体面的、受尊敬的)，respective(各方面的、逐一的)，respected(被尊敬的)。故选A。