单选题
In Britain, people have different attitudes to the police. Most people generally (26) them and the job they do-although there are certain people who do not believe that the police (27) have the power that do. What does a policeman actually do? It is not (28) job to describe. After all, a policeman has a number of jobs in (29) . In Britain, he might be in the Traffic Police and (30) most of his time (31) up and down main roads and motorways. A traffic policeman has to keep the traffic (32) and help when there is an accident. A policeman has to help keep the (33) , too. If there is a fight or some other disturbance, we (34) the police to come and restore order. And they often have to (35) situation at great risk to their own (36) . We expect the police to solve crimes, of course, so an ordinary policeman, (37) he is not a detective, will often have to help (38) and arrest criminals. And (39) do we call when there is an emergency—an air crash, a (40) , a road accident, or a robbery? We call the police. (41) a policeman has to be (42) to face any unpleasant emergency that may happen in the (43) world. The police do an absolutely necessary job, they do it (44) well and I support them, but I do not envy policemen, I do not think that I could (45) do the job of a policeman.
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查词汇。“keep the traffic moving”保持车流畅通。所以此题选择B。
单选题
A. peace B. silence C. situation D. condition
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查上下文理解。下文“there is a fight”(打架)告诉我们，警察的任务是要维护和平。所以此题选择A。
单选题
A. wait for B. call C. think of D. expect
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查动词及词组的意义。wait for意思是“等待某人”；call意思是“打电话”；expect somebody to do something表示“期待某人做某事”；think of意思是“想起，想到”。D项最符合文中的意思“一旦有打架或者骚乱，人们就期待警察出现并维护秩序。”所以此题选择D。