单选题 Mrs. Janes gave music lessons at a school. She had a good voice and enjoyed singing, except that some of her high tones sounded like a gate that had been forgotten to oil. Mrs. Janes knew her weakness well, and took every chance she could to practice these high tones. As she lived in a small house, where she could not practice without disturbing the rest of the family, she usually went for long walks along the country roads whenever she had time and practiced her high tones there. Whenever she heard a car or a person coming along the road, she stopped and waited until she could no longer be heard before she started practicing again, because she was a shy person. One afternoon, a fast, opened car came up behind her so silently and so fast that she didn't hear it until it was only a few yards from her. She was singing some of her highest and most difficult tones at that time and as the car passed; she saw an anxious expression came over the driver's face. He stopped his car suddenly, jumped out and began to examine all the tyres carefully. Mrs. Janes didn' t dare to tell him what noise he had heard really was, so he got back into the car and drove off.

单选题 How did Mrs. Janes sing? ______

A、 She sang well, but she didn' t practice singing hard.
B、 She enjoyed singing, but she had a terrible voice.
C、 She was a good singer, but she could not sing the high tones well.
D、 She sang terribly, and she was not singer at all.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】解析：推断题。根据第一段“She had a good voice and enjoyed singing，except that some of her high tones sounded like a gate that had been forgotten to oil”可推知，她是一个好歌手，只是某些高音符唱不好。故答案为C。

单选题 Why did she go for long walks along the country roads? ______

单选题 Why did the driver stop his car suddenly and jump out of it? ______

A、 Because he supposed something must have gone wrong with his car
B、 Because he was moved by the pretty voice of Mrs. Janes
C、 Because he wondered what had happened to Mrs. Janes
D、 Because he was frightened by the terrible voice of Mrs. Janes

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】解析：根据第二段“she saw an anxious expression came over the driver’s face．He stopped his carsuddenly，jumped out and began to examine all his tyres carefully”可推知司机以为是他的车出毛病了。故答案为A。

单选题 Where did the noise come from? ______

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】解析：第二段“She was singing some of her highest and most difficult tones at that time and as the car passed”．可推知司机听到的声音是Mrs．Janes练高音符发出的声音。故答案为B。