单选题 In Britain, people have different altitudes to the police. Most people generally (21) them and the job they do—although there are certain people who do not believe that the police (22) have the power that they do.
What does a policeman actually do? It is not (23) job to describe. After all, a policeman has a number of jobs in one. A policeman often has to control traffic. either (24) foot in the centre of a town, or in a police car on the roads. Indeed. in Britain, he might he in the Traffic Police and spend all, or a lot of, his time (25) up and down main roads and motorways. A traffic policeman has to help keep the traffic moving, stop (26) motorists and help when there is an accident.
A policeman has to help keep the (27) , too. If there is a fight or some other disturbance, we (28) the police to come and restore order. And they often have to deal with situation at great risk to their own (29) .
We expect the police to solve crimes, of course, so an ordinary policeman, even if he is not a detective(侦探) ,will often have to help (30) and arrest criminals.
And (31) do we call when there is an emergency—an air crash, a fire, a road accident. or a robbery? We call the police. (32) a policeman has to be prepared to face any unpleasant emergency that may happen in the (33) world.
The police do an absolutely necessary job, they do it (34) well and I support them, but I do not envy policemen. I do not think that I could (35) do the job of a policeman.

【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 由下文观点排除A、B两项,由最后一段知作者是欣赏警察行事的态度与精神,而不是羡慕。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 选should,此处译为“一些人认为警察不应该拥有他们既得的权力”。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 警察工作很繁忙,所以是不容易的。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] on foot“步行”是固定短语,介词用on。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 在motorway上不能步行,只能行车,所以选driving。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] speeding motorists是超速的机动车辆。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 下义说there is a fight可知上文要警察维护和平。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] wait for是“等待某人”;call是“打电话找某人”;think of是“想起”;expect sb. to do sth. 是“期待某人做某事”。由下一段第一句中的“expect”也给了提示。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 警察处理情况也会有危险威胁他们的安全,所以应选safety。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] look for“寻找”;get rid of“摆脱”;question“质问”;sentence“判处”,此处是警察寻找并追捕犯罪分子。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 此处问“当一个紧急情况发生时,我们将召唤谁”,选疑问代词who。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 我们面对紧急情况时总是找警察,表示顺承关系应该用so。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 当今世界警察不得不时刻准备着应对随时可能的突发意外情况。说的是“现在的”状态。所以选B项。而其他项意为“将来的”、“现实的”、“整个的”,不合题意。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] extremely是very的意思,此处praise警察的工作是very well。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 这句话否定前移,应为“I think that I could not…”A、D两项都是否定之意,双重否定表肯定,故排除;forever不合语境,故选C项。