单选题 Late last year, I needed to transport some furniture from our house in Sussex to my son"s fiat in central London. I should have paid a man to do it for me, but foolishly confident in my driving ability, I decided to hire a van and drive it myself. It was a Ford Transit 280, long and wide; you couldn"t see out of the back. You never really knew how close you were to anything else on the road.
Reversing in my home yard, I crashed into a small shed, causing permanent damage. At least I owned the shed.
I loaded up the furniture and set out. By now it was rush hour. My nerves broke down, as I steered the huge van through ever-shifting lanes, across oncoming vehicles, between distances of buses, at last to Charlotte Street.
Here, I found an available parking space. As I reversed into it, I noticed three people at a pavement café waving to me. I got out, trembling violently, like one who has just endured a stormy Atlantic crossing. "You"ve shifted the car parked behind you three feet," they said, and it belonged to a disabled person. I examined the car. There were white scratches along its front bumper. It bore a disabled sign. So, now I was a bad driver and a bad man. Under the stern gaze of the three, I left an apologetic note on the damaged car"s windscreen, giving my phone number.
I unloaded the furniture, dripping with sweat. Wanting only to escape the monster , I drove the van back to its base on the Edgware Road. On arrival, the hire man told me I must fill it up with petrol before returning it. "Just charge me," I cried, still shaking with fear. He gazed at me with understanding. No doubt he"d witnessed others in this state before. "How about I drive you to a petrol station, you fill up, and I drive her back?" he asked.
He danced the great van through the trifle so casually that it would have shamed me if I had not been so grateful.

单选题 The writer felt regretful that he had ______.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。根据题干中的felt regretful可定位至文章第一段第二句，“I should have paid a man to do it for me, but foolishly confident in my driving ability, I decided to hire a van and drive it myself.”可知，作者本来可以雇一个人来帮助自己运送家具，但是由于盲目相信自己的开车技术，所以选择租一辆货车，然后自己开去伦敦。因此，D选项“自己运送家具”符合题意，为正确答案。A选项“雇人来开车”表述错误，B选项“让他的儿子来运送”在文中并未提及，C选项中的a small van“小货车”和下文中提到的“huge van”信息不符，均可排除。

单选题 On his way to Charlotte Street, the writer felt ______.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。根据题干中的关键词Charlotte Street可定位至文章第三段第三句，“My nerves broke down, as I steered the huge van through ever-shifting lanes, across oncoming vehicles, between distances of buses, at last to Charlotte Street.”可知，那时作者面对不断变换着的车道，迎面而来的车以及在拥挤的车道中穿梭，作者的神经已经快崩溃了。A选项frightened“受惊的，害怕的”，B选项annoyed“恼怒的”，C选项relaxed“放松的”，D选项excited“兴奋的”。对比四个选项，只有A选项最符合作者当时的心情，故A为正确答案。

单选题 In the parking lot, the writer ______.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。根据题干中的关键词parking lot可定位至文章第四段。结合该段第四句“"You"ve shifted the car parked behind you three feet," they said, and it belonged to a disabled person.”可知，作者在停车场倒车的时候撞上了一辆残疾人的车。因此，C选项“撞上了另一辆汽车”符合题意，为正确答案。A选项“看见一个残疾人”和B选项“偶然遇见他的朋友”在文中均未提及。D选项“检查了他的货车”与文中“检查了残疾人的车”表述冲突，故排除。

单选题 The writer uses the word "monster" (Para.5) to refer to ______.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 推断题。根据文章第五段第二句“wanting only to escape the monster, I drove the van back to its base on the Edgware Road.”可知，当时作者想要逃离这个恶魔。A选项“糟糕的经历”，但经历是抽象且储存在脑海中的东西，所以不需要逃离，可排除。B选项意为“笨重的家具”，在文中给作者造成困扰的是开货车而不是家具，可排除。C选项“在站点的那个男人”，当时这个人还没有出现，可排除。纵观全文，给作者造成困扰的是这辆大货车，因此D项“他开的货车”符合题意，为正确答案。

单选题 Watching the hire man drive, the writer felt ______.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。根据题干内容可定位至最后一段，“He danced the great van through the traffic so casually that it would have shamed me if I had not been so grateful.”可知，作者当时是心怀感激的。A选项doubtful“怀疑的”，B选项grateful“感激的”，C选项ashamed“惭愧的，羞耻的”，D选项worried“担心的”，因此只有B选项符合题意，为正确答案。