2015年同等学力英语模拟训练(18)

　　Andrea had never seen an old lady hitchhiking ( 搭车 ) before. However, the weather and the coming darkness made her feel sorry for the lady. The old lady had some difficulty climbing in through the car door, and pushed her big brown canvas shopping bag down onto the floor under her feet. She said to Andres, in a voice that was almost a whisper, “Thank you dearie —I'm just going to Brockbourne.”

　　Something in the way the lady spoke, and the way she never turned her head, made Andrea uneasy about this strange hitchhiker. She didn't know why, but she felt instinctively that there was something wrong, something odd, something…dangerous. But how could an old lady be dangerous? It was absurd.

　　Careful not to turn her head, Andrea looked sideways at her passenger. She studied the hat, the dirty collar of the dress, the shapeless body, the arms with the thick black hairs…

　　Thick black hairs?

　　Hairy arms? Andres's blood froze.

　　This wasn't a woman. It was a man.

　　At first, she didn't know what to do. Then suddenly, an idea came into her racing, terrified brain. Swinging the wheel suddenly, she threw the car into a skid ( 刹车 ), and brought it to a halt.

　　“My God!” she shouted, “A child! Did you see the child? I think I hit her!”

　　The “old lady” was clearly shaken by the sudden skid, “I didn't see anything dearie,” she said. “I don't think you hit anything.”

　　“I'm sure it was a child!” insisted Andrea. “Could you just get out and have a look? Just see if there's anything on the road?” She held her breath. Would her plan work?

　　It did. The passenger slowly climbed out to investigate. As soon as she was out of the vehicle, Andrea gunned the engine and accelerated madly away, and soon she had put a good three miles between herself and the awful hitchhiker.

　　It was only then that she thought about the bag lying on the floor in front of her. Maybe the bag would provide some information about the real identity about the man. Pulling into the side of the road, Andrea opened the heavy bag curiously.

　　It contained only one item—a small hand axe, with a razor-sharp blade. The axe and the inside of the bag were covered with the dark red stains of dried blood.

　　Andrea began to scream.

　　1. Andrea allowed the hitchhiker to take a ride in her car mainly because __A____.

　　A. the hitchhiker was an old woman B. she was curious about the old lady

　　C. the lady had a heavy bag D. she knew the old lady

　　2. What made Andrea afraid when she looked at the old lady?D

　　A. She had a shapeless body. B. She had a harsh voice.

　　C. She wore a dirty dress. D. She had hairy arms.

　　3. Andrea suddenly stopped the car because __C____.

　　A. she thought she had hit a child on the road

　　B. she skidded on some ice on the road

　　C. she wanted to trick the passenger into getting out

　　D. she couldn't concentrate and nearly had a crash

　　4. Andrea looked in the passenger's bag to __D____.

　　A. examine what was in it. B. find out where the passenger lived.

　　C. use the passenger's tools. D. find out who the passenger was.

　　5. Andrea screamed because __B____.

　　A. she saw the hitchhiker come back B. she realized she could have been killed

　　C. she was scared at seeing blood D. she cut herself by the blade

　　安德妮娅以前从来没有见过老年妇女搭便车。不过，天气和即将降临的黑夜使她觉得那名老妇人可怜。那名老妇人比较艰难地爬进车里，把她的棕色大帆布购物袋放在车内她的脚下。她用一种近似耳语的声音对安德妮娅说，“谢谢你，小宝贝——我正要到布洛克伯尼去。”

　　途中老妇人讲的事情以及她从不扭头的举动令安德妮娅对这名奇怪的搭车者感到不安。安德妮娅不知道这是为什么，但是她本能地觉得有些不对头、有些奇怪、有些…危险。但是，一名老妇人怎么可能危险呢?真是荒谬。

　　安德妮娅尽量小心谨慎，没有扭头，斜着看了看她带的乘客。她观察了帽子、衣服上的脏衣领、不匀称的体型、长满浓密黑毛的胳膊…

　　浓密的黑毛?

　　多毛的胳膊?安德妮娅愣住了。

　　这不是一个女人。是一个男人。

　　起初，她不知道该怎么办。后来，她飞速转动、恐惧的大脑突然想出了一个主意。她迅速扭转方向盘，来了个急刹车，把车子停下。

　　“天哪!”她喊道，“一个小孩!你看到那个小孩了吗?我想我撞到她了!”

　　那名“老妇人”明显被急刹车吓住了，“我没有看见任何东西，小宝贝，”她说。“我认为你没有撞到什么。”

　　“我肯定是个小孩!”安德妮娅坚持说。“你能不能出去看一看?只是去看看路上是不是有什么?”她屏住了呼吸。她的计划会奏效吗?

　　计划奏效了。那名乘客慢慢地爬出车去观察。她一下车，安德妮娅就开足马力，发狂地加速逃走了;不久，她就把那名可怕的搭车者甩下了 三英里 。

　　只是到了那时，她才开始考虑留在车上放在她前面的袋子。也许这袋子能为辨别那名男子的真实身份提供某些信息。把车子停在路旁后，安德妮娅好奇地打开了那个沉重的袋子。

　　袋子里只有一样东西——一把小手斧，一把有剃刀一般锋利刀口的斧子。斧子上和袋子里满是凝固的暗红血斑。

　　安德妮娅开始尖叫起来。

　　参考答案 ： 1 . A 2 . D 3 . C 4 . D 5 . B

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