2015同等学力英语考试阅读理解模拟

　　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 Andrea，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 their thick black hairs...

　　Thick black hairs?

　　Hairy arms?Andrea’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. 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?

　　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 .

　　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 .

　　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 .

　　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

　　解析：

　　1. 答案：A

　　【解析】这是因果细节判断题：她容许搭车的人上车主要是因为 。

　　文章的第1段提到“However，the weather and the coming darkness made her feel sorry for the lady.”表明答案A为正确选项。选项C文章提到了，但和本题的题干没有关系。B和D选项原文没有提到。

　　2. 答案：D

　　【解析】细节判断题：当她看到这个老太太的时候，她害怕什么?

　　线索：文章的第一段提到“She studied the hat，the dirty collar of the dress，the shapeless body，the arms with their thick black hairs...Thick black hairs?Hairy arms?Andrea’s blood froze.”表明答案D为正确选项。其他几个选项虽然也在文章中提到了，但不是最终使她非常惊讶的原因。

　　3. 答案：C

　　【解析】因果细节题：她突然把车停了下来是因为。。。

　　线索：文章的第4段提到“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.”表明她想到了一个办法，所以答案C为正确选项。A选项不正确的原因在于，文章虽然提到了她好像撞倒了一个孩子，但那只是她设计的一个陷阱，好把搭车的人骗出去，而并不是她停车的真正原因。

　　4. 答案：D

　　【解析】细节判断题：她看乘客的包是为了。。。

　　线索：文章的倒数第3段提到“Maybe the bag would provide some information about the real identity about the man.”表明答案D为正确选项。

　　5. 答案：B

　　【解析】因果细节题：她大是叫因为 。。。

　　线索：文章的最后一段提到“The axe，and the inside of the bag，were covered with the dark red stains of dried blood.”因为她看到了血，所以答案B为正确选项。

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