Mrs. Jones was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like a woman half he
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Mrs. Jones was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like a woman half her age. She loved driving very fast, and was1 of the fact that she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished2a driving offence (犯规).
Then one day she nearly 3her record. A police car4her, and the policemen in it saw her5a red light without stopping. Of course, she was stopped. It seemed6 that she would be punished.
When Mrs. Jones came up to the judge（法官）, he looked at her seriously and said that she was7old to drive a car, and that the reason why she had not stopped at the red 8was most probably that her eyes had become weak 9old age, so that she had not seen it.
When the judge had finished what he was 10. Mrs. Jones opened the big handbag she was11 and took out her sewing (针线). Without saying a word, she12 a needle(针) with a very small eye, and threaded it at once.
When she had successfully done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed13 the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your14. I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight.”
The judge took the needle and tried to thread it. After half a dozen tries, he had still not succeeded. Mrs. Jones’ record 15unbroken.1.
A.afraid
B.careful
C.proud
D.full
2.A.about
B.on
C.to
D.for
3.A.kept
B.won
C.missed
D.lost
4.A.watched
B.after
C.followed
D.ran after
5.A.pass
B.go
C.run
D.rush
6.A.sure
B.Indeed
C.certain
D.perhaps
7.A.so
B.very
C.too
D.quite
8.A.light
B.lamp
C.sign
D.one
9.A.with
B.Because
C.for
D.of
10.A.speaking
B.saying
C.talking
D.telling
11.A.holding
B.getting
C.carrying
D.bringing
12.A.took
B.brought
C.picked
D.chose
13.A.both
B.all
C.neither
D.either
14.A.time
B.turn
C.chance
D.job
15.A.was
B.kept
C.seemed
D.remained
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