The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California, US. “  1  station? A train for Santa Fe collided (相撞) a   2  at the McDonald Street Crossing. Please come here at once. With an ambulance(救护车)，too. A man is badly wounded,” said a(n)  3  voice of a young woman.

“OK. We’ll come soon. Please stay there and wait.” Replied the policeman.

Within a minute, a police car and an ambulance  4  off. Soon they got to the crossing, but only to find everything was  5  . No collision, no wounded man.

“What a dirty  6  !” said the policeman angrily. “ We must find out that mischievous (恶作剧)   7  

and…”

They had not been able to say anything about a  8  when they heard the whistle of a train was nearing them quickly. All of a sudden, a truck appeared. It came  9  towards them, too. When it was passing the crossing, it suddenly  10  to move on. Right then and there, before the eyes of all the people present, the train collided with the truck heavily and struck it dozens of metres away.

When Randolph Bruce, the driver , was helped out of the damaged truck, he was badly wounded just as the young woman had foretold (预言) on the phone. As he was taken to hospital in time, he was  11  at last. Later the police did whatever they could to  12  the woman who had  13  them, but failed.

It is really  14  that a prophecy(预言) should agree with the fact so  15  .

1.A. Weather          B. Railway        C. Fire              D. Police

2.A. bus              B. truck        C. taxi                D. train

3.A. sweet               B. anxious       C. beautiful   D. low

4.A. turned              B. took        C. started      D. walked

5.A. bad              B. satisfied        C. pleasant            D. fine

6.A. call           B. lie           C. trick           D. plan

7.A. policeman   B. boy        C. woman      D. driver

8.A. reward             B. praise     C. thanks       D. punishment

9.A. turning             B. running       C. starting    D. passing

10.A. continued           B. refused      C. began      D. stopped

11.A. saved             B. dead       C. awake       D. alive

12.A. find       B. meet      C. punish       D. thank

13.A. laughed     B. telephoned        C. repeated          D. visited

14.A. exciting      B. surprising  C. pleasing            D. interesting

15.A. equally       B. truly      C. exactly      D. carefully

The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California, USA. “Police station？ A train for Santa FE collide（碰撞）with a（n） 1at the McDonald Street Crossing. Please go there at once, with an ambulance too. A man is badly injured，” said a（n） 2voice of a young woman.

 “Just a minute, we’ll come 3. Please stay there and wait，” answered the policeman.

Within a minute, a police car and an ambulance 4. Soon they got to the 5, but only to 6everything was fine. No collision, no 7man.

 “What a dirty trick！” Said the policeman 8. “We must find out that mischievous（恶作剧的） 9and.”

They had not been able to say anything about a punishment 10they heard the whistle of a train: the train was nearing them quickly. All 11a sudden, a truck appeared. It came fast towards them, too.  12it was passing the crossing, it suddenly refused to move on. Right then and there, before the eyes of all the people present, the train collided with the truck heavily and struck it 13meters away.

When Randolph Bruce, the driver was 14out of the damaged truck, he was 15hurt just 16the young woman had foretold on the phone. As he was taken to the 17in time, he was saved at last.

Later the policemen did 18they could to find the woman who had telephoned them, but 19.

It is 20that a prophecy（预言）should coincide（巧合）with the fact so exactly.

1.A. ambulance         B. truck           C. car             D. bus

2.A. anxious           B. sweet           C. gentle          D. low

3.A. fast              B. ahead           C. soon            D. later

4.A. went by           B. set off         C. got there       D. came on

5.A. telephone         B. street          C. station         D. crossing

6.A. feel              B. find            C. have            D. tell

7.A. injured           B. trapped         C. frightened      D. killed

8.A. happily           B. excitedly       C. angrily         D. disappointedly

9.A. man               B. policeman       C. woman           D. boy

10.A. until            B. since           C. while           D. when

11.A. at               B. of              C. by              D. for

12.A. When             B. Where           C. That            D. Which

13.A. dozen            B. dozens          C. dozen of        D. dozens of

14.A. raised           B. helped          C. pushed          D. forced

15.A. slightly         B. clearly         C. hardly          D. badly

16.A. as               B. so              C. before          D. for

17.A. police station   B. market          C. hospital        D. sidewalk

18.A. that             B. which           C. however         D. whatever

19.A. delayed          B. worked          C. stopped         D. failed

20.A. surprised        B. surprising      C. satisfied       D. satisfying

You must be tired now, Bruce. ______ you have been driving non-stop for at least two hours.

The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California , USA.
“Police station? A train for Santa Fe hit a truck at the McDonald Street Crossing. Please ____21____ there at once. With an ambulance, too. A man is badly ____22_____.” said an anxious voice of a young woman. “ And you know I am the ….”
“Please wait! Hi! Hi!” the policeman kept on ____23____ though the line was cut off. Within a minute , a police car and an ambulance car started off. Before long they got to the crossing, but they ___24____everything was fine. No accident, no wounded man.
“What a dirty trick!” said the policeman ____25____. “ We must find out that bad___26_____ and …..”They were just talking about the _____27___when they heard the whistle of a train which was nearing them quickly. All of a sudden, a truck appeared. It came ___28_____towards them, too. When the truck was passing the crossing, it suddenly ____29___ to move on. Right then and there, before the eyes of all the policemen __30_______, the train hit the truck heavily and ___31____it dozens of meters away.
When Randolph Bruce, the driver, was ___32_____ out of the damaged truck, he was seriously wounded just as the young woman had told on the phone. As he was taken to the ___33______ in time, his life was saved
Later the police did whatever they could to _____34___the woman who had telephoned them. It turned out that the woman was a very excellent police officer working far in the neighboring state, who had got the first-hand ____35_____ of this crime as described above.

The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California , USA.

“Police station? A train for Santa Fe hit a truck at the McDonald Street Crossing. Please ____21____ there at once. With an ambulance, too. A man is badly ____22_____.” said an anxious voice of a young man. “ And you know I am the ….”

“Please wait! Hi! Hi!” the policeman kept on ____23____ though the line was cut off. Within a minute , a police car and an ambulance car started off. Before long they got to the crossing, but they ___24____everything was fine. No accident, no wounded man.

“What a dirty trick!” said the policeman ____25____. “ We must find out that bad___26_____ and …..”They were just talking about the _____27___when they heard the whistle of a train which was nearing them quickly. All of a sudden, a truck appeared. It came ___28_____towards them, too. When the truck was passing the crossing, it suddenly ____29___ to move on. Right then and there, before the eyes of all the policemen __30_______, the train hit the truck heavily and ___31____it dozens of meters away.

      When Randolph Bruce, the driver, was ___32_____ out of the damaged truck, he was seriously wounded just as the young woman had told on the phone. As he was taken to the ___33______ in time, his life was saved

Later the police did whatever they could to _____34___the woman who had telephoned them. It turned out that the woman was a very excellent police officer working far in the neighboring state, who had got the first-hand ____35_____ of this crime as described above.

1.A ．call      B． come            C． go          D． notice

2.A ． beaten  B． treated         C． needed      D． injured

3.A ．talking       B． laughing        C． crying      D． shouting

4.A.．realized      B．found            C． proved      D． wondered

5.Ａ．nervously　  B．  Disappointedly  C． angrily D． surprisingly

6.A． man       B． woman           C． child               D． driver

7.A． trial     B． warning         C． program     D． punishment

8.A．passing        B． turning         C． running     D． rolling

9.A．refused        B． stopped         C． continued  D． began

10.A.．above        B． below           C． alive           D． present

11.A.．struck       B． met             C． caught      D． missed

12.A.．pushed       B． helped          C． let         D． asked

13.A ．company      B． house           C． station     D． hospital

14.A ．meet         B． punish          C． find            D． arrest

15.A.．information      B． result          C． advice      D． news