Miss Lovely began to work in our office

题目：

Miss Lovely began to work in our office last year. She thought she was__1__and hardly talked with us. Her house was a little far from our company and she had to go to work __2__ every day.

Of course, she had to spend a lot of __3__on this. She decided to have her own car, and began to __4__how to drive two months ago. Now she was able to drive, but had to__5__a licence before she could buy a car. It took her a week to__6__the traffic regulations. She was sure she would__7__the examinations.

It was finally time for her to take the examinations yesterday. Miss Lovely didn't come to work. We__8__she would drive her new car to our company this morning. But to our__9__she came here by taxi and didn't tell anybody about it. None of us asked her the__10__but her face clearly showed she had__11__in the exams.

This afternoon one of our workmates told us __12__had happened to the girl when she was__13__. Yesterday the chief examiner had asked her some questions, but she could answer only a __14__. For example, "Would you run over a man or a dog if you see them both in the middle of the__15__?"

"Of course I'd run over the dog, sir", Miss Lovely answered without __16__.

"I'm sorry to tell you, Miss Lovely," the examiner shook his__17__and said, "you have to take the examination again!"

"I don't think my answers were__18__, sir," the girl said in a hurry. "I__19__ run over a man, you know!"

"I agree with your__20__, Miss Lovely," the chief examiner said with a smile. "but why not brake (刹车)?"

1. A. old        B. foolish        C. clever         D. kind

2. A. by taxi      B. by train       C. on foot        D. by plane

3. A. time        B. money        C. energy        D. room

4. A. teach       B. plan          C. operate        D. learn

5. A. find       B. apply for      C. look for       D. make

6. A. learn       B. forget         C. teach         D. break

7. A. take        B. prepare       C. explain        D. pass

8. A. suggested   B. described      C. thought       D. replied

9. A. surprise    B. joy           C. anger        D. pleasure

10. A. name      B. reason        C. rule          D. notice

11. A. believed    B. heard         C. found        D. failed

12. A. why       B. how          C. what         D. when

13. A. ill         B. alone         C. in           D. out

14. A. few        B. several       C. all           D. lot

15. A. room      B. playground    C. hospital       D. road

16. A. asking     B. thinking       C. discussing    D. advising

17. A. foot       B. nose         C. ears         D. head

18. A. wrong     B. correct        C. right         D. true

19. A. can       B. need          C. can't         D. needn't

20. A. car       B. opinion        C. fact         D. purpose