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The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California, USA.
"Police station? A train for Santa Fe collide (相撞) with a
1 at the McDonald Street Crossing. Please
go there at once, with an ambulance, too. A man is badly wounded." said
2 voice 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 (救护车)
4 . Soon they got to the
5 , but only to find
6 was fine. No
collision,
7 wounded man."
8 a dirty trick!" said the policeman angrily. "We must find out that
mischievous (恶作剧的)
9 and …" They had not been able to say anything about a
10 when they heard
the whistle of a train: the train was nearing them quickly. All
11 a sudden, a truck appeared. It suddenly
12
to move on. Right then and there, before the eyes of all the people
13 , the train collide with the truck heavily
and
14 it dozens of meters away.
When Randolph Bruce, the driver, was
15 out of the damaged truck, he was
16 wounded just as the
young woman had foretold on the
17 . As he was taken to the
18 in time, he was saved at last.
Later the policeman did whatever they could to find the woman who had telephoned them but
19 .
It is surprising that a prophecy (预言) should coincide with the
20 so exactly.
( )1.A.truck ( )2.A.a low ( )3.A.later ( )4.A.went by ( )5.A.telephone ( )6.A.everything ( )7.A.no ( )8.A.How ( )9.A.phone number ( )10.A.warning ( )11.A.at ( )12.A.stopped ( )13.A.alive ( )14.A.struck ( )15.A.saved ( )16.A.slightly ( )17.A.top ( )18.A.station ( )19.A.delayed ( )20.A.fact |
B.tractor B.a sad B.soon B.started off B.street B.something B.but B.Whose B.policeman B.joke B.of B.continued B.backwards B.damaged B.helped B.seriously B.scene B.train B.failed B.matter |
C.lorry C.a weak C.in time C.got there C.station C.nothing C.nor C.What C.woman C.problem C.by C.began C.excited C.attacked C.driven C.hardly C.corner C.hospital C.stopped C.situation |
D.taxi D.an anxious D.for help D.came on D.crossing D.anything D.or D.Why D.fellow D.punishment D.for D.refused D.present D.rolled D.forced D.obviously D.phone D.sideways D.disappointed D.result |