Mrs. Jones was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like a woman half her age. She loved driving very fast, and was proud of the fact 21 she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished 22 a driving offence (犯规，犯法).
Then one day she nearly 23 her record. A police car 24 her, and the policemen in it saw her 25 a red light without stopping. Of course, she was stopped. It seemed 26 that she would be punished.
27 Mrs. Jones came up to the judge, he looked at her seriously and said that she was 28 old to drive a car, and that the 29 why she had not stopped at the red 30 was most probably that her eyes had become weak 31 old age, so that she had simply not seen it.
When the judge had finished what he was 32 , Mrs. Jones opened the big handbag she was 33 and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she 34 a needle with a very small eye, and threaded it at her first attempt.
When she had 35 done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed 16 the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your 37. I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight.”
The judge took the 38 and tried to thread it. After half a dozen tries, he had still not succeeded. The case (案例) against Mrs. Jones was 39 , and her record 40 unbroken.
21. A. which B. that C. when D. this
22. A. about B. on C. for D. to
23. A. kept B. won C. missed D. lost
24. A. watched B. followed C. after D. ran after
25. A. run B. go C. pass D. rush
26. A. certain B. indeed C. sure D. perhaps
27. A. Before B. When C. Until D. While
28. A. so B. too C. very D. quite
29. A. cause B. trouble C. matter D. reason
30. A. lamp B. light C. sign D. one
31. A. of B. because C. for D. with
32. A. speaking B. saying C. talking D. telling
33. A. holding B. getting C. carrying D. bringing
34. A. chose B. brought C. picked D. took
35. A. almost B. successfully C. hardly D. successful
36. A. both B. all C. neither D. either
37. A. time B. turn C. chance D. job
38. A. thread B. glasses C. needles D. needle
39. A. passed B. dismissed C. settled D. studied
40. A. was B. kept C. remained D. seemed
