Late last year, I needed to transport some furniture from our house in Sussex to my son’s flat in central London. I should have paid a man to do it for me, but foolishly confident in my driving ability, I decided to hire a van and drive it myself. It was a Ford Transit 280, long and wide; you couldn’t see out of the back. You never really knew how close you were to anything else on the road.
Reversing in my home yard, I crashed into a small shed, causing permanent damage. At least I owned the shed.
I loaded up the furniture and set out. By now it was rush hour. My nerves broke down, as I steered the huge van through ever-shifting lanes, across oncoming vehicles, between distances of buses, at last to Charlotte Street.
Here, I found an available parking space. As I reversed into it, I noticed three people at a pavement cafe waving to me. I got out, trembling violently, like one who has just endured a stormy Atlantic crossing. “You’ve shifted the car parked behind you three feet,” they said, and it be longed to a disabled person. I examined the car. There were white scratches along its front bumper. It bore a disabled sign. So, now I was a bad driver and a bad man. Under the stem gaze of the three, I left an apologetic note on the damaged car’s windscreen, giving my phone number.
I unloaded the furniture, dripping with sweat. Wanting only to escape the monster, I drove the van back to its base on the Edgware Road. On arrival, the hire man told me I must fill it up with petrol before returning it. “Just charge me,” I cried, still shaking with fear. He gazed at me with understanding. No doubt he’d witnessed others in this state before. “How about I drive you to a petrol station, you fill up, and I drive her back?” he asked.
He danced the great van through the traffic so casually that it would have shamed me if I had not been so grateful.
B-46. The writer felt regretful that he had ______.
A、hired someone to drive for him
B、asked his son to do the delivery
C、rented a small van for his goods
D、delivered the furniture himself
学生答案：D
47、阅读B-46题干中Passage Four材料，完成本题。
B-47. On his way to Charlotte Street, the writer felt______.
A、Frightened
B、Annoyed
C、Relaxed
D、Excited
学生答案：A
48、阅读B-46题干中Passage Four材料，完成本题。
B-48. In the parking lot, the writer_______.
A、saw a disabled man
B、ran into his friends
C、hit another vehicle
D、examined his van
学生答案：C
49、阅读B-46题干中Passage Four材料，完成本题。
B-49. The writer uses the word “monster” ( para.5) to refer to _______.
A、the bad experience
B、the heavy furniture
C、 the guy at the base
D、the vehicle he drove
学生答案：D
50、阅读B-46题干中Passage Four材料，完成本题。
B-50. Watching the hire man drive, the writer felt _______.
A、doubtful
B、grateful
C、ashamed
D、worried
学生答案：B
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