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 fact1she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished2a driving offence (犯规，犯法).
Then one day she nearly3her record. A police car4her, and the policemen in it saw her5a red light without stopping. Of course, she was stopped. It seemed6that she would be punished.
7Mrs. Jones came up to the judge, he looked at her seriously and said that she was8old to drive a car, and that why she had not stopped at the red10was most probably that her eyes had become weak11old age, so that she had simply not seen it.
When the judge had finished what he was12, Mrs. Jones opened the big handbag she was13and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she14a needle with a very small eye, and threaded it at her first attempt.
When she had15done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed16the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your17. I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight.”
The judge took the18and tried to thread it. After half a dozen tries, he had still not succeeded. The case (案例) against Mrs. Jones was19, and her record20unbroken.
1. A. whichB. whenC. thatD. this
2. A. aboutB. on C. toD. for
3. A. kept B. wonC. missedD. lost
4. A. watchedB. after C. followedD. ran after
5. A. pass B. go C. runD. rush
6. A. sure B. indeedC. certainD. perhaps
7. A. BeforeB. WhileC. UntilD. When
8. A. so B. very C. tooD. quite
9. A. causeB. reasonC. matterD. trouble
10. A. lightB. lamp C. sign D. one
11. A. withB. becauseC. for D. of
12. A. speakingB. sayingC. talkingD. telling
13. A. holdingB. getting C. carryingD. bringing
14. A. took B. brought C. pickedD. chose
15. A. almostB. hardly C. successfullyD. successful
16. A. both B. all C. neitherD. either
17. A. time B. turn C. chanceD. job
18. A. thread B. glasses C. needlesD. needle
19. A. dismissedB. passedC. settled D. studied
20. A. was B. kept C. seemedD. remained