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1 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 that she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished __1__ a driving offence (犯规，犯法). Then one day she nearly __2__ her record. A police car __3__ her, and the policemen in it saw her __4__ a red light without stopping. Of course, she was stopped. It seemed definite that she would be punished. __5__ Mrs. Jones came up to the judge, he looked at her seriously and said that she was __6__ old to drive a car, and that the __7__ why she had not stopped at the red light was most probably that her eyes had become weak with old age, so that she had simply not seen it. When the judge had finished what he was __8__, Mrs. Jones opened the big handbag she was __9__ and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she __10__ a needle with a very small eye, and threaded it at her first attempt. When she had __11__ done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed __12__ the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your __13__. I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight.” The judge took the __14__ and tried to thread it. After half a dozen tries, he had still not succeeded. The case (案例) against Mrs. Jones was dismissed, and her record __15__ unbroken. 1. A. about B. on C. to D. for 2. A. kept B. won C. missed D. lost 3. A. watched B. after C. followed D. ran after 4. A. pass B. go C. run D. rush 5. A. Before B. While C. Until D. When 6. A. so B. very C. too D. quite 7. A. cause B. reason C. matter D. trouble 8. A. speaking B. saying C. talking D. telling 9. A. holding B. getting