When sailors are allowed ashore after a long time at sea, they sometimes get drunk and cause trouble. For this reason, the navy ___1___ has its police in big ports. Whenever sailors cause trouble, the police come and ___2___ them.

One day, the police in a big seaport received a telephone call ___3___ a bar in the town. The barman said that a big sailor had got drunk and ___4___ the furniture in the bar. The officer in charge of the police guard that evening said that he would come immediately.

Now, officers who ___5___ and punish the sailors ___6___ drunk usually chose ___7___ policeman they could find to go with them. ___8___ this particular officer did not do this. ___9___, he chose the smallest and ___10___ man he could find to go to the bar with him and ___11___ the sailor.

Another officer who ___12___ there was surprised when he saw the officer of the guard chose such a small man. ___13___ he said to him, “Why ___14___ you take a big man with you? You have to fight the sailor who ___15___.”

“Yes, you are ___16___ right,” answered the officer of the guard. “That is exactly ___17___ I am taking this small man. If you see two policemen coming ___18___ you, and one is ___19___ the other, which one ___20___ you attack?”

1. A. always              B. seldom                 C. forever                 D. sometimes

2. A. meet with         B. deal with               C. see                       D. judge

3. A. about                B. from                    C. in                         D. of

4. A. was breaking     B. was ordering         C. was moving          D. was dusting

5. A. would go          B. might beat             C. dared to fight        D. had to go

6. A. slightly             B. not at all                C. heavily                 D. much more

7. A. the biggest        B. the youngest          C. the bravest           D. the experienced

8. A. In fact              B. But                       C. So                       D. And

9. A. Instead             B. Therefore              C. Although              D. Then

10. A. good-looking   B. weakest-looking     C. ugly-looking          D. strongest-looking

11. A. seize               B. kill                        C. get rid of              D. catch up with

12. A. will go            B. had come              C. would start off      D. happened to be

13. A. Yet                 B. But                       C. So                       D. Then

14. A. don’t              B. couldn’t                C. can’t                    D. do

15. A. looks strong    B. is drunk                C. seems rude           D. is dangerous

16. A. all                   B. very                     C. too                       D. quite

17. A. how               B. what                     C. why                     D. that

18. A. up                  B. at                         C. before                   D. towards

19. A. not smaller than                               B. as big as

     C. as small as                                       D. much smaller than

20. A. could              B. will                      C. do                        D. can

【解析与解析】

1. A。/ 2. B。根据下文whatever引导的时间状语从句的意义可知，在大的港口必须一直都有警察驻守，来处理水手们随时可能引起的麻烦。

3. B。强调接到来自于(from)某地的电话。

4. A。该句意为一位身材高大的水手喝醉了，而且在摔酒吧里的家具设备。

5. D。/ 6. C。/ 7. A。一般情况下，那些必须到现场去惩治那些烂醉如泥的水手的警官，通常都尽可能地从警察中挑选一位身材最高大的警察跟他一起去现场。

8. B。/ 9. A。分析上文可知，这两空都含有转折意义。

10. B。此处应选与smallest意义一致的形容词weakest-looking，说明“看上去很弱小”。

11. A。警官与警察一起去酒吧“抓”喝醉了的水手，而不是“杀、除掉、赶上”喝醉了的水手。

12. D。根据语境可知，应选 happen to be(碰巧)。

13. C。上文说明了原因，下文表达结果。

14. A。Why don’t you do sth? 为表示建议的固定句型，意为“为何不…?”

15. B。根据上文可知，此处强调要对付的是“喝醉的”水手。

16. D。“十分正确”常表达为quite right，而副词very, too一般不可修饰right。all right用作表语时，意为“身体好”，不符句意。

17. C。why引导表语从句，强调原因。

18. B。/ 19. D。/ 20. B。此句意为：如果你看到两个警察向你扑来，一个比另一个矮小得多，你将会进攻哪一个？