题目内容：

A few months ago, a driver went through a red light and crashed into my car. ____, the accident was not my fault.

The police arrived and began taking ____. I explained that I had been going at about 55km/h. “So you were going about 50km/h ...” he said.

“No, I said I was doing about 55km/h,” I said.

“Right, so you were doing about 50km/h ...” again he ____.

In a slightly ____ tone because I felt I wasn’t being heard, I said: “No! I was doing about 55km/h!”

“OK, ____ that’s the way you warn it,’’ this lime the officer simply replied.

I didn’t ____ it at the time, but I was actually ____ myself in the foot. My insurance company paid me for the damages to my car. ____. I totally missed the boat on the other driver’s insurance company.

The city speed limit is 50km/h. I ____ getting 50 percent less than I would have from the other guy’s insurance company ____ I had insisted I was doing 55 km/h.

It suddenly ____ me that the traffic policeman had been trying to ____ me out. He hadn’t ____ about the 5km/h; he had known ____ about the insurance that I had not. I thought about what had happened again. I might have carried on insisting that I told the ____, but I could at least have ____ him instead of acting so rudely. ____, he had been trying to do me a favor. Sometimes the ____ thing to do is to let other people talk while you ____ shut up and listen. Never ____ ―to hear, you have to be able to listen.

1.A. Suddenly    B. Perfectly    C. Clearly    D. Slightly

2.A. statements    B. responsibilities    C. offers    D. tests

3.A. requested    B. repeated    C. warned    D. sighed

4.A. concerned    B. annoyed    C. excited    D. satisfied

5.A. though    B. until    C. if    D. or

6.A. like    B. feel    C. realize    D. make

7.A. playing    B. blaming    C. cheating    D. shooting

8.A. However    B. Therefore    C. Moreover    D. Otherwise

9.A. ended up    B. couldn’t help    C. felt like    D. gave up

10.A. unless    B. because    C. while    D. but

11.A. comforted    B. struck    C. embarrassed    D. confused

12.A. seek    B. help    C. show    D. carry

13.A. minded    B. thought    C. joked    D. forgotten

14.A. everything    B. nothing    C. something    D. anything

15.A. story    B. truth    C. reason    D. excuse

16.A. reminded    B. noticed    C. treated    D. thanked

17.A. After all    B. In general    C. By accident    D. Believe it or not

18.A. hardest    B. smallest    C. nearest    D. latest

19.A. simply    B. thankfully    C. hurriedly    D. vividly

20.A. escape    B. forget    C. regret    D. speak