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The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California, USA.
'Police station? A train for Santa Fe collide (相撞) with a1at the McDonald Street Crossing. Please
go there at once, with an ambulance, too. A man is badly wounded.' said2voice of a young woman.
'Just a minute. We'll come3. Please stay there and wait.' Answered the policeman. Within a minute,
a police car and an ambulance (救护车)4. Soon they got to the5, but only to find6was fine. No
collision,7wounded man.'8a dirty trick!' said the policeman angrily. 'We must find out that
mischievous (恶作剧的)9and …' They had not been able to say anything about a10when they heard
the whistle of a train: the train was nearing them quickly. All11a sudden, a truck appeared. It suddenly12
to move on. Right then and there, before the eyes of all the people13, the train collide with the truck heavily
and14it dozens of meters away.
When Randolph Bruce, the driver, was15out of the damaged truck, he was16wounded just as the
young woman had foretold on the17. As he was taken to the18in time, he was saved at last.
Later the policeman did whatever they could to find the woman who had telephoned them but19.
It is surprising that a prophecy (预言) should coincide with the20so exactly.
( )1.A.truck
( )2.A.a low
( )3.A.later
( )4.A.went by
( )5.A.telephone
( )6.A.everything
( )7.A.no
( )8.A.How
( )9.A.phone number
( )10.A.warning
( )11.A.at
( )12.A.stopped
( )13.A.alive
( )14.A.struck
( )15.A.saved
( )16.A.slightly
( )17.A.top
( )18.A.station
( )19.A.delayed
( )20.A.fact B.tractor
B.a sad
B.soon
B.started off
B.street
B.something
B.but
B.Whose
B.policeman
B.joke
B.of
B.continued
B.backwards
B.damaged
B.helped
B.seriously
B.scene
B.train
B.failed
B.matter C.lorry
C.a weak
C.in time
C.got there
C.station
C.nothing
C.nor
C.What
C.woman
C.problem
C.by
C.began
C.excited
C.attacked
C.driven
C.hardly
C.corner
C.hospital
C.stopped
C.situation D.taxi
D.an anxious
D.for help
D.came on
D.crossing
D.anything
D.or
D.Why
D.fellow
D.punishment
D.for
D.refused
D.present
D.rolled
D.forced
D.obviously
D.phone
D.sideways
D.disappointed
D.result