ThetelephoneranginthepolicestationatRichmond,California...

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The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California , USA．

“Police station? A train for Santa Fe hit a truck at the McDonald Street Crossing．Please ____16____ there at once．With an ambulance, too．A man is badly ____17_____．” said an anxious voice of a young woman．“ And you know I am the …．”

“Please wait! Hi! Hi!” the policeman kept on ____18____ though the line was cut off．Within a minute , a police car and an ambulance car started off．Before long they got to the crossing, but they ___19____everything was fine．No accident, no wounded man．

“What a dirty trick!” said the policeman ____20____．“We must find out that bad___21_____ and …．．”They were just talking about the _____22___when they heard the whistle of a train which was nearing them quickly．All of a sudden, a truck appeared．It came ___23_____towards them, too．When the truck was passing the crossing, it suddenly ____24___ to move on．Right then and there, before the eyes of all the policemen __25_______, the train hit the truck heavily and ___26____it dozens of meters away．

When Randolph Bruce, the driver, was ___27_____ out of the damaged truck, he was seriously wounded just as the young woman had told on the phone．As he was taken to the ___28______ in time, his life was saved．

Later the police did whatever they could to _____29___the man who had telephoned them．It turned out that the young man was a very excellent police officer working far in the neighboring state, who had got the first-hand ___30____ of this crime as described above．

16．A．call B．come C． go D．notice

17．A．beaten B．treated C． needed D．injured

18．A．talking B．laughing C． crying D．shouting

19．A．．realized B．found C． proved D．wondered

20．A．nervously　 B．disappointedly C． angrily D．surprisingly

21．A．man B．woman C． child D．driver

22．A．trial B．warning C． program D．punishment

23．A．passing B．turning C． running D．rolling

24．A．refused B．stopped C． continued D．began

25．A．．above B．below C． alive D．present

26．A．．struck B．met C． caught D．missed

27．A．．pushed B．helped C． let D．asked