8、A 24-year-old Los Angeles man was taken to a hospital and then to county prison after leading police on a one-hour freeway chase （追赶） in a stolen SUV. The chase  1   in downtown Los Angeles in front of the Spring Hotel. Most of the chase was  2   , except for an empty   3    of wine that the driver threw at one police vehicle.

When the driver got into downtown,  4    started to happen. He ran over a fire hydrant（水龙头）. The water poured out of the hydrant,  5    all the books in several carts （手推车） that a seller had put outside to   6    customers into his bookstore. The driver   7    turned west onto Grand Avenue and managed to knock into three   8    cars on one side of that street and two cars on the other side. The driver also tried to run over   9   , who was standing in the   10    ordering him to stop.

Turning north, the driver caused a bus to hit its   11   to avoid a crash. The bus was empty, and the bus driver was uninjured．  12   , two police cars that were chasing the SUV   13    different directions were not so   14   . One of them ran into the front of the bus, and the other into the back.  15    the drivers had braked early enough, the damage to their cars was   16   . Both officers continued the chase.

They only went two   17    north to find that the SUV had come to a full stop because it had   8    into a newspaper stand in front of the Spring Hotel. The driver   19    heavily behind the steering wheel（方向盘）. The police   20   the driver with failure to give in to a police officer.

1．A．began                   B．happened             C．ended                  D．resulted

2．A．pleasant                B．common              C．surprising            D．unusual

3．A．tank                      B．box                     C．case                    D．bottle

4．A．things                  B．objects                C．fights                  D．kills

5．A．ruining                 B．separating            C．softening             D．boring

6．A．please                   B．attract                 C．fill                      D．admit

7．A．slowly                  B．carefully              C．hurriedly             D．suddenly

8．A．hidden                  B．broken                C．passing               D．parked

9．A．another driver        B．a passer-by          C．the seller             D．a police officer

10．A．crosswalk           B．police box            C．shop nearby         D．police vehicle

11．A．lights                   B．brakes                 C．engines               D．wheels

12．A．Besides               B．Instead                C．However             D．Therefore

13．A．from                  B．into                     C．under                  D．toward

14．A．proud                  B．lucky                  C．regretful              D．sorry

15．A．Before                 B．Although             C．Because              D．When

16．A．effective              B．serious                C．normal                D．slight

17．A．steps                   B．shops                  C．meters                D．blocks

18．A．rushed                B．entered                C．came                  D．backed

19．A．flew                    B．fell                      C．flowed                D．fled

20．A．provided              B．impressed            C．charged               D．marked