题目内容：

 

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Fight against crime hots up

Forget about tanks, guns, and bombs - India’s latest weapon ___1___ in the garden. The bhut jolokia is the world’s ___2__ chili pepper（胡椒）. Now the Indian Army has a plan to turn its seed into powder and use the ___3___ as a kind of natural teargas（催泪弹）.

The army says the smoking hot powder - which some people claim can stop a charging（向前冲的） elephant – will help to break ___4___ riots and chase terrorists out of ___5___ spaces. Women might also be able to use the power to chase off （赶走）attackers.

___6___ to RB Srivastava, a director at New Delhi’s Defense Research and Development Organization: “This is ___7___ going to be an effective non-toxic（无毒的） weapon because its ___8___ can choke（使窒息）terrorists and ___9___ them out of their hideouts（藏身处）. It would literally（确确实实地） choke them.”

On the other ___10___ of the world, in New York, police ___11___ to track（追踪） down a “vampire（吸血鬼） thief” who tried to steal a taxi driver’s ___12___. Police say that man got into the taxi and asked to ___13___ to a neighborhood in New York City. ___14___ they arrive, he pointed a gun ___15___ the taxi driver and told the driver to give him all his money.

When the taxi driver tried to fight ___16___ the gunman, the man bit(咬) him at least five times ___17___ the neck, arm, and back. After biting the driver, the man ran away ___18___ money.

If only the taxi driver ___19___ some bhut jolokia powder, he might have been able to save himself from ___20___ and to get his money back!

1.A. makes        B. grows       C. is made       D. is grown

2.A. most smelly  B. coldest     C. hottest       D. hardest

3.A. juice        B. taste       C. power         D. powder

4.A. up           B. down        C. through       D. in

5.A. hidden       B. hiding      C. open          D. broad

6.A. According    B. As          C. Based         D. Known

7.A. probably     B. definitely  C. possibly      D. hardly

8.A. smell        B. taste       C. flavor        D. energy

9.A. force        B. take        C. put           D. bring

10.A. way          B. side        C. corner        D. half

11.A. have tried   B. has tried   C. are trying    D. is trying

12.A. car          B. wallet      C. gasoline      D. money

13.A. be taken     B. take        C. be brought    D. bring

14.A. As           B. As soon as  C. Once          D. B and C

15.A. to           B. at          C. from          D. away from

16.A. for          B. back        C. off           D. out

17.A. on           B. from        C. in            D. around

18.A. with the     B. without the   C. with        D. without

19.A. had          B. has had       C. has         D. had had

20.A. biting       B. bitten        C. being bitten D. being biting