题目内容
（请给出正确答案）
[主观题]
Mr. Smith, a passenger on the transcontinental train, appeared before the judge. A police
officer claimed he had attempted to 【21】______ paying his fare. The defendant refused to consult a lawyer 【22】______ suggested that the officer 【23】______ aware 【24】______ all the circumstances. He appealed 【25】______ the judge, when interpreting the evidence, to 【26】______ into account the absence of any 【27】______ criminal record in his 【28】______ His ticket, he said, was stolen shortly before the train crossed the international 【29】______ . At that time and in that territory he was unwilling to 【30】______ the incident to the local railway authorities or cancel the 【31】______ of his journey, in 【32】______ of the severe maltreatment to which he might be 【33】______ He emphasized his readiness to 【34】______ any 【35】______ punishment the judge imposed.
In his summary the 【36】______ indicated he was convinced that Smith's 【37】______ was partly justified. Technically, 【38】______ , he had committed an offence. Crime must not be encouraged or the processes of the law interfered 【39】______ . He found Smith 【40】______ and fined him one dollar.
【21】
A．avoid
B．reject
C．refuse
D．neglect
答案
A
解析：从结构上看，avoid后要求接名词或动名词；从语义上看，avoid paying the fare=evade paying the fare，意为“逃票”，因此avoid符合题意。reject= refuse to accept，意为“不采纳”；refuse to do sth．意为“拒绝、不肯做某事”； neglect=pay no attention to，意为“疏忽”。从结构搭配和语义搭配上看， reject、refuse和neglect均不合题意。
