Ms．Mary was over eighty，but she still drove her old car like half her age．She loved driving very fast，and boasted of the fact （1）

that

that

she had never，in her thirty-five years of driving，been punished （2）

for

for

a driving mistake．
Then one day，she nearly lost her record．A police car followed her，and the policemen in it saw her pass a red light without （3）

stopping

stopping

（stop）．
When Ms．Mary came before the judge，he looked at her （4）

severely

severely

（severe）and said that she was too old to drive a car，and that the reason （5）

why

why

she had not stopped at red light was most probably that her eyes had become weak with old age，（6）

so

so

she had simply not seen it．
When the judge had finished what he was saying，Ms．Mary opened the big handbag she was carrying and took out her sewing．Without saying a word，she （7）

chose

chose

（choose）a needle with a very small eye，and threaded it at the first time．
When she had successfully done this，she took the thread out of the needle again and handed （8）

both

both

the needle and thread to the judge，saying，"Now it is your turn．I suppose you can drive a car well，and you have no doubts about your eyesight．"
The judge took the needle and tried to thread it．After half a dozen times，he had still not （9）

succeeded

succeeded

（success）．The case against Ms．Mary （10）

was dismissed

was dismissed

（dismiss），and her record remained unbroken．