Last night I was driving from Harrisburg to Lewisburg, a distance of about 80 miles. It was late, I was late, and I was driving 31_________.
At one point along an open highway, I came to a crossroads with a traffic light. I was 32_________ on the road by now, but as I came near the light, it turned 33_________, and I braked to a stop. I looked left, right, and behind me. Nothing. Not a car, no suggestion of headlights, 34_________ there I sat, waiting for the light to 35_________, the only human being, for at least a mile in any 36_________.
I started wondering why I 37_________ to run the light. I was not afraid of being caught, because there was 38_________ no policeman anywhere around and there certainly would have been no 39_________ in going through it.
Much later that 40_________, after I’d met with a group in Lewisburg and had climbed into bed near midnight, the question of why I’d stopped for that light 41_________ me. I think I stopped 42_________ it’s part of a contract(契約) we all have with each other. It’ s not only the law, but it’s an agreement we have, and we trust each other to follow 43_________: we don’t go through red lights.
We do 44_________ we say we’ll do. We show up when we say we’ll show up.
I was so 45_________ of myself for stopping for that red light. And as no one would ever have known what a good person I was on the road from Harrisburg to Lewisburg, I had to tell s someone.
小題1:
A.fastB.slowlyC.carefullyD.hard
小題2:
A.lateB.a(chǎn)loneC.worriedD.a(chǎn)fraid
小題3:
A.greenB.yellowC.redD.dark
小題4:
A.a(chǎn)ndB.orC.soD.but
小題5:
A.returnB.change C.startD.continue
小題6:
A.a(chǎn)ttentionB.backgroundC.directionD.information
小題7:
A.refusedB.decidedC.preparedD.forgot
小題8:
A.hardlyB.luckilyC.usuallyD.clearly
小題9:
A.dangerB.excuseC.spaceD.energy
小題10:
A.momentB.nightC.a(chǎn)fternoonD.morning
小題11:
A.depended onB.looked forward toC.stayed away fromD.came back to
小題12:
A.thoughB.unlessC.becauseD.until
小題13:
A.meB.itC.himD.us
小題14:
A.whatB.howC.whyD.that
小題15:
A.tiredB.readyC.proudD.sorry

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:D
小題5:B
小題6:C
小題7:A
小題8:D
小題9:A
小題10:B
小題11:D
小題12:C
小題13:B
小題14:A
小題15:C

文章主旨大意:本文是一篇議論文。文章通過作者沒有闖紅燈這件事,號(hào)召我們無論何時(shí)何地為了自己和他人的安全都要遵守交通規(guī)則。
小題1:由上文中的late可知天已黑,作者回家晚了,可推知開車加速,fast意為“迅速地”。
小題2:由下文“Nothing. Not a car, no suggestion of headlights”可推知作者一個(gè)人,故答案選B項(xiàng),意為“獨(dú)自的”。
小題3:由下文的作者剎車和交通常識(shí)可知紅燈亮了。
小題4:由下文中的waiting for the light可知雖然路上什么都沒有,“可是”作者依然停下車等候。
小題5:考查根據(jù)上文可知紅燈亮了,所以作者停下來等交通燈變綠后通行,故答案選B項(xiàng),意為“改變”。
小題6:由上文中的a mile可知指的是“距離任何方向”,in any direction 指“任何方向”。
小題7:由下文“I was not afraid of being caught ”故可推知“作者想知道自己為什么沒有闖紅燈呢?”,故答案選A項(xiàng),意為“拒絕”。
小題8:由上文可知作者“不害怕被逮住”可推知是“因?yàn)榍宄車鷽]有警察”,故答案選D項(xiàng),意為“清晰地;清楚地”。
小題9:考查由上文可知沒有警察,故可推知“闖紅燈”就沒有“被逮住”的“危險(xiǎn)”了,故答案選A項(xiàng)。
小題10:由下文中的bed和 near midnight可知是晚上。
小題11:根據(jù)上文中的I started wondering why I rufused to run the light和 the question of why I’d stopped for that light可知“晚上”作者思考的是同樣的問題,故答案選D項(xiàng),意為“回到……”。
小題12:由下文It’s not only the law, but it’s an agreement we have可知作者之所以停下來的“原因”是這是彼此之間的一份承諾,故答案選C項(xiàng),意為“因?yàn)椤薄?nbsp;
小題13:由下文we don’t go through red lights可知這是“一條”交通規(guī)則,故答案選B項(xiàng),相當(dāng)于the rule。
小題14:what連接的從句,在句中作動(dòng)詞do的賓語。
小題15:聯(lián)系上下文可推知作者為自己沒有在任何監(jiān)督的情況下能自覺遵守交通規(guī)則而感到“自豪”,故答案選C項(xiàng),意為“驕傲的;自豪的”。
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