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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(契约) 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.

1.                A.fast            B.slowly          C.carefully  D.hard

 

2.                A.late            B.alone          C.worried  D.afraid

 

3.                A.green          B.yellow          C.red  D.dark

 

4.                A.and            B.or             C.so   D.but

 

5.                A.return         B.change         C.start D.continue

 

6.                A.attention       B.background      C.direction  D.information

 

7.                A.refused        B.decided        C.prepared D.forgot

 

8.                A.hardly          B.luckily          C.usually   D.clearly

 

9.                A.danger         B.excuse         C.space    D.energy

 

10.               A.moment        B.night           C.afternoon  D.morning

 

11.               A.depended on    B.looked forward to C.stayed away from    D.came back to

 

12.               A.though         B.unless          C.because   D.until

 

13.               A.me            B.it             C.him  D.us

 

14.               A.what           B.how           C.why  D.that

 

15.               A.tired           B.ready          C.proud D.sorry

 

 

【答案】

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.B

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.A

10.B

11.D

12.C

13.B

14.A

15.C

【解析】

文章主旨大意:本文是一篇议论文。文章通过作者没有闯红灯这件事,号召我们无论何时何地为了自己和他人的安全都要遵守交通规则。

1.由上文中的late可知天已黑,作者回家晚了,可推知开车加速,fast意为“迅速地”。

2.由下文“Nothing. Not a car, no suggestion of headlights”可推知作者一个人,故答案选B项,意为“独自的”。

3.由下文的作者刹车和交通常识可知红灯亮了。

4.由下文中的waiting for the light可知虽然路上什么都没有,“可是”作者依然停下车等候。

5.考查根据上文可知红灯亮了,所以作者停下来等交通灯变绿后通行,故答案选B项,意为“改变”。

6.由上文中的a mile可知指的是“距离任何方向”,in any direction 指“任何方向”。

7.由下文“I was not afraid of being caught ”故可推知“作者想知道自己为什么没有闯红灯呢?”,故答案选A项,意为“拒绝”。

8.由上文可知作者“不害怕被逮住”可推知是“因为清楚周围没有警察”,故答案选D项,意为“清晰地;清楚地”。

9.考查由上文可知没有警察,故可推知“闯红灯”就没有“被逮住”的“危险”了,故答案选A项。

10.由下文中的bed和 near midnight可知是晚上。

11.根据上文中的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”作者思考的是同样的问题,故答案选D项,意为“回到……”。

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来的“原因”是这是彼此之间的一份承诺,故答案选C项,意为“因为”。 

13.由下文we don’t go through red lights可知这是“一条”交通规则,故答案选B项,相当于the rule。

14.what连接的从句,在句中作动词do的宾语。

15.联系上下文可推知作者为自己没有在任何监督的情况下能自觉遵守交通规则而感到“自豪”,故答案选C项,意为“骄傲的;自豪的”。

 

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