Question

【題目】Last night I was driving from Harrisburg to Lewisburg, distance of about 80 miles . It was late, and I was driving fast.

At one point along an open highway, I came to a crossroad with a traffic light . I was __________on the road by now, but as I came near the light , it turned __________, and I braked (急剎車)to stop . I looked left , right , and behind me. Nothing. Not a car, no suggestion of headlights , but there I sat , waiting for the light to _______, the only human being , for at least a mile in any _________.

I started wondering why I refused to run the red light . I was not afraid of being caught , because there was ________no policeman anywhere around and there was certainly no __________in going through it.

Much later that _______, after I’d met with a group in Lewsisburg and had climbed into bed midnight , the question of why I’d stopped for that light _____me . I think I stopped because it’s part of a contract(契約)we all have for each other. It’s not only the law, but it’s an agreement we have, and we trust each other to _______the rule: we don’t go through the red lights.

We do what we say we’ll do . We show up when we say we’ll show up .

I was so _______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 someone.

【1】A. late B. alone C. worried D. afraid

【2】A. green B. yellow C. red D. dark

【3】A. return B. change C. start D. continue

【4】A. attention B. background C. direction D. information

【5】A. hardly B. luckily C. usually D. clearly

【6】A. danger B. excuse C. space D. energy

【7】A. moment B. night C. afternoon D. morning

【8】A. depended on B. looked forward to C. stayed away from D. came back to

【9】A. agree B. follow C. stand D. disturb

【10】A. tired B. ready C. proud D. sorry

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】B

【4】C

【5】D

【6】A

【7】B

【8】D

【9】B

【10】C

【解析】本篇文章難度適中，主要講述作者雖然很急，但沒有闖紅燈，號(hào)召我們要遵守交通規(guī)則。

【1】句意“路上只有我一個(gè)人，但是，當(dāng)我靠近紅綠燈時(shí)，它變成了紅色，我急剎停了下來”。本題考查形容詞辨析。A.晚的；B.獨(dú)自的；C.擔(dān)心的；D.害怕的。根據(jù)Nothing. Not a car, no suggestion of headlights可知，路上只有我一個(gè)人，故選B。

【2】句意“路上只有我一個(gè)人，但是，當(dāng)我靠近紅綠燈時(shí)，它變成了紅色，我急剎停了下來”。本題考查形容詞辨析。A.綠色的；B.黃色的；C.紅色的；D.黑色的。根據(jù)and I braked (急剎車)to stop可知，作者急剎，說明交通燈變成紅色的了。故選C。

【3】句意“我坐在那，等著燈變化”。本題考查動(dòng)詞辨析。A.返回；B.改變；C.開始；D.繼續(xù)。根據(jù)and I braked (急剎車)to stop可知，作者停下來，等紅燈變成綠燈。故選B。

【4】句意“在方圓一英里，僅有我一個(gè)人”。本題考查名詞辨析。A.注意；B.背景；C.方向；D.信息。in any direction在任何方向。故選C。

【5】句意“因?yàn)楫?dāng)時(shí)周圍沒有警察，當(dāng)然穿過去也沒有危險(xiǎn)”。本題考查副詞辨析。A.幾乎不；B.幸運(yùn)地；C.通常地；D.清楚地，顯然地。根據(jù)the only human being , for at least a mile in any ____4____可知，路上沒有人，顯然地，也沒有警察，故選D。

【6】句意“因?yàn)楫?dāng)時(shí)周圍沒有警察，當(dāng)然穿過去也沒有危險(xiǎn)”。本題考查名詞辨析。A.危險(xiǎn)；B.借口；C.空間；D.精力。根據(jù)the only human being , for at least a mile in any ____4____可知，路上沒有人，通過去是沒有危險(xiǎn)的，故選A。

【7】句意“那晚，在我見到路易斯堡團(tuán)隊(duì)的人員后已經(jīng)很晚了，我爬上床，我為什么停車的問題又回到我的腦海里”。本題考查名詞辨析。A.時(shí)刻；B.晚上；C.下午；D.早上。根據(jù)and had climbed into bed midnight可知，在夜晚，故選B。

【8】句意“那晚，在我見到路易斯堡團(tuán)隊(duì)的人員后已經(jīng)很晚了，我爬上床，我為什么停車的問題又回到我的腦海里”。本題考查動(dòng)詞辨析。A.取決于；B.期待；C.遠(yuǎn)離；D.回來。根據(jù)文意可知，“我為什么停車的問題又回到了我的腦海”。故選D。

【9】句意“我相信每個(gè)人都會(huì)遵守這個(gè)規(guī)則”。本題考查動(dòng)詞辨析。A.同意；B.遵守，跟隨；C.站立；D.打擾。根據(jù)we don’t go through the red lights可知，我們都遵守不闖紅燈這一規(guī)則。故選B。

【10】句意“我為自己不闖紅燈感到自豪”。本題考查形容詞辨析。A.疲憊的；B.準(zhǔn)備好的；C.自豪的；D.遺憾的。根據(jù)文意可知，作者為自己沒闖紅燈感到驕傲。be proud of為……感到自豪。故選C。