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阅读理解： 　　(1)Mr．Brown(the Motorist) 　　At about 9∶20 p. m. on October 14th, I was driving along Market Road in the direction of Midwick．I wanted to go to Sturham to collect my wife, who had been visiting some friends．I prepared to turn into Stutham Road．which was on the right, In the distance．I saw the lights of a car moving towards me but it was a long way from me．I put out my hand to show that I was going to turn right．Then I started to turn slowly towards Sturham Road．Suddenly there was a loud noise on the passenger’s(near)side of the car．I stopped the car and got out．A motorcycle had hit my car．The motorcyclist had been thrown over the car．He was injured, so I ran to a shop to phone for help． 　　(2)Mr．Smith(the injured motorcyclist) 　　On the evening of October 14th, I was going home along Market Road towards Newtown．I was riding my motorcycle．I was going slowly because some of the streetlights were out and the road was wet and slippery．Just before Sturham Road, a car suddenly drove tight across my path．The driver did not flash his lights to give a warning．I could not turn in time, so I hit the side of the car．When I woke up．1 was lying in a hospital in Market Road． 　　(3)Mr．Lee(another motorcyclist) 　　At about 9∶10 p. m．on October 14th．I left my home in Midwick．Ten minutes later I was riding my motorcycle along Market Road．I was going to Newtown．There was a motorcycle about 40 metres in front of me．It was not going very quickly．The man on it was riding near the curb(路边)but I was near the center of the road．The motorcyclist in front of me tried to turn to his right but there was no time．He hit the car and was injured．There was no car going along in front of us or put by the road． (1) Which of these pictures exactly shows the scene of the accident? X＝the place where the motorcycle hit the car; N＝Newtown; M＝Midwick; S＝Sturham．(Note that cars and motorcycles always keep to the left in England．) [　　] A． B． C． D． (2) Which of these statements about the accident is probably correct? [　　] A． Mr．Brown wrongly supposed that the lights of the two motorcycles were those of a car． B． The lights of the ear moving towards Mr．Brown made him unable to see． C． Mr．Brown knocked down a motorcyclist on purpose． D． The accident was caused by the carelessness of the first motorcyclist． (3) It seems probable from the statements that Mr．Brown ________． [　　] A． gave no signal to show that he was turning tight B． did not give any signal until be was actually turning C． failed to give a proper signal at that time D． flashed his light to show that he was going to turn (4) We would expect to find that Mr．Brown’s car was damaged on its ________ side． [　　] A． front B． left C． right D． driver’s

Answer 1

答案：1．C;2．A;3．C;4．D;
解析：

(1)	根据英国是靠左行原则和每段第一句话可以看出S应在南边，而M应在右边，故只有C为正确选项。
(2)	根据文中最后一句话“There was no car going along in front of us or put by the road”可知A为最佳选项。
(3)	根据第一段Mr．Brown没有打转向灯，而是用手打手势，所以C为最佳选项。
(4)	根据第一段倒数第四行“on the passenger’s side of the car,”而英国人又是靠左走，故B为正确选项。