题目内容
At one point along an open highway,I came to a crossroads with a traffic light. I was alone on the road by now, but _1.__ I drove up to the light,it turned red,and I braked to a halt. I looked left, right,and behind me. Nothing,_2.__a car,no suggestion of headlights, but there I sat,_3._(wait) the light to change,the only human being for at least a mile in any direction.
I started wondering _4._I refused to run the light. I was not afraid of __5._(catch) by the police, because there was obviously no cop anywhere around and _6. certainly would have been no danger in going __7._ it.
Much later that night,the __8._ question of why I’d stopped for that light came back to me. I think I stopped because it’s part of a contract(合同) 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 honor _9.__:We don’t go through red lights. Like most of us, I’m more ready to be stopped from doing something bad by the social agreement that disapproves of it __10._ by any law against it.
1.as/when
2.not
3.waiting
4.why
5. being caught
6.there
7.through
8.same
9.it
10.than
【解析】
1.[解析] 引导时间状语从句,“当我驶近红绿灯的时候”。
[答案] as/when
2.2】not
3.3】[解析] 现在分词作伴随状语。
[答案] waiting
4.4】[解析] 为什么我不愿闯红灯。
[答案] why
5.5】[解析] 介词后用动名词,这里指“害怕被抓”,用被动语态。
[答案] being caught
6.6】[解析] 引导存在句。
[答案] there
7.7】[解析] 闯红灯,后面也提到。
[答案] through
8.8】[解析] 同样的问题,即“为什么我不愿闯红灯”。
[答案] same
9.9】[解析] 指前面提到的contract。
[答案] it
10.0】[解析] more...than是固定句型。
[答案] than