Question

阅读理解 　　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 Sturham Road, which was on my 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 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． 　　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 right across my path．The driver did not flash his lights to give a warning．I would not turn in time, so I hit the side of the car．When I woke up, I was lying in a hospital in Market Road． 　　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 motor-cycle hit the car．(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 two motorcycles were those of a car． B． The lights of the car 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 was turning right B． did not give any signal until he 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．B;
解析：

(1)	根据三个人的描述，可知Newtown和Midwick处在同一条路线上，但方向相对，两位骑摩托车的人都是从Midwick到Newtown，而司机是行驶在去Midwick的方向上，正当他向右拐进Sturham路时，被迎面过来的摩托车撞在汽车的左边。
(2)	根据布朗先生和第一位骑摩托车的人的描述可知，布朗先生把摩托车灯误认为是汽车的灯，而且认为对面的汽车距离很远，所以他才向右拐到Sturham路上。
(3)	根据布朗先生的描述，他当时从车中伸出手示意他要拐弯。
(4)	英国的汽车中，司机座在右边；乘客座在左边。