题目内容
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 11 .
At one point along an open highway, I came to a crossroads with a traffic light. I was ___12 on the road by now, but as I came near the light, it turned 13 , and I braked to a stop. I looked left, right, and behind me. Nothing. Not a car, no suggestion of headlights, 14 there I sat, waiting for the light to 15 , the only human being, for at least a mile in any 16 .
I started wondering why I 17 to run the light. I was not afraid of being caught, because there was 18 no policeman anywhere around and there certainly would have been no 19 in going through it.
Much later that 20 , 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 21 me. I think I stopped 22 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 23 : we don’t go through red lights.
We do 24 we say we’ll do. We show up when we say we’ll show up.
I was so 25 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.
11 A. fast B. slowly C. carefully D. hard
12 A. late B. alone C. worried D. afraid
13 A. green B. yellow C. red D. dark
14 A. and B. or C. so D. but
15 A. return B. change C. start D. continue
16 A. attention B. background C. direction D. information
17 A. refused B. decided C. prepared D. forgot
18 A. hardly B. luckily C. usually D. clearly
19 A. danger B. excuse C. space D. energy
20 A. moment B. night C. afternoon D. morning
21 A. depended on B. looked forward to C. stayed away from D. came back to
22 A. though B. unless C. because D. until
23 A. me B. it C. him D. us
24 A. what B. how C. why D. that
25 A. tired B. ready C. proud D. sorry
11-15 ABCDB 16-20 CADAB
21-25 DCBAC
