Question

【题目】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 (急刹车)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(契约)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】本篇文章难度适中，主要讲述作者虽然很急，但没有闯红灯，号召我们要遵守交通规则。

【1】句意“路上只有我一个人，但是，当我靠近红绿灯时，它变成了红色，我急刹停了下来”。本题考查形容词辨析。A.晚的；B.独自的；C.担心的；D.害怕的。根据Nothing. Not a car, no suggestion of headlights可知，路上只有我一个人，故选B。

【2】句意“路上只有我一个人，但是，当我靠近红绿灯时，它变成了红色，我急刹停了下来”。本题考查形容词辨析。A.绿色的；B.黄色的；C.红色的；D.黑色的。根据and I braked (急刹车)to stop可知，作者急刹，说明交通灯变成红色的了。故选C。

【3】句意“我坐在那，等着灯变化”。本题考查动词辨析。A.返回；B.改变；C.开始；D.继续。根据and I braked (急刹车)to stop可知，作者停下来，等红灯变成绿灯。故选B。

【4】句意“在方圆一英里，仅有我一个人”。本题考查名词辨析。A.注意；B.背景；C.方向；D.信息。in any direction在任何方向。故选C。

【5】句意“因为当时周围没有警察，当然穿过去也没有危险”。本题考查副词辨析。A.几乎不；B.幸运地；C.通常地；D.清楚地，显然地。根据the only human being , for at least a mile in any ____4____可知，路上没有人，显然地，也没有警察，故选D。

【6】句意“因为当时周围没有警察，当然穿过去也没有危险”。本题考查名词辨析。A.危险；B.借口；C.空间；D.精力。根据the only human being , for at least a mile in any ____4____可知，路上没有人，通过去是没有危险的，故选A。

【7】句意“那晚，在我见到路易斯堡团队的人员后已经很晚了，我爬上床，我为什么停车的问题又回到我的脑海里”。本题考查名词辨析。A.时刻；B.晚上；C.下午；D.早上。根据and had climbed into bed midnight可知，在夜晚，故选B。

【8】句意“那晚，在我见到路易斯堡团队的人员后已经很晚了，我爬上床，我为什么停车的问题又回到我的脑海里”。本题考查动词辨析。A.取决于；B.期待；C.远离；D.回来。根据文意可知，“我为什么停车的问题又回到了我的脑海”。故选D。

【9】句意“我相信每个人都会遵守这个规则”。本题考查动词辨析。A.同意；B.遵守，跟随；C.站立；D.打扰。根据we don’t go through the red lights可知，我们都遵守不闯红灯这一规则。故选B。

【10】句意“我为自己不闯红灯感到自豪”。本题考查形容词辨析。A.疲惫的；B.准备好的；C.自豪的；D.遗憾的。根据文意可知，作者为自己没闯红灯感到骄傲。be proud of为……感到自豪。故选C。