Question

Last night I was driving from Harrisburg to Lewisburg, a distance of about 80 miles. It was late, and I was driving         .

    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 to a stop. I looked left, right, and behind me. Nothing. No car, no suggestion of headlights,        there I sat, waiting for the light to       , the only human being, for at least a mile in any      .

    I started wondering why I       to run the light. I was not afraid of being caught, because there was        no policeman anywhere around and there certainly would have been no       in going through it.

    Much later that     , 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       me. I think I stopped       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         : we don't go through red lights.

    We do        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. fastB. slowlyC. carefullyD. hard

2.A. lateB. aloneC. worriedD. afraid

3.A. greenB. yellowC. redD. dark

4.A. andB. orC. soD. but

5.A. returnB. changeC. startD. continue

6.A. attentionB. backgroundC. directionD. information

7.A. refusedB. decidedC. preparedD. forgot

8.A. hardlyB. luckilyC. usuallyD. clearly

9.A. dangerB. excuseC. spaceD. energy

10.A. momentB. nightC. afternoonD. morning

11.A. depended onB. looked forward toC. stayed away fromD. came back to

12.A. thoughB. unlessC. becauseD. until

13.A. meB. itC. himD. us

14.A. whatB. howC. whyD. that

15.A. tiredB. readyC. proudD. sorry

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.B

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.A

10.B

11.D

12.C

13.B

14.A

15.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章讲述了作者晚上开车回家，在遇到红灯时停下来了，尽管当时路上只有他一个人，没有任何车辆和其他人。后来他一直在思考为什么自己会在那样的情况下选择停车，而没有闯红灯。这其实是遵守了每个人之间的约定，他为自己的这个行为感到自豪。

1.考查副词与语境理解。根据前文It was late已经有点晚了，故此句为：我开得很快。A 快速；B 慢地；C 仔细地；D 努力地；故选A。

2.考查形容词与语境理解。根据后文I looked left, right, and behind me. Nothing.我看看左右和后面，什么都没有；故此句为：我一个人在路上。A 晚的；B 独自；C 担心；D 害怕；结合语境故选B。

3.考查形容词与语境理解。根据后文and I braked to a stop我踩刹车停下；此句为：当我靠近交通灯时，它变红了。A 绿；B 黄；C 红；D黑；故选C。

4.考查连词与语境理解。前文讲的是路上没有任何人和车，但我还在停下来等；这里要表示一种转折关系；A 并且；B 否则；C 所以；D 但是；故选D。

5.考查动词与语境理解。前文讲到交通灯变红了，作者停下车子，此句为：我坐着等灯变化；A 回来；B 改变；C 开始；D继续；结合语境故选B。

6.考查名词与语境理解。结合前后文，此句为：在方圆至少一英里，唯一的一个人。In any direction在任何方向；A 注意；B 背景；C 方向；D 信息；故选C。

7.考查动词与语境理解。由前文得知作者在红灯的时候停下来了，此句为：我开始想为什么我没有闯红灯；A 拒绝；B 决定；C 准备；D 忘记；故选A。

8.考查副词与语境理解。从前文得知，当时路上没有一个人，此句为：因为当时很明显的周围没有警察；A 几乎不；B 幸运地；C 通常；D 明显地；结合语境故选D。

9.考查名词与语境理解。前文讲到路上没有任何人和车辆，此句为：通过的话也没有任何危险；A危险；B 理由；C 空间；D 能量；结合语境故选A。

10.考查名词与语境理解。根据后文near midnight接近午夜时分；故此句为：那晚很晚之后；A 时刻；B 晚上；C 下午；D 早上；结合语境故选B。

11.考查动词与语境理解。结合前后文，此句为：那个我为什么停车的问题又回到我脑海；A 取决于；B 期待；C 远离；D 回来；结合语境故选D。

12.考查连词与语境理解。这里讲到的是停车的原因，此句为：我想我停下来是因为我们和别人之间的契约；A 尽管；B 除非；C 因为；D 直到；结合语境故选C。

13.考查代词与语境理解。前文讲到彼此间形成的协议；此句为：我们相信每个人都会遵守：不闯红灯。It指代前文的agreement，故选B。

14.考查连词与语境理解。结合前后文，此句为：我们做我们承诺做的事情。What引导宾语从句，并在从句中做宾语；故选A。

15.考查形容词与语境理解。由前文得知，作者为自己能遵守规则而高兴，此句为：我为自己在红灯时停车而自豪；A 累的；B 准备的；C 自豪；D 对不起；结合语境故选C。

考点：故事类短文。