二、完形填空(共 12 小题,每小题 1 分,满分 12 分)
Last night I was driving from Harrisburg to Lewisburg,a distance(距离)of about 80 miles. It was late and there was nobody else on the road so I was driving ______1______.
At one point along an open highway,I came to a crossing with a traffic light. I was ______2______ on the road by then,but as I came near the light,it turned red,and I braked(刹车)to a stop. I looked left,right,and behind me. Nothing. No car,no suggestion of headlights,but there I sat,waiting for the light to ______3______,the only human being,for at least a mile in any direction.
I started wondering why I ______4______ to run the light. I was not afraid of being caught,because there was ______5______ no policeman anywhere around and there certainly would have been no ______6______ in going through it.
Much later that ______7______,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 ______8______ me. I think I stopped ______9______ 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 ______10______:We don't go through red lights.
We do ______11______ we say we'll do. We show up when we say we'll show up.
I was so ______12______ 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.
(
A
)1. A. fast B. slowly C. carefully D. hard
(
B
)2. A. late B. alone C. worried D. afraid
(
B
)3. A. return B. change C. start D. continue
(
A
)4. A. refused B. decided C. prepared D. forgot
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D
)5. A. hardly B. luckily C. usually D. clearly
(
A
)6. A. danger B. excuse C. space D. energy
(
B
)7. A. moment B. night C. afternoon D. morning
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D
)8. A. depended on B. looked forward to C. stayed away from D. came back to
(
C
)9. A. however B. if C. because D. until
(
B
)10. A. me B. it C. him D. us
(
A
)11. A. what B. how C. why D. that
(
C
)12. A. tired B. ready C. proud D. sorry