Last night I was driving from Harrisburg to Lewisburg，distance of about eighty miles. It was late. Several times I got stuck behind a slow-moving truck on a narrow road with a solid white line on my left, and I became increasingly impatient.
At one point along an open road, I came to a crossing with a traffic light. I was alone on the road by now, but as I drove near the light, it turned red and I made a stop. I looked left, right and behind me. Nothing. Not a car, no suggestion of car lamps, but there I sat, waiting for the light to change, the only human being for at least a mile in any direction.
I started wondering why I refused to run the light I was not afraid of being caught, because there was clearly no policeman around, and there certainly would have been no danger in going through it.
Much later that night, the question of why I'd stopped for that light came back to me. I think I
stopped because it's part of a contract(契約)we all have with each other. It's not only the law, but it is an agreement we have, and we trust each other to honor it: we don't go through red lights.
Trust is our first inclination(傾向).Doubting others does not seem to be natural to us. The whole construction of our society depends on mutual(相互)trust, not distrust. We do what we say we'll do; we show up when we say we'll show up; and we pay when we say we'll pay. We trust each other in these matters, and we're angry or disappointed with the person or organization that breaks the trust we have in them.
I was so proud of myself for stopping for the red light that night.
小題1:Why did the author get impatient while driving?
A．He was lonely on the road.
B．He was slowed down by a truck.
C．He got tired of driving too long.
D．He came across too many traffic lights.
小題2:What was the author's immediate action when the traffic light turned red?
A．Stopping still.
B．Driving through it.
C．Looking around for other cars.
D．Checking out for traffic police.
小題3:The event made the author strongly believe that __________.       
A．traffic rules may be unnecessary
B．doubting others is human nature
C．patience is important to drivers
D．a(chǎn) society needs mutual trust
小題4:Why was the author proud of himself?
A．He kept his promise.
B．He held back his anger.
C．He followed his inclination.
D．He made a right decision.

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:D
【文章大意】本文是一篇記敘文。昨晚作者在路上被一輛開(kāi)得很慢的卡車(chē)?yán)г诤竺�，無(wú)法超車(chē)�？僧�(dāng)行到開(kāi)闊的十字路口時(shí)又亮起了紅燈，盡管四周沒(méi)人但作者還是停下了車(chē)。后來(lái)作者反思：讓他停下來(lái)的不是法律，是人們之間的相互信任。作者為自己當(dāng)晚的“停車(chē)”決定感到自豪。
小題1:根據(jù)第一段的“Several times I got stuck behind a slow-moving truck on a narrow road with a solid white line on my left, and I became increasingly impatient.”可知：在一條狹窄的路上我?guī)状伪焕г谝惠v開(kāi)得很慢的卡車(chē)后面，左邊是白線，無(wú)法超車(chē)。所以我變得越來(lái)越?jīng)]耐心。
【考點(diǎn)定位】考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。
小題2:根據(jù)文章中的第二段“I was alone on the road by now, but as I drove near the light, it turned red and I made a stop.”可知：當(dāng)我接近交通燈時(shí)，紅燈亮了，我停了下來(lái)。故選A。
【考點(diǎn)定位】考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。
小題3:根據(jù)文章的最后一段 “Trust is our first inclination(傾向).Doubting others does not seem to be natural to us. The whole construction of our society depends on mutual(相互)trust, not distrust.”可知：這是文章的中心思想，是文章的核心。我們的社會(huì)需要相互信任。
【考點(diǎn)定位】考查判斷推理。
小題4:根據(jù)第3、4段的作者自己的反思和第5段的結(jié)論的概括總結(jié)后，作者為自己那天晚上做出“停車(chē)”的決定感到自豪。
【考點(diǎn)定位】考查判斷推理。
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A．d，b，f，a，e，cB．a(chǎn)，b，d，f，e，c
C．b，e，f，a，d，cD．c，b，e，a，f，d
小題4:From the text it can be inferred that _____.
A．one’s success is frequently (often) closely connected with a favorable chance
B．it is never too late to learn
C．know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of
defeat
D．there is no limit to knowledge

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