A mother isdevastated, crying, yelling all she can in that dark corner. There was nobody tohear her yell and not a soul to calm her, because outside her house is a long winding lonely road.The wind was at rest and the leaves didn't rustle, silence filling the air. Loneliness was alreadykilling her, but no one knows what made her cry?
Losing something you love with all your heart isn't really the pain you can ever overcome.Radha lost her baby, her only means to live. She saw her child getting killed and the accidentwas terrible. One lonely night, she was walking down the street to get a breath of fresh air withher child hugged tight in her arms.
The whole time she walked with her child in her arms, the only thing that worried her wasAryan's future. She was imagining and feeling every day of the child's growthand figuringwhat she would have in store for him. But who knows what's in store for us tomorrow, life canchange in a second.
On that deserted road, were a few streetlights barely enough? It was this one light that couldbe seen from a distance,but as it came closer it got brighter and brighter. That light changedRadha's life into darkness forever. A speeding car came down that road. The driver came with a full speed throwing beer bottles out of his half open window. He was definitely drunk,and the speed took, everything in its path. Just then, there was a loud cry, and silence set in again.
But the mother wasn't hurt. She opened her eyes, unable to focus her eyes, and didn't seeAryan. After a few minutes when her sight cleared up she looked all over in a panic for her baby,but alas! ... The child hadn't even seen life.
Simple, don't drink and drive.You could take a life, but kill a number of people.
小題1:The word "devastated" in Paragraph 1 would probably mean      .
A．worriedB．scaredC．heart-brokenD．weather-beaten
小題2:Which of the following statements is TRUE of Radha?
A．She had expected much of Aryan.
B．She got her eyes injured in the accident.
C．She was hit by one bottle on the arm.
D．She had everything ready for Aryan's future.
小題3:The last sentence underlined implies that            .
A．drunk driving is absolutely forbidden
B．drunk driving is certain to kill a lot of people
C．the driver killed Aryan and his mother
D．there is more than one victim in a car accident
小題4:What would be the best title for the passage?
A．The Death of a Miserable Child
B．A Sad Mother on a Windy Night
C．The Price for Another Man's Mistake
D．Overspeeding from Drunk Driving

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:C

試題分析：文章大意：通過一個母親在一次交通事故中失去孩子的事件，提醒人們不要醉酒駕駛。
小題1:C 猜測詞義題根據(jù)后文敘述的母親在意外事故中失去孩子的故事，判斷出這位母親是：傷心欲絕的；心碎的；而不是A 擔心的；B 害怕的 D. 飽經(jīng)風霜的；風雨侵蝕的
小題2:A 推理判斷題根據(jù)第二段第二句：She was imagining and feeling every day of the child's growthand figuringwhat she would have in store for him.她一直在想象著、感受著孩子的成長，琢磨著她要為孩子準備些什么。說明她對孩子的期望。
小題3:D 推理判斷題根據(jù)這次事故不僅奪去了孩子的生命，也使得孩子母親處于無盡的悲傷和痛苦之中，說明在交通事故中，受害的不僅僅只是被奪去生命的人。
小題4:C 主旨大意題根據(jù)最后一段Simple, don't drink and drive.You could take a life, but kill a number of people.別酒后駕車。你可能只撞死一個人，但可能會毀了許多人的生活。
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A．yetB．stillC．evenD．nearly
小題7:
A．surprisedB．nervousC．angryD．frightened
小題8:
A．apologizedB．criedC．complainedD．laughed
小題9:
A．lostB．doneC．goneD．touched
小題10:
A．meets withB．brings upC．works outD．thinks about
小題11:
A．ThankfullyB．HopefullyC．UnfortunatelyD．Strangely
小題12:
A．orB．forC．soD．but
小題13:
A．happenedB．seemedC．continuedD．aimed
小題14:
A．faceB．appreciateC．examineD．question
小題15:
A．loveB．prideC．friendshipD．honesty
小題16:
A．supportB．settleC．startD．impress
小題17:
A．afterB．beforeC．besideD．under
小題18:
A．in spite of B．in terms ofC．in control ofD．in place of
小題19:
A．carefulB．regretfulC．considerateD．humorous
小題20:
A．historyB．mottoC．patternsD．lessons

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