Last night I was driving from Harrisburg to Lewisburg,distance of about eighty miles. It was late. Several times I had to stop to wait a while behind a slow-moving truck on a narrow road,and I became 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 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 follow it: we don't go through red lights.
The whole construction of our society depends on mutual (相互的) trust. 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.
I was so proud of myself for stopping for the red light that night. And as no one would ever have known what a good person I was on the road from Harrisburg to Lewisburg.
1. Why did the author get impatient while driving?
A. Because he was lonely on the road.
B. Because he was slowed down by a truck.
C. Because he got tired of driving too long.
D. Because he came across too many traffic lights.
2. What did the author do 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.
3. The underlined word “contract” in the passage probably means “”.
A. 旅程
B. 忍耐
C. 契約
D. 釋放
4. Then rent made the author strongiy bdieve that.
A. traffic rules may be unnecessary
B. doubting others is human nature
C. patience is important to drivers
D. a society needs mutual trust
作者開車遇到紅燈時周圍沒有警察，也沒有任何危險， 但是作者還是在遇到紅燈時停了下來。由此作者聯(lián)想到這 個社會需要人與人之間的信任,在紅燈面前停車就是人與人 之間的協(xié)定，我們相信人人都會遵守它。
1. B細節(jié)理解題。由第一段的I had to stop to wait a while behind a slow-moving truck可知，作者不耐煩是因為他 跟在一輛速度緩慢的卡車后面，故選B項。
2. A細節(jié)理解題。由第二段的內(nèi)容可知，作者遇到紅燈后停了下來靜靜等待。
3. C 詞義猜測題。下句提到了“It's not only the law,but it is an agreement we have. 人與人之間的協(xié)議應(yīng)該就是“契約”，故contract意為“契約”。
4. D推理判斷題。由第五段的“The whole construction of our society depends on mutual trust. ”可推斷，作者通過 自己遵守交通規(guī)則這件事情體會到：一個社會需要相互信任。
impatient adj.不耐煩的
suggestion n.建議 wonder v.想知道
show up暴露，顯露
障礙句分析
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.我并不害怕被抓住，因為很明顯 四周沒有警察，而且闖紅燈肯定沒有危險。
because引導原因狀語從句;be afraid of意為“害怕”；go through意為“通過”。
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