Question

Last night I was driving from Harrisburg to Lewisburg, a distance of about 80 miles. It was late, I was late, and I was driving 31_________.

At one point along an open highway, I came to a crossroads with a traffic light. I was 32_________ on the road by now, but as I came near the light, it turned 33_________, and I braked to a stop. I looked left, right, and behind me. Nothing. Not a car, no suggestion of headlights, 34_________ there I sat, waiting for the light to 35_________, the only human being, for at least a mile in any 36_________.

I started wondering why I 37_________ to run the light. I was not afraid of being caught, because there was 38_________ no policeman anywhere around and there certainly would have been no 39_________ in going through it.

Much later that 40_________, 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 41_________ me. I think I stopped 42_________ 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 43_________: we don’t go through red lights.

We do 44_________ we say we’ll do. We show up when we say we’ll show up.

I was so 45_________ 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 s someone.

1.A. fast B. slowly C. carefully D. hard

2.A. late B. alone C. worried D. afraid

3.A. green B. yellow C. red D. dark

4.A. and B. or C. so D. but

5.A. return B. change C. start D. continue

6.A. attention B. background C. direction D. information

7.A. refused B. decided C. prepared D. forgot

8.A. hardly B. luckily C. usually D. clearly

9.A. danger B. excuse C. space D. energy

10.A. moment B. night C. afternoon D. morning

11.A. depended on B. looked forward to C. stayed away from D. came back to

12.A. though B. unless C. because D. until

13.A. me B. it C. him D. us

14.A. what B. how C. why D. that

15.A. tired B. ready C. proud D. sorry

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