7．She was returning from teaching out in a small community （社区）．It was a moonless night，and a heavy snow was falling．
She remembered back to when she had first started teaching out in small communities．In those days she had always picked up hitchhikers （搭便车者），until the day her sister told her of a friend who had been shot （中枪） in the head by a hitchhiker，all because she had stopped out of kindness to help him during a storm．
Her family didn't become concerned （关心的） about her safety over the hitchhikers until the family heard the promise："No more hitchhikers!"The snow that night was making her think back to this．
Then she saw a man waving．She slowed down for him，but now as he ran toward the car in the dark she shook with fear．Yet she thought that if he was truly in need she couldn't leave him here in this storm．
The stranger explained that his car was dead，and she told him to get in．They drove for an hour into the next city and she took him to a telephone booth （公用电话亭）．She waited until he had made a call．When he reported back to her that a family member would soon come for him，she wished him well and left．
Tears fell on her cheeks as she drove away．She felt as though she had been holding her breath for an hour．"I hope they'll understand why I had to break my promise，"she thought．
59．What can we learn about the woman？C
A．She was a taxi driver．
B．She used to be a hitchhiker．
C．She taught in small communities．
D．She seldom picked up strangers．
60．What made her family worried about her safety？B
A．She had been hurt by a hitchhiker．
B．Her sister's friend was killed by a hitchhiker．
C．There were often snowstorms on her way home．
D．Her car often broke down on her way home．
61．We can infer from the underlined sentence in the last paragraph thatC．
A．she regretted picking up the stranger．
B．she felt too tired to breathe．
C．she had been afraid being with the stranger．
D．she had been too careful driving in the storm．
62．What would be the best title for this passage？D
A．A Dead Car
B．A Dangerous Hitchhiker
C．A Struggle in the Snow
D．A Broken Promise．
分析 本文主要讲述了女主人公在得知姐姐的朋友被搭顺风车的人杀害之后，发誓不再搭载路人．但最后在一个暴风雪的夜晚还是违背承诺让一个陌生男子搭乘便车的感人故事．
解答 59．C 推理判断题．根据文章内容She was returning from teaching out in a small community （社区）可知她是一个在社区里教书的老师，故答案为C．
60．B 细节理解题．根据文章内容until the day her sister told her of a friend who had been shot （中枪） in the head by a hitchhiker，以及Her family didn't become concerned （关心的） about her safety over the hitchhikers until the family heard the promise直到姐姐告诉她朋友被路人袭击，她的家人才担心她的安全问题，故答案为B．
61．C 细节理解题．根据前文提到她姐姐朋友的惨剧，说明陌生人具有一定的危险性．以及Tears fell on her cheeks as she drove away她是对于自己的违背誓言有愧疚以及独自面对陌生人的恐惧让她哭了，由此可推断，C选项为正确答案．
62．D 标题概括题．根据文章内容可知故事围绕一个向家人承诺的誓言到打破誓言而帮助他人的感人故事，再结合选项，故D为正确选项．
点评 本文是人物故事类阅读理解．做这类题材阅读理解时要求考生对文章通读一遍，做题时结合原文和题目有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析，结合选项选出正确答案．推理判断题也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确答案，切忌胡乱猜测，一定要做到有理有据．
