The sun was just coming up when I headed out to work last May at 6 a.m. Not quite dark but dark enough to need my headlights. I turned onto one of the lonely rural country roads.
Maybe it was because I was listening to the radio, maybe it was because I was already thinking about some projects at work, that I didn’t spot the dark object on the road until I was too late. I ran over it and felt the back left tire pull, and then sink. I stopped and got out of the car.
No mystery here---- my back left tyre was cut like a loaf of bread. Back 50 yards was a piece of sharp iron I had run over. I had never changed a tyre. I looked up the road. Not a car in either direction. The nearest service station was miles away. I threw up my hands. Then I remembered---- my cell phone! I powered it up before realizing, I didn’t know who to call.
Wouldn’t you know it, I spotted a car coming from the opposite direction. The driver slowed as he approached. I guessed he could see I was in trouble. He stopped his car, got out and immediately saw the trouble. “Madam, would you like me to change that tyre for you?” he asked. The man couldn’t have been more friendly. I was frightened out there and he put me completely at ease. “There,” he said, after putting on the spare, “you are all set to go.”
“Good thing for me that you were driving this way,” I told him, as I climbed back into my car.
“Funny you should say that,” he said. “Just like you, I was heading to work, but my job is in the opposite direction. I made a wrong turn at some point. I don’t know what I was thinking.”
小題1:The writer didn’t notice the object on the road because ______.
A．it was rather dark thenB．she didn’t use her headlights
C．there was much trafficD．she was careless when driving
小題2:From Paragraph 4 we learn that______.
A．the writer felt quite anxious
B．no one would like to help the writer
C．the writer was a new driver
D．the cell phone should be powered up
小題3:What did the man do when he saw the writer?
A．He stopped and laughed at her.
B．He walked over to frighten her.
C．He helped her without hesitation.
D．He drove away in the opposite direction.
小題4:The end of the story tells us that the man ______.
A．went a wrong wayB．felt the writer funny
C．didn’t know what he was doing D．come specially to help the writer

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:A 

試題分析：文章大意：作者早上上班途中，不小心車胎壞了。由于自己不會(huì)換輪胎，幸虧得到一位開錯(cuò)方向陌生人的幫助。
小題1:D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段maybe it was because I was already thinking about some projects at work, but I didn't spot the dark object on the road until it was too late可知作者開車時(shí)自己粗心。故D正確。
小題2:A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中The man couldn’t have been more friendly. I was frightened out there and he put me completely at ease.可知作者當(dāng)時(shí)很焦慮。故A正確。
小題3:C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第四段He stopped his car, got out and immediately saw the trouble.可以知道該男子幫助她是毫不猶豫。 故C正確。
小題4:A 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一段男子的話Just like you, I was heading to work, but my job is in the opposite direction. I made a wrong turn at some point.可以推斷出該男子走錯(cuò)了路。故A正確。
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He then reached into his bag and pulled out a CANDLE. “Teach the children that the candle symbolizes that Christ is the light of the world, and when we see this great light we are reminded of he who displaces(取代) the darkness.”
Suddenly I heard a soft twinkling sound, and from his bag he pulled out a BELL. “Teach the children that as the lost sheep are found by the sound of the bell, it should ring mankind to the fold. The bell symbolizes guidance and return.”
Santa looked back and was pleased. I saw that the twinkle was back in his eyes. He said, “Remember, teach the children the true meaning of Christmas and do not put me in the center, for I am but an humble servant of the one that is, and I bow down to worship HIM, our LORD, our GOD.”
小題1:Author opened the door when he was going to sleep because________.
A．he heard something unusual
B．he was not sleeping at the moment
C．he saw the Santa at the moment
D．he wanted to step out of the room
小題2:According to Santa, the star was ________.
A．a(chǎn) symbol of man's thoughts turning towards heaven
B．the sigh of fulfillment of the Santa's promise
C．the symbol of the light of the world
D．the sound of the bell which ring mankind to the fold
小題3:What does the underlined word “twinkle” refer to?
A．Tears.B．Smiles.C．Glasses.D．Eyes.

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