My mind went blank when I saw the gun pointing against the car window as we pulled out of the garage. This can't be happening to me. Then I felt the gun, cold, against my head, and I heard my friend Jeremy saying“What do you want? Take my wallet,” but at the time I thought of nothing.

I remember being a little annoyed when the gunman pulled me from the car by the hair. I remember the walk to the house—Jeremy, me, the two men with two guns. I remember the fear and anger in the gunmen's voices because Jeremy was being slow, and I remember wondering why he was being slow. I did not realize that Jeremy had thrown the keys into the bush. But I remember that sound of the gun hitting Jeremy's head and the feeling as the man who had hold of my hair released me. And I remember the split second when I realized he was looking at Jeremy,and I remember wondering how far I could run before he pulled the trigger. But I was already running, and upon reaching the car across the street, I didn't crouch (蹲伏) behind it but screamed instead.

I remember thinking there was something ridiculous and illogical about screaming “Help, help!” at eight o'clock on a Tuesday evening in December and changing my plea(懇求) to the? more specific “Help, let me in, please let me in!” But the houses were cold, closed, unfriendly, and I ran on until I heard Jeremy's screams behind me announcing that our attackers had fled.

The neighbors who had not opened their doors to us came out with baseball bats and helped Jeremy find his glasses and keys. In a group they were very brave. We waited for the police to? come until someone said to someone else that the noodles were getting cold, and I said politely,“Please go and eat. We're OK.”

I was happy to see them go. They had been talking of stricter sentences for criminals, of? bringing back the death penalty(處罰) and how the President is going to clean up the country. I? was thinking, they could be saying all of this over my dead body, and I still feel that stiffer? sentences wouldn't change a thing. In a rush all the anger I should have felt for my attackers was? directed against these contented people standing in front of their warm, comfortable homes? talking about all the guns they were going to buy. What good would guns have been to Jeremy? and me?

People all over the neighborhood had called to report our screams, and the police turned out? in force twenty minutes later. They were ill?tempered about what was, to them, much trouble? about nothing.? After all, Jeremy was hardly hurt, and we were hopeless when it came to? describing the gunmen. “Typical,” said one policeman when we couldn't even agree on how tall? the men were.? Both of us were able to describe the guns in horrifying detail, but the two? policemen who stayed to make the report didn't think that would be much help.

The policemen were matter?of?fact about the whole thing. The thin one said“That was a? stupid thing to do, throwing away the keys. When a man has a gun against your head you do? what you're told.” Jeremy looked properly embarrassed.

Then the fat policeman came up and the thin one went to look around the outside of the? house. “That was the best thing you could have done, throwing away the keys,” he said. “If you? had gone into the house with them...” His voice became weaker. “They would have hurt her” ——he twisted his head toward me——“and killed you both.” Jeremy looked happier. “Look” said the fat policeman kindly, “ there's no right or wrong in the situation. There's just luck.”

All that sleepless night I replayed the moment those black gloves came up to the car? window. How long did the whole thing last? Three minutes, five, eight? No matter how many? hours of my life I may spend reliving it, I know there is no way to prepare for the next time—no? intelligent response to a gun. The fat cop was right. There's only luck. The next time I might end up dead.

And I’m sure there will be a next time.? It can happen anywhere, anytime, to anyone.Security is an illusion(幻覺); there is no safety in locks or in guns. Guns make some people feel safe and some people feel strong, but they're fooling themselves.

1.When the writer saw the gun pointing against the car window,________.

Ashe felt very annoyed

Bshe lost consciousness

Cshe felt very much nervous

Dshe lost the power of thinking

2.What most possibly drove the two gunmen away?

AJeremy's fighting.

BThe author's screaming.

CTheir neighbour's brave action.

DThe police's arrival.

3.When the author called for help, the neighbors didn't come out immediately because________.

Athey were much too frightened

Bthey were busy preparing dinners

Cthey needed time to find baseball bats

Dthey thought someone was playing a trick

4.What the author wants to tell us is that________.

Aneighbors are not helpful in moments of difficulty

Bthe police are not reliable when one is in trouble

Csecurity is impossible as long as people can have guns

Dpreventing robbers entering your house is the best choice

 

【答案】

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.C

【解析】 本文是一篇記敘文。文章記錄了Jeremy被持槍罪犯襲擊的過程,同時也記錄了鄰居們和警察在這次襲擊后的反應(yīng)。作者因此感嘆安全只是幻覺,不管是鐵索還是槍支都不會帶來安全。槍支使一些人感覺安全,而且有些人感覺強(qiáng)大,但是他們只是欺騙自己。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。難度較小。根據(jù)文章第一段第一句“My mind went blank when I saw the gun pointing against the car window as we pulled out of the garage.”可知,當(dāng)作者看到槍瞄準(zhǔn)車窗玻璃時大腦一片空白。故答案選D。

答案 D

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。難度中等。根據(jù)文章第二段最后一句“But I was already runningand upon reaching the car across the street,I didn't crouch(蹲伏)behind it but screamed instead”和第三段第一句“I remember thinking there was something ridiculous and illogical about screaming”以及下文的敘述可知,我一直在尖聲喊叫求助,正是我的尖叫嚇跑了持槍人。故答案選B。

答案 B

3.推理判斷題。難度較大。根據(jù)第四段中的“In a group they were very brave”可知,一群人一起出來時都很勇敢。由此可以推知,在作者大喊救命時,鄰居們是害怕的。故答案選A。

答案 A

4.作者意圖題。難度中等。根據(jù)最后一段最后兩句“Security is an illusion(幻覺);there is no safety in locks or in guns.Guns make some people feel safe and some people feel strong,but they're fooling themselves”可知,安全只是幻覺,不管是鐵索還是槍支都不會帶來安全。槍支使一些人感覺安全,使另一些人感覺強(qiáng)大,但是他們是在欺騙自己。故答案選C。

答案 C

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