陳葵強(qiáng)

I was driving my newly acquired motorcycle acrossthe vastness of North Dakota when all of a sudden itfroze up on the interstate （州際公路 ）. I would later betold the timing belt had slipped and this 41 0ne of thepistons （活塞 ） to get cracked ， that is， my motorcyclebroke down.

Anyway ，I sat on the 42

0f the interstate for whatseemed like hours. I even 43

to have been in an acci-dent ， which didn ' t 44

. _45 _， a young man pulled overand offered me a 46 ，but given that he already hadtw0 47

in the back of his truck ， he could only take me.

He 48

me to the next town， where I asked to be49 . Rather than drop me off，he waited while I askedaround if anyone could help me go pick up my motorcy-cle. One elderly gentleman was working and said that Icould use his pickup！Can you imagine that_a 50gave me the keys to his 51

It was quite an experience，l must say. So，as Idrove back 20 miles to get my bike ， the gentleman whofirst stopped to help me

52 me. We both put the bikein the back of the truck ， and then I followed him another50 miles or so and we both 53 his belongings at hisplace. Then，he followed me back to the small _54 so Icould retum the man ' s truck. I didn ' t have much

55on me ， maybe $40 ， and I gave it to the man _56

the useof his truck.

Two strangers helped rescue me from 57 thenight on the side of the road in ND. I don't 58

theirnames ， but when I close my eyes I can see their faces 59 it were yesterday. Thank you， strangers. You maybereadingthis 60 .

41. A. made

B. caused

C. prevented

D. damaged

42. A. road

B. center

C. side

D. end

43. A. happened

B. pretended

C. prepared

D. showed

44. A. help

B. use

C. manage

D. perform

45. A. Actually

B. Finally

C. Exactly

D. Unluckily

46. A. ride

B. aid

C. help

D. hand

47. A. motorcycles

B. cars

C. trucks

D. taxies

48. A. showed

B. sent

C. drove

D. expected

49. A.pulled in

B. dropped off

C . picked up

D. pulled out

50. A. gentleman

B. foreigner

C. lady

D. stranger

51. A. pickup

B. apartment

C. office

D. garage

52. A. noticed

B. followed

C. stopped

D. recognised

53. A. push

B. packed

C. unfolded

D. unloaded

54. A. town

B. city

C. village D. market

55. A. tip B. cash

C. check

D. credit card

56. A. with B. for

C. without D. of

57. A. spendin B. living

C. staying

D. wandering

58. A. forget B. regret

C. recall

D. think

59. A. even if B. as with

C. as if

D. if so

60. A. just now B. recently

C. at once

D. right now

41.答案為B。我被告知正時皮帶滑落，這導(dǎo)致一個活塞破裂。cause意為“導(dǎo)致”。

42.答案為C。我坐在州際公路的路邊。從最后一段的第一句話中“on the side of the road”也可找到答案。

43.答案為B。我甚至假裝發(fā)生了事故。happen碰巧，pretend假裝，prepare準(zhǔn)備，show展示。

44.答案為A。help可表示“起作用”，相當(dāng)于work。

45.答案為B。最后，一個年輕人停車搭載了我。actually事實上，finally最后，exactly確切地，unluck-ily不幸地。

46.答案為A。從后文可知，年輕人的車捎上了他。offer sb.a ride/lift愿意搭載某人。

47.答案為A。作者本來騎的是摩托車（mo-torcycle），此時motorcycle拋錨，最好能搭載作者人和他的車。再根據(jù)后文兩人合力把車從卡車上卸下來推斷，年輕人的卡車上裝的是兩輛摩托車，裝不下作者的車了。

48.答案為C。他把我送到下一個鎮(zhèn)子上。drivesb. to some place開車送某人到某地。

49.答案為B。根據(jù)后面一句“Rather thandrop me off”可知答案。pullin駛?cè)?，drop off讓……下車，pick up接某人，pull out駛出。

50.答案為D。你能想象一個陌生人給你他的皮卡車鑰匙嗎？stranger陌生人。

51.答案為A。從前一句話“I could use his寄語pickup”可知老人給我的是他的皮卡車（ pickup）的鑰匙。

52.答案為B。那位停下來幫助我的紳士跟著我去取我的車子。follow跟隨。

53.答案為D。我們兩個一起把他的東西卸下來。push推，pack打包，unfold打開，unload卸下。

54.答案為A。然后，他跟隨我回到小鎮(zhèn)上，歸還皮卡車。從第三段的第一句話可知是在鎮(zhèn)上。

55.答案為B。我身上沒有多少現(xiàn)金。tip小費，cash現(xiàn)金，check支票，credit card信用卡。

56.答案為B。我把錢給老人，作為皮卡車的使用費用。for譯成“作為”。

57.答案為A。兩個陌生人幫助了我，讓我免于在路邊度過一晚上。

58.答案為C。我回憶不起他們的名字。recall回憶起，想起。

59.答案為C。我閉上眼睛，他們的臉就浮現(xiàn)在眼前，仿佛昨日重現(xiàn)。even if即使，as with和……一樣，as if好像，if so如果是這樣。

60.答案為D。你可能正在讀這篇文章。rightnow此時此刻。

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棎尋

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