感恩陌生人

陈葵强

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.答案为B。我被告知正时皮带滑落，这导致一个活塞破裂。cause意为“导致”。

42.答案为C。我坐在州际公路的路边。从最后一段的第一句话中“on the side of the road”也可找到答案。

43.答案为B。我甚至假装发生了事故。happen碰巧，pretend假装，prepare准备，show展示。

44.答案为A。help可表示“起作用”，相当于work。

45.答案为B。最后，一个年轻人停车搭载了我。actually事实上，finally最后，exactly确切地，unluck-ily不幸地。

46.答案为A。从后文可知，年轻人的车捎上了他。offer sb.a ride/lift愿意搭载某人。

47.答案为A。作者本来骑的是摩托车（mo-torcycle），此时motorcycle抛锚，最好能搭载作者人和他的车。再根据后文两人合力把车从卡车上卸下来推断，年轻人的卡车上装的是两辆摩托车，装不下作者的車了。

48.答案为C。他把我送到下一个镇子上。drivesb. to some place开车送某人到某地。

49.答案为B。根据后面一句“Rather thandrop me off”可知答案。pullin驶入，drop off让……下车，pick up接某人，pull out驶出。

50.答案为D。你能想象一个陌生人给你他的皮卡车钥匙吗？stranger陌生人。

51.答案为A。从前一句话“I could use his寄语pickup”可知老人给我的是他的皮卡车（ pickup）的钥匙。

52.答案为B。那位停下来帮助我的绅士跟着我去取我的车子。follow跟随。

53.答案为D。我们两个一起把他的东西卸下来。push推，pack打包，unfold打开，unload卸下。

54.答案为A。然后，他跟随我回到小镇上，归还皮卡车。从第三段的第一句话可知是在镇上。

55.答案为B。我身上没有多少现金。tip小费，cash现金，check支票，credit card信用卡。

56.答案为B。我把钱给老人，作为皮卡车的使用费用。for译成“作为”。

57.答案为A。两个陌生人帮助了我，让我免于在路边度过一晚上。

58.答案为C。我回忆不起他们的名字。recall回忆起，想起。

59.答案为C。我闭上眼睛，他们的脸就浮现在眼前，仿佛昨日重现。even if即使，as with和……一样，as if好像，if so如果是这样。

60.答案为D。你可能正在读这篇文章。rightnow此时此刻。

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棎寻

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