A man was on the side of the road hitchhiking（搭便車）on a very dark night in the middle of a terrible rainstorm, with no cars on the road．The storm was so strong that the man could hardly see a few feet ahead of him．Suddenly, he saw a car come towards him and stop．The man, without thinking about it, got in the car and closed the door and only then did he realize that there was nobody behind the steering wheel（方向盤）!
The car started to move very slowly．The man looked at the road and saw a curve （拐彎處）coming his way．Terrified, he started to pray, begging for his life．He had not come out of shock when, just before the car hit the curve, a hand suddenly appeared through the window and moved the wheel．The man, paralyzed with fear, watched how the hand appeared every time the car was drawing near a curve．Finally, although terrified, the man managed to open the door and jump out of the spooky car．Without looking back, the man ran through the storm all the way to the nearest town．In a state of complete horror, the man walked into a nearby bar and asked for two glasses of Scotch whisky．
Then, still shaking with fright, he started telling everybody in the bar about the horrible experience he just went through in the spooky car．Everyone in the bar listened in silence and became frightened, with hair standing on end, when they realized the man was telling the truth because he was crying and he was certainly not drunk!
About half an hour later, two other young men walked into the same bar and one said to the other, “Hey, there’s a stupid man who jumped into the car while we were pushing it!”
【小題1】When the car was first drawing near a curve, the man ________

A．felt very curious B．was extremely frightened
C．cried for help D．remained as calm as possible
【小題2】According to the passage, what made the man’s experience believable?
A．His reasonable behavior． B．His vivid description
C．His plain appearance． D．His honest attitude
【小題3】We can infer from the passage that ________
A．it is unsafe for people to take a free ride
B．the man was telling a lie to his listeners
C．the car probably broke down on the way
D．the two young men were familiar with the man


【小題1】B
【小題2】A
【小題3】C

解析試題分析：文章講述了一個(gè)男子暴雨天搭便車時(shí)誤上一輛無人駕駛的“恐怖”車，但故事結(jié)尾證明那只是虛驚一場，同時(shí)也讓讀者釋然一笑。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段中 The guy looked at the road and saw a curvecoming his way. Terrified，he started to pray，begging for his life ，說明這個(gè)人很害怕。選 B 項(xiàng)。
【小題2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第三段中 they realized the guy was telling the truth becausehe was crying and he definitely was not drunk 可推斷作者的合理的行為讓別人相信他。應(yīng)選 A 項(xiàng)。
【小題3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可以推斷出這輛車很可能中途拋錨了。答案：C
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Yu said some students will have their study pressure reduced if the major they choose doesn’t need excellent English while others still need to study hard if they want to be among the best students.
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