广西钟山县2017高考英语一轮复习 综合阅理编选1.docVIP

广西钟山县2017高考英语综合阅理一轮编选 [2014·河南省郑州市高中毕业班质量预测] One summer I was driving from my hometown of Tahoe City, California, to New Orleans. In the middle of the desert, I passed a young man standing by the roadside. He had his thumb out and held a gas can in his__1__hand. I drove right by him. There was a time__2__youd be called a jerk for passing by somebody in need. Now you are a fool for__3__. “I dont want to get involved” seems to have become a national motto. Several days__4__I was still thinking about the hitchhiker(搭便车的人), about how I didnt ever lifted my foot off the accelerator for him. “Does anyone stop any more？” I wondered. Blanche DuBois once said, “I have always depended on the__5__of strangers.” Is that possible these days? One way to test this would be for a person to journey across the US without any__6__， just relying on the good will of others. What would happen? Would he find food, shelter and support? The idea intrigued (激起兴趣) me. The week I__7__37, I realized that I had__8__done something truly crazy. So I decided to really do it: travel from the Pacific to the Atlantic without a penny. I would only__9__offers of rides, food and places to sleep. For six weeks I hitched 82 rides and__10__4,223 miles across 14 states. I was treated__11__everywhere I went. I was amazed by peoples readiness to help a __12__. I found people were__13__compassionate (富有同情心的). Hearing I had no money and took__14__， people bought me food and gave me necessities. Those who had the__15__to give often gave the most. In Nebraska a house painter named Mike noted the cold weather and asked__16__ I had a coat. I didnt, so he gave me a big green armystyle jacket. A lumber-mill (锯木场) worker named Tim__17__me to a simple dinner with his family in their shabby house. Then he offered me a tent. I__18__， but Tim insisted, packing it into my bag himself. I was__19__to all the people I met for their rides, their food, their shelter, and their gifts. My faith in or