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2008年英语竞赛At one point along an open highway, I came to a crossroads with a traffic light. I was along on the road by now, 1 when I drove up to the light, it turned red, and I braked to a halt (停). I looked left, right and behind me, nothing, no a car, no suggestion of headlights, but there I sat, 2 the light to change, the only human being for 3 a mile in any direction. I started wondering 4 I refused to run the light. I was not afraid of 5 by the police because there was obviously no 6 policeman anywhere around and there certainly would have been no danger in going 7 it. Much later that night, the same question of why I 8 for that light came back to me. I thought I stopped because it’s part of a contract (立约) 9 we all have with each other. It’s not only the law, but it’s an agreement we have, and we trust each other to honor it: we don’t go through red lights. Like most of 10 , I’m more ready to be stopped from doing something bad by the social agreement that disapproves of it than by any law against it. 1. A. and B. but C. so D. as 2. A. to wait B. waited C. waiting D. wait 3. A. at least B. at last C. at most D. at the most 4. A. when B. what C. how D. why 5. A. to catch B. catches C. catching D. caught 6. A. a B. an C. the D. 不填 7. A. to B. through C. over D. on 8. A. stop B. was stopping C. have stopped D. had stopped 9. A. that B. who C. what D. whom 10. A. you B. our C. we D. us 第二节： 语法填空 （共10小题; 每小题1分, 满分10分） 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卷标号为11～20的相应位置上。 Years ago I gave a speech 11 (call) “powerful Phrases for Positive People.” There are very simplebut powerfulphrases 12 we all like to hear: “I’m proud of you.” “I believe in you.” “I trust you.” “I love you” “you can do it.” We should all focus on one phrase in particular: “I thank you.” We can never wear out this phras