广西平南县2016高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解精选（6）.docVIP

广西平南县2016高考英语二轮阅读理解精选（6） Trusting in the Kindness of Strangers While driving from my home on the long way to work I noticed a car in front of me had a wobbly (摇摆的) wheel.It was clear that the wheel had been changed recently and had not been fixed correctly.On a slow road this would not present much of a problem,but I knew the route and knew a motorway (高速公路) was coming soon where the traffic would move much faster and would be very dangerous as the wheel could come off at that speed. I was driving a large jeep at the time and the car in front was a small to mid-sized car driven by a lady on her own.So as I tried to flash my lights and wave her to pull over.I was worried that looking in her mirror she would see a lone man chase her down in a jeep waving frantically for her to pull over on this side of the road. Thankfully she trusted more in the good nature of people and pulled over where I could explain the problem.She confirmed the wheel was changed only the night before and said she would pull in to the next garage before the motorway where they would have the tools to fix the wheel correctly. My belief is that the act of kindness was hers and not mine.How so?Well,it was her who chose to trust in the possibility that people are good over the belief that bad things come from being waved down to the side of the road by strangers.I do preach (宣扬) caution and would have hesitated myself to pull over to the side should a stranger in a car wave me down. I will never know,thankfully,if the wheel may have come off and caused a serious accident but it was risky and at the very least might have caused damage to her car,so for that I am glad I was able to wave her down. But I am more glad she trusted in a stranger. 18.What was the author worried about?(　　) A.Being late for work. B.Being stuck in a traffic jam. C.Being trapped in a traffic accident. D.The bad condition of the car in front of him. 19.The author flashed his lights because　　　.? A.it was quite dark that day B.he