武邑中学2014-2015高三一轮复习单元检测题13第一部分 阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AA man was on the side of the road hitchhiking（搭便车）on a very dark night in the middle of a terrible rainstorm, with no cars on the roadThe storm was so strong that the man could hardly see a few feet ahead of himSuddenly, he saw a car come towards him and stopThe 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（方向盘）!The car started to move very slowlyThe man looked at the road and saw a curve （拐弯处）coming his wayTerrified, he started to pray, begging for his lifeHe had not come out of shock when, just before the car hit the curve, a hand suddenly appeared through the window and moved the wheelThe man, paralyzed with fear, watched how the hand appeared every time the car was drawing near a curveFinally, although terrified, the man managed to open the door and jump out of the spooky carWithout looking back, the man ran through the storm all the way to the nearest townIn a state of complete horror, the man walked into a nearby bar and asked for two glasses of Scotch whiskyThen, still shaking with fright, he started telling everybody in the bar about the horrible experience he just went through in the spooky carEveryone 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, theres a stupid man who jumped into the car while we were pushing it!”1When the car was first drawing near a curve, the man _ Afelt very curious Bwas extremely frightened Ccried for help Dremained as calm as possible2According to the passage, what made the mans experience believable? AHis reasonable behavior BHis vivid description CHis plain appearance DHis honest attitude3We can infer from the passage that _ Ait is unsafe for people to take a free ride Bthe man was telling a lie to his listeners Cthe car probably broke down on the wayDthe two young men were familiar with the manBCar sharing is another way to drive green thats gaining in popularity, especially in urban areasPeople who may not drive every day but still want a car to run errands （差事）or drive on weekends benefit most from car sharingCar sharing is usually run by a service like Zipcar, though there are non-profit （非营利的）and informal car sharing servicesMembers pay a monthly fee and have access to an entire fleet of cars when they need oneThe cars are parked in fixed spots around the city, so members only need to make a reservation, and then go to the pickup spotCar sharing has major environmental benefits because it reduces the number of cars on the roadMembers dont drive just because they are in a carThey plan trips, and if they dont need a car, they dont use oneStill, a car is available to them if they need to make a big trip to the grocery store, pick someone up at the airport or if they want to go to the beach for the dayMembers also benefit by having access to a car without any of the headaches of ownershipThey usually dont have to pay for the gas, insurance or maintenance （保养）, and the monthly membership fee is less than a typical car paymentSo if you really want to go green but arent ready to totally give up a car yet, car sharing may be the way to goIf you still need to get around, but want to go even greener than sharing a car, share a bus!4The author intends to tell us that car sharing _ Ahas become the most popular way to go to work Bhas become the best way to cut living costs Cis becoming more and more popular in cities Dis becoming popular both in urban and rural （乡村的）areas5We can conclude from the passage that _ AZipear cant help you if you are running urgent errands BZipcar, different from other services, aims green driving with no profit CZipcar is a company supplying car sharing service for a monthly payment DZipcar is a company providing formal car sharing free6The second paragraph mainly tells us _ Awhy people will share a car Bwhy car sharing benefits the environment Cwhy car sharing is cheaper than owning a car Dwhy a car is available to members7Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage? ACar sharing has become a new trend （趋势） BCar sharing can save you the headaches of ownership CBus sharing is even greener than car sharingDZipcar is the largest company offering car sharing servicesCFor many people, the name Baskin-Robbins is linked to sweet memories of eating ice creamIrvine Robbins, who helped create this famous