15．We were driving from Los Angeles to Dallas，running low on gas somewhere in New Mexico and figured we'd see a gas station soon enough to fill up．
But that didn't happen and we realized we wouldn't make it to the next town．So my daughter made up a sign that read"Low on gas．Can u help？"and held it outside her window in the hopes that a driver in the next lane would notice it and stop．
There weren't too many vehicles passing us either at the time．It was a lonely stretch of road and about 3：30pm on a weekday．A suburban was driving along happily in the neighboring lane ahead of us．We caught up with it in the hopes the driver would notice the sign．After a brief expression of confusion on his face，he seemed to have noticed the sign and slowed down to pull over．We pulled over right behind him．
He was friendly and was eager to help us．At first he thought we didn't have enough money to buy gas，so he offered to buy us gas at the next town Roswell that was about 10miles away!
When we explained our predicament of not having enough gas to get to Roswell，he said his farm was about 1 0minutes away and they had a gas pump there，so if we could give him 20minutes，he would head back there，get a can of gas and fill up our tank for us．
We could not believe our good fortune!There not being any cell phone reception for either of us in the area，we had just hoped that whoever stopped to help would be kind enough to call AAA when they got to Roswell and we would just wait it out for them to help us．
We were filled with gratefulness for the kindness of strangers such as this person as we waited for him to return．Sure enough，he was back with the can and quickly filled our tank．He refused to take payment for the gas．Tears flowed，as did our endless appreciation．
24．What is the author's final destination？B
A．Roswell． B．Dallas． C．New Mexico．D．Los Angeles．
25．From the text we knowD．
A．the street was crowded with cars
B．something was wrong with the car
C．the gas of the author's car ran out
D．there was no signal for the mobile phone
26．The underline word"predicament"in Paragraph 5is closest in meaning toC．
A．instruction B．assistance C．trouble D．courage
27．Which of the following best describes the old man？A
A．Warm-hearted and generous．
B．Honest and confused．
C．Kind and productive．
D．Enthusiastic and serious．
分析 作者在開車前往達拉斯的路上發現車里的汽油不夠用了，但是離加油站還很遠，而且手機沒有信號，于是他們只好向路人求助．幸運的是，他們遇見了一個陌生人并對他們伸出了援助之手，提供無私的幫助，作者心里十分感動．
解答 24．B 細節理解題．根據第一段第一句的"We were driving from Los Angeles to Dallas，"可知，作者是開車從洛杉磯前往達拉斯，故選B．
25．D 細節理解題．根據第二段的"It was a lonely stretch of road"可知這條路上車輛稀少，所以選項A路上擠滿了車是錯誤的；根據第一段的"Low on gas．"可知車里的油不多了，所以選項B車出問題了和選項C車里的油用光了都不正確；根據第六段的"There not being any cell phone reception for either of us in the area，"可知手機在這一地區沒有信號，故選D．
26．C 詞義猜測題．選項A指令，命令；選項B幫助；選項C麻煩，煩惱；選項D勇氣．根據文中的"When we explained our predicament of not having enough gas to get to Roswell"，可知沒有足夠的汽油去羅斯威爾是我們的"麻煩"，故選C．
27．A 推理判斷題．根據第四段的"He was friendly and was eager to help us．"可知他是個熱心腸的人；根據最后一段的"He refused to take payment for the gas．"可知他是個很慷慨的人，故選A．
點評 本篇文章是人生感悟類閱讀，主要考查學生的細節理解能力以及推理判斷能力．閱讀這類文章要抓住題干關鍵詞，采用尋讀定位的方法查找細節．推理判斷題要基于文章內容，以文章提供的事實和線索為依據，立足已知，推斷未知．不能主觀臆想，憑空想象，隨意揣測．
