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I finished my last evening shift of the week and could hardly wait to get home. I took off my nursing
shoes, relaxed and then said goodnight to the rest of the girls and headed out of the door.
It was so cold and I could see the ice crystals in the air. As I approached my car, I saw one of my
coworkers standing by the bus stop. I thought it would only take a couple of extra minutes to give her a
ride home, and besides, it was too cold to be standing outside on the coldest night in January.
We chatted as I drove and before we knew it, we arrived at her house. As she headed up the steps
to her door she turned around. "Do you know how to get to your house from here?" "How hard can it
be? I'll just backtrack the way I came."
I started driving. Nothing looked familiar, but at first that didn't bother me since I'd never been to this
neighborhood before. I kept driving, and soon I sensed that something was wrong. I recognized nothing,
not the neighborhoods, not even the street names. My husband would be worried about me. I looked
down at my watch. It was now 2:30. I'd left work at 11:30 pm.
I stopped my car. I thought I'd better take stock of my situation. My gas gauge (汽油量表) was
slowly going down. In total defeat I put my head down on the steering wheel and asked for help. I lifted
my head. I saw a shadow down the road in front of me. It was a car. What was a car doing in the middle
of nowhere at 2:30 in the morning?
Hesitantly, I got out of my car and knocked on the window of the other car. An elderly man slowly
rolled his window down.
I said, "I'm lost and don't know how to get back into town."
In silence, he started driving. I drove behind him.
Finally I recognized a familiar street. As I turned to head home, I lost sight of my guiding angel. When
I pulled into my driveway the warning light for my gas tank turned on.
1. The first paragraph tells us that the writer _______.
A. lived near her workplace
B. used to go home by bus
C. worked in a woman's hospital
D. had been working at night for a week
2. Why did the writer stop her car?
A. To consider and judge the situation.
B. To check whether there was gas.
C. To prevent the car breaking down.
D. To turn to somebody for help.
3. How did the old man help the writer?
A. He told her the way to the town.
B. He led her by driving in front.
C. He called the police to help her.
D. He sent her to her home with his car.
4. When the writer got home, _______.
A. she thanked the old man very much
B. her husband was waiting for her anxiously
C. the oil in her car was just going to run out
D. she was totally frozen on the cold night
5. What might be the suitable title for the passage?
A. Keep up and you will succeed at last.
B. Meeting a friendly old man in trouble.
C. Giving a ride to my coworker at night.
D. Losing my way on a cold winter night.
