At one point along an open highway，I came to a crossroads with a traffic light.

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At one point along an open highway，I came to a crossroads with a traffic light. I was alone on the road by now, but _小题1:__ I drove up to the light，it turned red，and I braked to a halt. I looked left, right，and behind me. Nothing，_小题2:__a car，no suggestion of headlights, but there I sat，_小题3:_(wait) the light to change，the only human being for at least a mile in any direction.
I started wondering _小题4:_I refused to run the light. I was not afraid of __小题5:_(catch) by the police, because there was obviously no cop anywhere around and _小题6:certainly would have been no danger in going __小题7:_ it.
Much later that night，the __小题8:_ question of why I’d stopped for that light came back to me. I think I stopped because it’s part of a contract(合同) 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 _小题9:__：We don’t go through red lights. Like most of us, I’m more ready to be stopped from doing something bad by the social agreement that disapproves of it __小题10:_ by any law against it.

答案

小题1:as/when
小题2:not
小题3:waiting
小题4:why
小题5: being caught
小题6:there
小题7:through
小题8:same
小题9:   it
小题10:than

解析

小题1:[解析]　引导时间状语从句，“当我驶近红绿灯的时候”。
[答案]　as/when
小题2:not
小题3:   [解析]　现在分词作伴随状语。
[答案]　waiting
小题4:[解析]　为什么我不愿闯红灯。
[答案]　why
小题5:[解析]　介词后用动名词，这里指“害怕被抓”，用被动语态。
[答案]　being caught
小题6:   [解析]　引导存在句。
[答案]　there
小题7:   [解析]　闯红灯，后面也提到。
[答案]　through
小题8:   [解析]　同样的问题，即“为什么我不愿闯红灯”。
[答案]　same
小题9:   [解析]　指前面提到的contract。
[答案]　it
小题10:[解析]　more...than是固定句型。
[答案]　than