It seems that some people go out of their way to get into trouble．That’s more or less what happened the night that Nashville Police officer Floyd Hyde was on duty.
“I was on the way to a personal-injury accident in West Nashville．As I got onto  Highway 40，blue lights and sirens(警笛)going.I fell in behind a gold Pontiac Firebird that suddenly seemed to take off quickly down the highway．The driver somehow panicked at the sight of me．He was going more than a hundred miles an hour and began passing cars on the shoulder．”
But Hyde couldn’t go after him．Taking care of injured people is always more important than worrying about speeders，so the officer had to stay on his way to the accident．But he did try to keep the Firebird in sight as he drove，hoping another nearby unit would be able to step in and stop the speeding car．As it turned out，keeping the Firebird in sight was not that difficult．Every turn the Pontiac made was the very turn the officer needed to get to the accident scene.
Hyde followed the Pontiac all the way to his destination(目的地)．At that point he found another unit had already arrived at the accident scene．His help wasn’t needed.Now he was free to try to stop the driver of the Firebird，who by this time had developed something new to panic about．
“Just about that time，” Hyde said，“I saw fire coming out from under that car，with blue smoke and oil going everywhere.He’d blown his engine．Now he had to stop．”
“After I arrested him．I asked him why he was running．He told me he didn’t have a driver’s license(執(zhí)照)．”
That accident cost the driver of the Firebird plenty---a thousand dollars for the new engine---not to mention the charges for driving without a license，attempting to run away，and dangerous driving．
小題1:The underlined word“panicked”in Paragraph 2 means       .
A．fearedB．hatedC．excitedD．satisfied
小題2:The driver of the Firebird suddenly speeded down the highway because         .
A．he was racing with another driver on the road
B．he realized he had to hurry to the accident scene
C．he thought the police officer wanted to stop him
D．he wanted to overtake other cars on the shoulder
小題3:Which of the following statements is true?
A．Someone else was taking care of the injured person．
B．The Pontiac reached its destination at the accident scene．
C．Hyde knew where he was going by following the right car．
D．The policeman was running after a speeder on Highway 40
小題4:Choose the best title for the passage．
A．Going My Way?B．Help on the Way?
C．Fun All theWay?D．Losing His Way?

小題1:A
小題1:C
小題1:A
小題1:A

小題1:從畫線單詞上下語境可知，司機(jī)因無駕照一見警車就快速逃跑，所以其含義為“害怕，恐慌”。
小題1:通讀全文可知，這位無照駕車的司機(jī)以為警察是沖他而來，所以倉皇逃竄。
小題1:從文章第四段可知，當(dāng)Hyde開車到達(dá)事故現(xiàn)場時(shí)已有警察在處理，所以他開始全力以赴追趕那輛超速駕駛的汽車。
小題1:從文章可知，那位警察純屬巧合地一路追趕無照駕駛的司機(jī)，所以選A項(xiàng)，既醒目，又貼切。
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