a young girl but he assured (向......保证)me I was safe, and he also offered to help me find a lift home afterwards. When we arrived at his house, he made us sandwiches. After lunch, he helped me find a lift home.

　　Twenty­five years later, in 2003, while I was driving to a nearby town one day, I saw an elderly man standing in the glaring (耀眼的) heat, trying to hitch a ride.I thought it was another chance to repay someone for the favour I'd been given decades earlier. I pulled over and picked him up.I made him comfortable on the back seat and offered him some water.

　　After a few moments of small talk, the man said to me，"You haven't changed a bit, even your red hair is still the same."

　　I couldn't remember where I'd met him. He then told me he was the man who had given me lunch and helped me find a lift all those years ago.It was Gordon.

　　【语篇解读】　本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者多年前要搭便车回家而遇上一位热心人的故事。25年后，作者也遇到一位想要搭便车的人，便主动提供帮助，而此人正是当年帮助过自己的那个人。

　　1．The author had to hitch a ride one day in 1978 because ．

　　A．her work delayed (耽误) her trip to Sydney

　　B．she was going home for her holidays

　　C．the town was far away from Sydney

　　D．she missed the only train back home

　　D　[细节理解题。根据第一段中的"Unfortunately，the only one train a day back to my home in Sydney had already left.So I thought I'd hitch a ride(搭便车)．"可知答案为D项。]

　　2．Which of the following did Gordon do according to Paragraph 2?

　　A．He helped the girl find a ride.

　　B．He gave the girl a ride back home.

　　C．He bought sandwiches for the girl.

D．He watched the girl for three hours.