A. the noise of an insect

　　B. a low whispering sound

　　C. meaningless talks

　　D. the voice of a chatterbox

　　3. According to the passage, people usually talk to their neighbors ______.

　　A. about whatever they have prepared

　　B. about whatever they want to

　　C. in the hope of learning something new

　　D. in the hope of getting on well

　　4. What is the author's purpose in writing the passage? ________.

　　A. To discuss why people like talking about weather.

　　B. To encourage people to join in conversations.

　　C. To persuade people to stop making noises.

　　D. To explain why people keep talking.

　　参考答案1—4、DCBD

　　阅读理解。阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　One evening in February 2007. A student named Paula Ceely brought her car to a stop on a remote in Wales. She got out to open a metal gate that blocked her path . That's when she heard the whistle sounded by the driver of a train. Her Renault Clio parked across a railway line. Second later, she watched the train drag her car almost a kilometre down the railway tracks.

　　Ceely's

　　near miss

　　made the news because she blamed it on her GPS device(导航仪).She had never driven the route before .It was dark and raining heavily. Ceely was relying on her GPS. But it made no mention of the crossing. "I put my complete trust in the device and it led me right into the path of a speeding train," she told the BBC.

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