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江西永修县2017高考英语一轮完形填空基础题 [2017·河南省郑州市高中毕业班质量预测] One summer I was driving from my hometown of Tahoe City, California, to New Orleans. In the middle of the desert, I passed a young man standing by the roadside. He had his thumb out and held a gas can in his__1__hand. I drove right by him. There was a time__2__you'd be called a jerk for passing by somebody in need. Now you are a fool for__3__. “I don't want to get involved” seems to have become a national motto. Several days__4__I was still thinking about the hitchhiker(搭便车的人), about how I didn't ever lifted my foot off the accelerator for him. “Does anyone stop any more？” I wondered. Blanche DuBois once said, “I have always depended on the__5__of strangers.” Is that possible these days? One way to test this would be for a person to journey across the US without any__6__， just relying on the good will of others. What would happen? Would he find food, shelter and support? The idea intrigued (激起兴趣) me. The week I__7__37, I realized that I had__8__done something truly crazy. So I decided to really do it: travel from the Pacific to the Atlantic without a penny. I would only__9__offers of rides, food and places to sleep. | 
