题文
My mind went blank when I saw the gun pointing against the car window as we pulled out of the garage. This can’t be happening to me. Then I felt the gun, cold, against my head, and I heard my friend Jeremy saying, “What do you want? Take my wallet,” but at the time I thought of nothing.I remember being a little annoyed when the gunman pulled me from the car by the hair. I remember the walk to the house --- Jeremy, me, the two men with two guns. I remember the fear and anger in the gunmen’s voices because Jeremy was being slow, and I remember wondering why he was being slow. I did not realize that Jeremy had thrown the keys into the bush. But I remember that sound of the gun hitting Jeremy’s head and the feeling as the man who had hold of my hair released me. And I remember the split second when I realized he was looking at Jeremy, and I remember wondering how far I could run before he pulled the trigger. But I was already running, and upon reaching the car across the street, I didn’t crouch(蹲伏) behind it but screamed instead.
I remember thinking there was something ridiculous and illogical about screaming “Help, help!” at eight o’clock on a Tuesday evening in December and changing my plea(恳求) to the more specific “Help, let me in, please let me in!” But the houses were cold, closed, unfriendly, and I ran on until I heard Jeremy’s screams behind me announcing that our attackers had fled.
The neighbors who had not opened their doors to us came out with baseball bats and helped Jeremy find his glasses and keys. In a group they were very brave. We waited for the police to come until someone said to someone else that the noodles were getting cold, and I said politely, “Please go and eat. We’re O.K.”
I was happy to see them go. They had been talking of stricter sentences for criminals, of bringing back the death penalty(处罚) and how the President is going to clean up the country. I was thinking, they could be saying all of this over my dead body, and I still feel that stiffer sentences wouldn’t change a thing. In a rush all the anger I should have felt for my attackers was directed against these contented people standing in front of their warm, comfortable homes talking about all the guns they were going to buy. What good would guns have been to Jeremy and me?
People all over the neighborhood had called to report our screams, and the police turned out in force twenty minutes later. They were ill-tempered about what was, to them, much trouble about nothing. After all, Jeremy was hardly hurt, and we were hopeless when it came to describing the gunmen. “Typical,” said one policeman when we couldn’t even agree on how tall the men were. Both of us were able to describe the guns in horrifying detail, but the two policemen who stayed to make the report didn’t think that would be much help.
The policemen were matter-of-fact about the whole thing. The thin one said, “That was a stupid thing to do, throwing away the keys. When a man has a gun against your head you do what you’re told.” Jeremy looked properly embarrassed.
Then the fat policeman came up and the thin one went to look around the outside of the house. “That was the best thing you could have done, throwing away the keys,” he said. “If you had gone into the house with them…” His voice became weaker. “They would have hurt her” --- he twisted his head toward me – “and killed you both.” Jeremy looked happier. “Look,” said the fat policeman kindly, “there’s no right or wrong in the situation. There’s just luck.”
All that sleepless night I replayed the moment those black gloves came up to the car window. How long did the whole thing last? Three minutes, five, eight? No matter how many hours of my life I may spend reliving it, I know there is no way to prepare for the next time --- no intelligent response to a gun. The fat cop was right. There’s only luck. The next time I might end up dead.
And I’m sure there will be a next time. It can happen anywhere, anytime, to anyone. Security is an illusion(幻觉); there is no safety in locks or in guns. Guns make some people feel safe and some people feel strong, but they’re fooling themselves.
小题1:When the writer saw the gun pointing against the car window, ______.A．she felt very annoyedB．she lost consciousnessC．she felt very much nervousD．she lost the power of thinking小题2:What most possibly drove the two gunmen away?A．Jeremy’s fightingB．The author’s screamingC．Their neighbour’s brave actionD．The police’s arrival小题3:When the author called for help, the neighbors didn’t come out immediately because ______A．they were much too frightenedB．they were busy preparing dinnersC．they needed time to find baseball batsD．they thought someone was playing a trick小题4:The author was happy to see the neighbors go because ______.A．she hated to listen to their empty talkB．she did not want to become an object of pityC．she was angered by their being late to come to her helpD．she wanted to be left alone with Jeremy to get over the shock小题5:The police were rather angry because ______.A．the author was not hurt and gave a false alarm B．they thought it was a case of little importanceC．the author and Jeremy could not tell the police anythingD．the gunmen had already fled when they arrived on the scene小题6:What the author wants to tell us is that______.A．neighbors are not helpful in moments of difficultyB．the police are not reliable when one is in troubleC．security is impossible as long as people can have gunsD．preventing robbers entering your house is the best choice 题型：未知 难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:A
小题5:B
小题6:C
解析
作者讲述了自己的一次被人抢劫的亲身经历，告诫人们有枪并不意味着安全，呼吁社会要控制枪支，同时也从侧面说明了资本主义社会人与人之间关系的淡漠。
小题1:D细节题。文章第一句“My mind went blank when I saw the gun pointing against the car window as we pulled out of the garage.”当看到枪指着车窗时，作者脑子一片空白。所以D选项正确。
小题2:B推理判断题。从第二段“I remember thinking there was something ridiculous and illogical about screaming ”“and I ran on until I heard Jeremy’s screams behind me announcing that our attackers had fled.”从常识判断在安静的晚上突然出现女人的尖叫，坏人被吓跑了。所以B选项正确。
小题3:A推理判断题。从第四段“The neighbors who had not opened their doors to us came out with baseball bats and helped Jeremy find his glasses and keys. In a group they were very brave”判断，做为一个群体，他们很勇敢，暗含的意思是刚才不敢开门时因为害怕的缘故。所以正确选项为A。
小题4:A推理判断题。从第五段“I was thinking, they could be saying all of this over my dead body, and I still feel that stiffer sentences wouldn’t change a thing.”判断他们很可能是在我的尸体前谈论对罪犯的严惩，但在作者敲门喊救命时，却没人敢开门，所以说这些是于事无补的空话，作者不愿意听，当他们走开时会高兴。所以A为正确选项。
小题5:B推理判断题。从第六段“They were ill-tempered about what was, to them, much trouble about nothing.”判断，他们脾气很坏，因为对他们来说费了半天劲却没有获得有用的信息。所以正确选项为B。
小题6:C 推理判断题。从文章最后一段可知有锁有枪不意味着安全，人们感觉有枪会安全强大但那都是在欺骗自己。所以正确选项为C。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“My mind went blank w.....”主要考查你对 [社会现象类阅读 ]考点的理解。社会现象类阅读
社会现象类阅读概念：
这类文章通过写人记事来揭示文章的主题，显示其社会意义，一般采用顺序或倒叙来叙述。题目经常是一些细节问题。考查的方面可以是原因和其中引发的思考。
社会现象类阅读解题技巧：
这类文章通过写人记事来揭示文章的主题，显示其社会意义，一般采用顺序或倒叙来叙述。题目经常是一些细节问题。考查的方面可以是原因和其中引发的思考。阅读这类文章要理清思路。
1、浏览试题，明确要求。
在阅读文章前，最好先浏览一下文章后面的题干和选项。知道了问题后再去看文章，可使思路更敏捷，而且也便于阅读时留意文中出现的与选项有关的信息。
2、通读全文，抓住主要内容。
在不影响理解的前提下，尽可能地阅读以便在尽可能短的时间内理解文章或段落的内容。阅读时，如遇到不熟悉的单词、词组或一时看不懂的句子，不要停下来苦思冥想，继续读下去，通过上下文的词语和句子可能就理解了。
3、抓住中心思想和段落大意。
通读全文时，要特别注意主题句。每篇文章或每个段落都有与文章有关的句子，尤其是科技、政论性文章的主题句一般都在文章的开头或结尾，插在中间的很少。所以，文章的第一段或开头的第一、二个句子往往包含着文章的中心思想、作者的意图或全文的概述，因此要特别注意，彻底理解。
4、有针对性地仔细阅读，找寻所需信息。
在前面的基础上，可进行有针对性地阅读了。把与问题无关的内容一扫而过，而对于和问题有关的内容认真阅读，还可以用笔在下面做出记号。再把这些信息与问题的要求结合起来，逐条分析，综合判断，找出正确答案。
5、进行合理的推理判断。
对文章有了全面的了解之后，可以按照文章要求以及上下文之间的关系，做出推理判断。在进行推理判断的时候，需要综合考虑句型、语法、句子之间的逻辑关系、文化背景等方面的因素。
6、认真复读，验证答案。
要用全文的中心思想统帅各个题目，研究其内在联系和逻辑关系，并依次审核那些还未打上的题目，确保理解无误。
