Passage 6
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
One morning,I went out for an early morning run.I often worked late,so exercising before work was my choice.And I went out so early that it appeared still very dark outside.Generally speaking,I was not a fan of running alone in the dark,but I felt like early-morning dark was less scary than nighttime dark.Our neighborhood was far from city center and no cars were out that early.I was running on the left side of the street so if any cars did come,I could move onto the sidewalk if needed.But like what I said,no one else was out that early so I was all alone-or so I thought.
Our neighborhood,like most neighborhoods in California,had a lot of cars parked on the street.We also had a lot of cats that lay under parked cars to stay warm.The street was so dark,I knew if a cat bolted out in front of me,I would have been scared.So I was running up the left side of the street this way,looking forward and slightly to my left when I saw a sudden,fast movement out of the right corner of my eye.I had not seen anything or anyone else out,so I whipped(猛然移动)my head to the right to see what it was.What happened next took place in a matter of seconds,but it scared me literally to death.I saw a ghost-like woman.She was in a long,white dress with long,black hair.And she was running at me.The woman was about 15-20 yards away from me when I finally saw her face.And that was when I realized I was screaming.I couldn't stop shaking.
Suddenly,the woman slowed down and I stopped screaming.Then I saw that the woman was moving her mouth and quickly saying,“I’m sorry!I’m sorry!I’m sorry!”I put it all together.It was a girl wearing a costume because it was Halloween that day.The girl must have got something urgent.In a hurry,she was sprinting from her house to her car parked on the street near me,and the timing worked out exactly so that as I was running up the street, she was running directly at me.I would never run on a Halloween morning again.
问题27:What made the speaker run up the left side of the street?