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This is a talk by a London taxi(出租車)driver.

"I've been a taxi driver for nearly ten years. Most London taxi drivers have their own taxis."

"It's a nice job most of time. You meet a lot of people. I always work at night, because there is too much traffic during the day. I live twenty miles outside London and I go to work at 5:30 in the afternoon."

"I usually go home between 2 and 3 in the morning."

"Some very strange things happened late at night .The other day I was taking a woman home from a party .She had her little dog with her. When we got to her house, she found that she had lost her key. So I waited in the car with the dog while she climbed in through the windows."

"I waited and waited. After half an hour of ringing the bell I decided to find out what was going on .I tied the dog to a tree and started to climb in through the window. The next thing I knew was that the police came. They thought I was a thief.

Luckily the woman came downstairs.She must have gone to sleep and forgotten about me and the dog!"

1.The driver always worked at night because it was easier to _____.

A．make money                           B．drive

C．climb in through the window               D．meet a lot of people

2.The woman climbed in through the window because _____.

A．she wanted to have a sleep

B．her husband didn't open the door for her

C．she didn't want to pay the driver

D．she couldn't find her key

3.The story happened _____.

A．early in the morning                     B．late at night

C．20 miles outside London                  D．near the police station

4.Which of the following is wrong?

A．The driver worked until between 2 and 3 in the morning.

B．The police made a mistake.

C．The woman had no money to pay the driver.

D．The woman had forgotten about the driver and the dog.

5.The driver climbed in through the window to

A．get money from the woman               B．return the dog to the woman

C．phone the police                        D．see what was happening in the house

 

【答案】

1.B

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了倫敦的一位出租車司機(jī)遇見的一件奇怪的事情。

1.B 推理題。根據(jù)文章3,4行"It's a nice job most of time. You meet a lot of people. I always work at night, because there is too much traffic during the day.可知白天倫敦的交通很擁擠，他就在晚上出來工作，故B正確。

2.D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)she found that she had lost her key. So I waited in the car with the dog while she climbed in through the windows." 可知她沒有帶鑰匙，所以只好翻墻而進(jìn)。故D正確。

3.B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)"Some very strange things happened late at night .The other day I was taking a woman home from a party .She had her little dog with her. When we got to her house, she found that she had lost her key. So I waited in the car with the dog while she climbed in through the windows." 可知他是在講述一件夜里發(fā)生的事情。故B正確。

4.C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章最后"I waited and waited. After half an hour of ringing the bell I decided to find out what was going on .I tied the dog to a tree and started to climb in through the window. The next thing I knew was that the police came. They thought I was a thief.

Luckily the woman came downstairs.She must have gone to sleep and forgotten about me and the dog!"

說明ABD三項(xiàng)內(nèi)容是正確的，這個(gè)女的不是沒有錢，而是睡著了。故C項(xiàng)內(nèi)容錯(cuò)誤。

5.D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第四行"I waited and waited. After half an hour of ringing the bell I decided to find out what was going on .可知他翻墻而入是想知道里面發(fā)生了什么事情。故D正確。

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點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文講述了倫敦的一位出租車司機(jī)遇見的一件奇怪的事情。本文細(xì)節(jié)題居多，答題時(shí)在文章找到對(duì)應(yīng)的地方，用筆進(jìn)行標(biāo)記，這有利于后期有時(shí)間檢查時(shí)可以立刻找到答案的位置。仔細(xì)理解作者所講的意思，再結(jié)合選項(xiàng)，通過排除法和自己對(duì)全文的把握，選出正確答案。

 

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