Question

A traveler came out of the airport. There were a lot of  36 .  He asked every taxi-driver’s name. Then he took the third one. It  37  5 dollars to go from the airport to the hotel. “   38   does it take to hire(雇请) you for the whole day?” The man asked. “100 dollars,” said the taxi driver. This was very   39   , but the man agreed. Then the taxi-driver showed him all the parks and museums in the city. In the evening they went    40   to the hotel. The traveler gave the taxi-driver 100 dollars and said, “ What about tomorrow?” The taxi-driver   41   the man and said, “Tomorrow? That will be   42   100 dollars.” But the man said it was OK. The taxi-driver was very   43   to be getting more money.

The next evening, after taking the traveler to visit the same parks and museums, the taxi-driver   44    another 100 dollars, he felt guilty(有罪的)because 100 dollars a day was a lot of money. “So you’re from New York.” said the taxi-driver. “I have a    45    in New York. Her name is Susan. Do you know her?” “Sure. She gave me 200 dollars to give you!”.

36. A. trains                         B. trucks               C. taxis

37. A. cost                           B. paid                  C. spent

38. A. How many              B. How long          C. How much

39. A. cheap                        B. low                   C. dear

40. A. ahead                         B. back                 C. across

41. A. looked at                    B. looked after              C. looked for

42. A. the other                    B. another              C. other

43. A. angry                      B. unhappy            C. pleased

44. A. received                     B. gave                  C. borrowed

45. A. brother                   B. son                   C. sister

Answer 1

【主旨大意】短文讲述了一则荒诞幽默的故事。一个人花200美元雇一辆出租车在城市中游览了两天，最后付款时却告诉司机这200美元是司机的妹妹请他交给这位司机的。

36.C　由下一句中的taxi-driver可知，选C。

37.A　动词辨析。spend主语通常是人，是指人花费、付出时间或金钱，常用句式sb spend time/money on sth, sb spend time/money (in) doing sth.。Cost主语通常是事物，指事物花费、消耗人的金钱，常用句式(doing/to do) sth cost sb money, it cost sb money to do sth。Pay通常指付款，常用句式sb pay money for sth。故选择A。

38.C　询问价钱应用how much。

39.C　100美元的价格很高，从短文第二段第三行中，he felt guilty(有罪的)because 100 dollars a day was a lot of money亦可知应选择C。cheap便宜，low低(low price)，dear昂贵(同expensive)。

40.B　回到某地go back to sp.。

41.A　短语辨析。Look at看着，look after照顾，look for寻找。句意为“司机看着这位男子说”。

42.B　词语辨析。The other指两者当中的另一个，another指额外另外的、除……之外的、超过两者中的任意另一个，other指其他的，别的。

43.C　推测理解。出租车司机又能多挣100美元，心里应当是愉悦的(pleased)。

44.A　 Received得到收到，gave给予，borrowed借得。句意为司机得到了200美元，故选择A。

45.C　细节理解。由后面‘Her name is Susan’知此处指的是一个女性，而brother和son均是男性。