题目内容
Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 AM. When I arrived to collect, I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window.
I walked to the door and knocked, “Just a minute,” answered a weak, elderly voice.
After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase.
I took the suitcase to the car, and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the car.
She kept thanking me for my kindness. “It’s nothing,” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.”
“Oh, you’re such a good man.” She said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, “Could you drive through downtown?”
“It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.
“Oh, I’m in no hurry,” she said. “I’m on my way to a hospice(临终医院). I don’t have any family left. The doctor says I don’t have very long.”
I quietly reached over and shut off the meter(计价器).
For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.
Sometimes she’d ask me to slow down in front of a particular building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.
At dawn, she suddenly said,” I’m tired. Let’s go now.”
We drove in silence to the address she had given me.
“How much do I owe you?” she asked.
“Nothing.” I said.
“You have to make a living,” she answered. “Oh, there are other passengers,” I answered.
Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly. Our hug ended with her remark, “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.”
1．The old woman chose to ride through the city in order to ______.
A．show she was familiar with the city
B．see some places for the last time
C．let the driver earn more money
D．reach the destination on time
2．The taxi driver did not charge the old woman because he ______.
A．wanted to do her a favor
B．shut off the meter by mistake
C．had received her payment in advance
D．was in a hurry to take other passengers
3．What can we learn from the story?
A．Giving is always a pleasure.
B．People should respect each other.
C．An act of kindness can bring people great joy.
D．People should learn to appreciate others’ concern.
作者回顾了20年前的一段往事：一天凌晨两点半，他去接一位乘客，一个马上要被送到临终医院的80多岁的老太太。应老人的要求，他缓慢地开车陪同老太太在市区驶过她熟悉的工作和生活过的地方。天亮了，他把老太太送到了目的地，却执意分文不收。
1．B 考查推理判断。从文章的叙述看，老太太说她马上要被送到临终医院，剩下的日子不多，并指引我在市区缓慢行驶，走过她学习、工作和生活过的地方。从这些信息看，她这样做的目的是B，为了最后看一眼这些有着她的回忆的地方。
2．A 考查推理判断。作者在开车陪同老太太几个小时后，执意不收取一分钱的车费，并拥抱老太太和她告别。从文章的叙述可知，作者不收钱的原因是A，为了让老太太在到临终医院之前充分享受人间的温暖。
3．C 考查推理判断。本文介绍作者开出租时的一次载客经历，从文章的叙述，我们看见作者诚实和助人为乐的善良之心：他将老太太搀扶到车上，再帮她拿行李，善解人意的他缓慢地带着老太太行驶在街头。老太太说，“你给了一个老太太快乐的时刻”。
