第三部分:阅读理解(共20小题,每小题2分,满分40分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A.B.C.D四个选项中,选出最佳答案。
The English are often considered as unfriendly people who don't talk to strangers, but not London taxi drivers. I once asked a cabbie to describe his life to me and he didn't stop talking until I arrived home half an hour later. He told me many interesting stories and this is one of them: “Some very strange things happen late at night. The other day I was taking a woman home from a party. She had a little dog with her. When we got to her house she found that she'd lost her key. So, I waited in the cab with the dog while she climbed up the window.” “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 up the window. The next thing I knew was that the police came. They thought that I was trying to rob the house! Luckily, the woman came downstairs, she'd gone to sleep and forgotten about me and the dog. I was in such a hurry to get away that I forgot to ask her for the fare(车资,车费).”?
56.In the writer’s opinion, London taxi drivers are _____________.
A. unfriendly      B. talkative           C. helpful        D. strange enough
57. From the passage we guess that the writer ______.
A. is the driver of the taxi                                B. often travels by taxi
C. is a foreigner visiting London                        D. lives in London
58. What does the underlined word “cabbie” mean in this passage?
A. Conductor.        B. Stranger.           C. Taxi driver.               D. Porter.
59. The man was waiting outside the woman's house because ______.
A. he began to like the woman and her dog at the first sight
B. the woman had not paid him
C. he wanted to know what would happen when the police came
D. he was trying to go on talking with her

The English are often considered as unfriendly people who don't talk to strangers, but not London taxi drivers. I once asked a cabbie to describe his life to me and he didn't stop talking until I arrived home half an hour later. He told me many interesting stories and this is one of them: “Some very strange things happen late at night. The other day I was taking a woman home from a party. She had a little dog with her. When we got to her house she found that she'd lost her key. So, I waited in the cab with the dog while she climbed up the window.”“ 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 up the window. The next thing I knew was that the police came. They thought that I was trying to rob the house! Luckily, the woman came downstairs, she'd gone to sleep and forgotten about me and the dog. I was in such a hurry to get away that I forgot to ask her for the fare (车费).”
【小题1】In the writer’s opinion, London taxi drivers are _____________.

A.unfriendlyB.talkative C.helpful D.strange enough
【小题2】 From the passage we guess that the writer ______.
A.is the driver of the taxiB.often travels by taxi
C.is a foreigner visiting LondonD.lives in London
【小题3】What does the underlined word “cabbie” mean in this passage?
A.Conductor B.Stranger C.Taxi driverD.author
【小题4】The man was waiting outside the woman's house because ______.
A.he began to like the woman and her dog at the first sight
B.the woman had not paid him
C.he wanted to know what would happen when the police came
D.he was trying to go on talking with her

The English are often described as unfriendly people who don’t talk to strangers(陌生人)。 But not London taxi drivers. I once asked one cabby to describe his life to me and he didn’t stop talking until I arrived home half an hour later. He told me many interesting stories and this is one of them.“Some strange things happen 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’d lost her key. So, I waited in the cab with her dog while she climbed in through the window.”

“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 to rob the house! Luckily, the woman came downstairs. She’d gone to sleep and forgotten about me and the dog. I was in such a hurry to get away that I forgot to ask her for the fare.”

1. What does the writer think of the London taxi driver?

A.They are unfriendly.

B.They like to talk to strangers.

C.They talk too much.

D.They are not English.

2. From the passage, we know_________.

A.the writer is the taxi driver’s friend

B.the writer often travels by taxi

C.the writer is a foreigner visiting London

D.the writer lives in London

3. What does “cabby” mean?

A.Taxi.

B.Stranger.

C.Taxi driver.

D.Londoner.

4.Why did the taxi driver wait for the woman?

A. Because she had left her dog with him.

B. Because she had not paid him.

C. Because she wanted to go out again.

D. Both A and B.

5. Why do you think the woman didn’t go out of the house again.

A.Because she didn’t want to pay the taxi driver.

B.Because she was so tired that she had forgotten about the taxi driver.

C.Because she wanted to keep the taxi driver waiting.

D.Because she wanted to go to sleep first.

 

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