题目内容
The rain was coming down heavily and I was going to be late for an important conference. Dressing up quickly, I called for a taxi, that it would be faster than the subway.
It wasn't.
After a long wait, I finally got one, but the traffic was heavy. I looked at my from time to time. Just as the traffic started moving, the driver a man up ahead in a wheelchair.
“Wouldn't he be cold sitting right there!” the driver cried and began to .
I could see there would be another 20 minutes' — him into the cab, folding up his chair and putting it into the taxi's small , then dropping him off who knows where.
“What are you doing?” I shouted to the driver.
As the came out, I wanted to take them back. The wrongness of my to the driver shocked me. Why did I let out the shout?
The driver me and we continued the journey. Eventually I got out of the taxi and
to the office. As I ran, I understood that, though it wasn't my duty to take the time to help others, I shouldn't have the driver's stopping. I should have been able to see beyond my impatience to notice what was most inerrant (不会错的). Whenever I think of this incident, this is my : I am not a self-centered person, but I still feel
of being self-centered. Living a busy life in a fast-paced big city, do we still need to stop to help those who are in need of help?
1.A. reminding B. expecting C. realizing D. attempting
2.A. computer B. document C. message D. watch
3.A. witnessed B. picked C. spotted D. observed
4.A. pull over B. take off C. pass by D. run away
5.A. complaining B. suffering C. waiting D. struggling
6.A. indicating B. recommending C. lifting D. urging
7.A. trunk B. box C. window D. carriage
8.A. anxieties B. words C. results D. comments
9.A. reaction B. request C. comment D. suggestion
10.A. comforted B. prevented C. encouraged D. ignored
11.A. escaped B. fled C. settled D. flooded
12.A. excited at B. thought about C. made fun of D. complained about
13.A. feeling B. motto C. dream D. determination
14.A. skillfully B. strangely C. particularly D. hopefully
15.A. proud B. aware C. ashamed D. confident
1.B
2.D
3.C
4.A
5.C
6.C
7.A
8.B
9.A
10.D
11.B
12.D
13.A
14.C
15.C
【解析】
试题分析:本文叙述了作者坐出租车的故事,作者因为要赶着去开会,他害怕迟到,所以想不去做地铁而改成做出租车认为这样可能快点,可没有想到交通拥挤,司机看见了一个坐着轮椅的人又帮助他把他送回了家,耽误了作者的时间,开始时作者感觉对司机不满,后来司机的做法感动了他,使作者也认识到了自己的错误。
1.考查分词及上下文语境的理解。 A. reminding提醒;B. expecting希望; C. realizing 实现; D. attempting企图。根据I was going to be late for an important conference.因为担心开会迟到。叫一辆出租车,希望(expecting)它比坐地铁快点,故选B。
2.考查名词及上下文语境的理解。 A. computer计算机; B. document文件; C. message消息; D. watch手表。根据上文可知作者着急去开会,时间紧,所以他应该不停地看表。等了很长的时间我终于等到了一辆出租车,交通繁忙,我不时地看看我的手表(watch),故选D。
3.考查动词及上下文语境的理解。 A. witnessed目击; B. picked捡起; C. spotted发现; D. observed观察。根据Just as the traffic started moving,可知司机突然发现的有个坐轮椅的人。当车辆开始慢慢地向前动了,司机发现(spotted)了一个在前面坐着轮椅的人,故选C。
4.考查动词短语及上下文语境的理解。A. pull over靠边停车; B. take off起飞; C. pass by经过。 D. run away逃跑。司机叫喊道“他在那里难道不冷吗?”,于是他就开始把车靠边停下(pull over),故选A。
5.考查动名词及上下文语境的理解。A. complaining 抱怨; B. suffering遭受; C. waiting等候; D. struggling斗争。根据下文可知司机要帮助这位坐着轮椅的人,当然需要耽误时间。我能看出还需20分钟的等候(waiting),故选C。
6.考查动名词及上下文语境的理解。A. indicating表明; B. recommending推荐; C. lifting抬起,抱起,举起; D. urging催促。根据上文可知这是一个坐着轮椅的人他的腿脚肯定不灵活,所以司机要把他抱进车里。把这个坐着轮椅的人抱起来(lifting)放进车里,把他的轮椅折叠好放进车的后备箱,故选C。
7.考查名词及上下文语境的理解。A. trunk树干,后备箱; B. box盒子; C. window窗子; D. carriage四轮马车。根据常识可知一般情况下把乘客的东西放在车的后备箱里。把这个坐着轮椅的人抱起来(lifting)放进车里,把他的轮椅折叠好放进车的后备箱(trunk),故选A。
8.考查名词及上下文语境的理解。 A. anxieties担心; B. words话,言语; C. results结果; D. comments评论。根据上文“What are you doing?” I shouted to the driver.作者已经说出了这些话。可知当这些话(words)说出时,我想把它们收回去,故选B。
9.考查名词及上下文语境的理解。 A. reaction反应,反映; B. request请求; C. comment评论; D. suggestion建议。根据上文作者看见司机的做法一时的反应是他感觉不满,紧接着作者又有点后悔自己的做法。我对司机的不公正的反应(reaction)使我震惊,故选A。
10.考查动词及上下文语境的理解。 A. comforted 安慰; B. prevented阻止; C. encouraged 鼓励; D. ignored不理睬,忽视,不顾。根据上文可知作者对司机大吼大叫,司机并没有理睬他而是继续按照他的想法去做。司机不理(ignored)我,我们继续前行,故选D。
11.考查动词及上下文语境的理解。 A. escaped 逃离; B. fled 逃走; C. settled解决,定居;D. flooded淹没。根据上文作者向司机大吼大叫后已经认识到了自己的错误,到了下车的时候所以感觉自己像是罪犯逃跑一样。我下了车向办公室逃去(fled),故选B。
12.考查动词短语及上下文语境的理解。 A. excited at高兴; B. thought about考虑; C. made fun of取笑; D. complained about抱怨。根据上文可知开始时作者抱怨司机去帮助那位坐轮椅的人而耽误了他的时间。我不应该抱怨司机的停车,故选D。
13.考查名词及上下文语境的理解。 A. feeling感觉; B. motto格言; C. dream梦想;D. determination决心。每当我想到这个事情的时候这就是我的感觉(feeling),故选A。
14.考查名词及上下文语境的理解。 A. skillfully巧妙地; B. strangely奇怪地; C. particularly 特别地;D. hopefully希望地。根据上文可知作者已经认识到了自己的错误。我不是一个特别的(particularly)自私的人,故选C。
15.考查形容词及上下文语境的理解。 A. proud自豪; B. aware意识到的; C. ashamed惭愧的; D. confident自信的。根据上文可知作者虽然对司机大吼大叫了一次,但是毕竟还是同意帮助了那个人。我不是一个特别的自私的人,但是我仍然感觉惭愧(ashamed),故选C。
考点:故事类短文。