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.

The woman ________ there under the tree, _______ in a blue shirt, is our headmaster.

A. sitting; wearing　 B. sitting; dressed　　 C. seating; dressed　 D. seated; dressing

The United Kingdom ______ Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

A.consists of 　　　 B. is consisting of 　　 C. consist in 　　　　　 D. is consisting in

She can’t help ______ the house because she's busy making a cake.

A. to clean        　　 B. cleaning        　　 C. cleaned             　　 D. being cleaned

The boy sat there _____what to do.

A. doesn’t knowing B. didn’t knowing　　　 C. not know　　　　 D. not knowing

----So you are not spending your holiday in Wuhan this year.

---No, _______.

A. everywhere in Wuhan　　　 B. somewhere in Wuhan

C. somewhere but in Wuhan　　 D. anywhere but in Wuhan

News reports say peace talks between the two countries_____________ with no agreement reached.

A. have broken down B. have broken out C. have broken in D. have broken up

We ________ half of the project by the end of this month.

A. have completed B. had completed

C. will have completed D. would have completed

---- You seemed to be deeply struck by his skill.

　 ---- Not exactly. It was his courage ________ _his skill that really struck me most.

A. rather　　 　　 B. as well as　 　　　　C. but also　 　　　　D. not as