Question

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(臨終醫(yī)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(計(jì)價(jià)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.

Answer 1

作者回顧了20年前的一段往事：一天凌晨?jī)牲c(diǎn)半，他去接一位乘客，一個(gè)馬上要被送到臨終醫(yī)院的80多歲的老太太。應(yīng)老人的要求，他緩慢地開(kāi)車陪同老太太在市區(qū)駛過(guò)她熟悉的工作和生活過(guò)的地方。天亮了，他把老太太送到了目的地，卻執(zhí)意分文不收。

1．B   考查推理判斷。從文章的敘述看，老太太說(shuō)她馬上要被送到臨終醫(yī)院，剩下的日子不多，并指引我在市區(qū)緩慢行駛，走過(guò)她學(xué)習(xí)、工作和生活過(guò)的地方。從這些信息看，她這樣做的目的是B，為了最后看一眼這些有著她的回憶的地方。

2．A   考查推理判斷。作者在開(kāi)車陪同老太太幾個(gè)小時(shí)后，執(zhí)意不收取一分錢的車費(fèi)，并擁抱老太太和她告別。從文章的敘述可知，作者不收錢的原因是A，為了讓老太太在到臨終醫(yī)院之前充分享受人間的溫暖。

3．C   考查推理判斷。本文介紹作者開(kāi)出租時(shí)的一次載客經(jīng)歷，從文章的敘述，我們看見(jiàn)作者誠(chéng)實(shí)和助人為樂(lè)的善良之心：他將老太太攙扶到車上，再幫她拿行李，善解人意的他緩慢地帶著老太太行駛在街頭。老太太說(shuō)，“你給了一個(gè)老太太快樂(lè)的時(shí)刻”。