On a cold evening I was waiting for a taxi in New York. About 5 minutes later, I was picked up by a driver, and he said how horrible some people were. I knew there was a part of me that wanted to be silent, but I had to listen out of kindness.
The man told me that he had just come from JFK Airport without a customer. Over the course of that taxi ride, what started as anger changed slowly and he mentioned that he had read an article which said that the happiest people are the ones that give, so he hoped he’d have more chance to give in his life. I was really starting to enjoy being with this man.
As we arrived at the place where I wanted to go, I paid my money by credit card. I pulled out an extra $20 and said, “Sir, since we’ve been talking about giving this whole time, I want to share that feeling with you. I’ve already paid my money, but here’s an extra little bit. You can tell the next passenger in this taxi that their ride is a gift from another.”
I thought I was pretty cool at this point. But he turned toward me, tears in his eyes, and he said, “Sir, I have a better idea. You give that $20 to a homeless person around here and I will give the next passenger a free ride myself.”
It was a great honor meeting that man and learning the lesson of how everyone gives and adds joy to another with their generosity.
小題1:According to the text, when the author got in the taxi, the taxi driver was________.
A．a(chǎn)ngryB．nervousC．worriedD．regretful
小題2:The author gave the driver an extra $20 in order to_________.
A．help him to get out of troubleB．know what he was really like
C．experience the joy of givingD．learn how to get along with others
小題3:What can be inferred from the taxi driver’s words in Paragraph 4?
A．A driver should be willing to help.
B．People should understand each other.
C．The driver was deeply moved.
D．One needs to keep an optimistic attitude (樂觀態(tài)度).
小題4:What would be the best title for the text?
A．A cold evening in New YorkB．Learning from a taxi driver
C．A gift to a generous strangerD．Always being a happy person

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:C
小題4:B

小題1:推理判斷題。從文中第二自然段第2句可推知。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)再現(xiàn)題。從文中第三段的“I want to share that feeling with you.”可知。
小題3:推理判斷題。從文中第四段的tears in his eyes以及他后面提出的建議可知。
小題4:主旨大意題。文中主要介紹了作者從這個(gè)司機(jī)那學(xué)到了“給予”。
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