Question

A tourist comes out of the airport．There are a lot of taxis，but the tourist asks every taxi—driver his name．He takes the third taxi．It costs￡5 from the airport to the hotel．“How much does it cost for the whole day?” the tourist asks．“￡100”，says the taxi-driver．This is very expensive，but the tourist accepts the price．

The taxi—driver takes the tourist everywhere．He shows him all monuments and all the museums．In the evening they go back to the hotel．The tourist gives the taxi-driver￡100 and says，“What about tomorrow?” The taxi-driver looks at the tourist．“ Tomorrow? It’s another ￡100 tomorrow” But the tourist says，“That’s OK．If that’s the price，that is the price．See you tomorrow．”The taxi—driver is very pleased．

The next day the taxi-driver takes the tourist everywhere again．They visit all the museums and all the monuments again．And in the second evening they go back to the hotel．The tourist gives the taxi—driver another￡100 and says，“I’m going home tomorrow．”The taxi-driver is sorry．He likes the tourist and，above all，￡100 a day is good money．“So you are going home．Where do you come from?” he asks．

“I come from New York．”

“New York!” says the taxi-driver，“I have a sister in New York．Her name is Susannah．Do you know her?”

“Of course I know her．She gave me ￡200 for you．”

1.The tourist is__ __．

A．a(chǎn)n Englishman B．a(chǎn)n American

C．a(chǎn) Chinese D．a(chǎn) Frenchman

2.The tourist asks every taxi-driver his name because_____ _．

A．he knows of one of the taxi-drivers

B．he wants to remember all of the taxi-drivers’ names

C. he is afraid of being cheated

D．there is a friend of his among the taxi drivers

3.Why is the taxi-driver very pleased with the tourist?

A．His sister has brought so much money to him．

B．His sister knows the tourist．

C．None but the tourist agrees to the price given without arguing with him．

D．He wants to be the guide of the tourist．

4.We can conclude that _____ _．

A. the tourist will give the taxi-driver another￡200

B．the taxi-driver insists that the tourist should pay him another￡200

C．the tourist will give the taxi—driver half of the sum

D．the tourist makes fun of the taxi—driver

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

【解析】

試題分析: 文講述了一則荒誕幽默的故事。一個人花200美元雇一輛出租車在城市中游覽了兩天，最后付款時卻告訴司機這200美元是司機的姐姐請他交給這位司機的

1.B細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中語句“He asked. “I come from New York.””理解可知。這位游客來自美國，故選B。

2.A 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段提到Of course I know her．She gave me ￡200 for you可知他姐姐認識這個司機，故選A項。

3.C 細節(jié)理解題。旅行者對司機提出的價格能接受，這當然使司機很高興，故選C項。

4.D 推斷題。出租車司機本想要高價賺一筆錢，但沒想到這筆錢正是出租車司機的姐姐讓旅行者給他捎來的錢，旅行者是在拿這筆錢來取笑她，故選D項。

考點：故事類閱讀。