A tourist comes out of the airport. There are a lot of taxis, but he asks every taxi-driver’s name, and takes the third taxi. It costs 5 from the airport to the hotel. “How much does it cost for the whole day?” the tourists 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. See you tomorrow.” The taxi-driver is very pleased. The day the taxi-driver takes the tourist everywhere 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.” He likes the tourist, above all, 100 a day is a 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.”
小題1:The tourist is _______.
an Englishman
a Frenchman.
a Swedish.
an American.
小題2:The tourist asks every taxi-driver his name because_______
A．he is afraid f being cheated
B．he knows one of the taxi-drivers
C．he knows of one of the taxi-drivers
D．there is a friend of his among the taxi-drivers.
小題3:Why is the taxi-driver very pleased with the tourist?
A．None but the tourist agrees to the price given without arguing with him
B．His sister knows the tourist.
C．His sister had brought so much money to him
D．He wants to be the guide of the tourist.
小題4: We can conclude that _______
A．he tourist will give the taxi-driver another 200
B．the tourist makes fun of the taxi-driver
C．the tourist will give the taxi-driver half of sum
D．the taxi-driver insists that the tourist should pay him another 200

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:B

小題1:由文章所提供的信息 “I come from New York.可知
小題2:有文章最后一句話可得知
小題3:旅行者對司機提出的價格能接受，這當(dāng)然使司機很高興
小題4: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。
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A．steal the lost disk
B．find out where Deguerin is
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