ThisisatalkbyaLondontaxi（出租车）driver.“I‘vebeenataxidriverfornearlytenyears.MostLondontaxidrivershavetheirowntaxis.”“It‘sanicejobmostoftime.youmeetalotofpeople.Ialwaysworkatnight

Question

This is a talk by a London taxi（出租车）driver.

“I‘ve been a taxi driver for nearly ten years. Most London taxi drivers have their own taxis.”

“It‘s a nice job most of time. you meet a lot of people. I always work at night， because there is too much traffic during the day. I live twenty miles（英里）outside London and I go to work at 5:30 in the afternoon.”

“I usually go home between 2 and 3 in the morning.”

“Some very strange things happened 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 had lost her key. So I waited in the car with the dog while she climbed in through the windows.”

“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 a thief（小偷）。

Luckily the woman came downstairs（下楼）.She must have gone to sleep and forgotten about me and the dog！”

1.The driver always worked at night because it was easier to _____。

A. drive B. make money

C. climb in through the window D. meet a lot of people

2.The woman climbed in through the window because _____。

A. she wanted to have a sleep

B. her husband didn‘t open the door for her

C. she didn‘t want to pay the driver

D. she couldn‘t find her key

3.The story happened _____。

A. early in the morning B. late at night

C.20 miles outside London D. near the police station

4.Which of the following is wrong？

A. The driver worked until between 2 and 3 in the morning.

B. The police made a mistake.

C. The woman had no money to pay the driver.

D. The woman had forgotten about the driver and the dog.

5.The driver climbed in through the window to

A. get money from the woman

B. return the dog to the woman

C. see what was happening in the house

D. phone the police

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.C

分 析：
这篇短文主要讲述了伦敦的一位出租车司机遇见的一件奇怪的事情。文章讲述有一天这位司机拉的一名女乘客钥匙丢了，因此她把自己的狗留下，而自己爬窗户进了自己的家。这位司机等了许久不见女乘客下来，便也爬窗户去看个究竟，结果被警察误以为是小偷。

1.根据短文“I always work at night because there is too much traffic during the day.”的描述可知，白天伦敦的交通很拥挤，在晚上出来开车比较容易，故选A。

2.根据短文“she found that she had lost her key. So I waited in the car with the dog while she climbed in through the windows.”的描述可知，因为她的钥匙弄丢了，所以只好爬窗而进。故选D。

3.根据短文“Some very strange things happened 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 had lost her key. So I waited in the car with the dog while she climbed in through the windows.”的描述可知，他是在讲述一件夜里发生的事情。故选B。

4.根据文章最后“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 a thief.Luckily the woman came downstairs.She must have gone to sleep and forgotten about me and the dog!”的描述可知，A、B、D三项内容是符合原文的，这个女的不是没有钱，而是睡着了。故选C。

5.根据短文“I waited and waited. After half an hour of ringing the bell I decided to find out what was going on ”的描述可知，司机爬窗而入是想知道里面发生了什么事情。故选C。

考点：
故事类短文阅读。