Question

This is a talk by a London taxi 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.I can meet a lot of people.I always work at night, because there is too much traffic during the day.I live twenty miles outside London and I go to work at 5：30 in the afternoon.”

“I usually go home between two o'clock and three o'clock in the morning.”

“Some very strange things happened late at night.One 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 keys.So I waited in the car with the dog while she climbed in through the window.”

“I waited and waited.After half an hour of ringing the bell, I decided to find out what was happening.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(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

2.The woman climbed in through the window because ________．

A. she wanted to have a sleep    B. she couldn't find her keys

C. she didn't want to pay the driver

3.The story happened ________．

A. in the afternoon    B. late at night    C. 20 miles outside London

4.The driver climbed in through the window to ________．

A. return the dog to the woman    B. see what was happening in the house

C. phone the police

5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The driver left the dog in the car.    B. The police made a mistake.

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

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.B

4.B

5.B

【解析】试题分析：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那位女乘客下来，便也爬窗户去看个究竟，结果被警察误以为是小偷。

1.细节理解题。根据文中句子“I always work at night, because there is too much traffic during the day.”我总是在晚上工作，因为白天交通拥挤，可知这位出租车司机总是在晚上工作因为晚上交通不那么拥堵，更容易驾驶，故选A。

2.细节理解题。根据文中句子“When we got to her house, she found that she had lost her keys. So I waited in the car with the dog while she climbed in through the window.”可知这名妇女从窗户里爬进去是因为她找不到钥匙了，故答案为B。

3.细节理解题。根据文中句子“Some very strange things happened late at night.”可知这个故事也发生在深夜，故答案选B。

4.细节理解题。根据文中句子“After half an hour of ringing the bell, I decided to find out what was happening. I tied the dog to a tree and started to climb in through the window.”可知，司机按了半个小时门铃以后没有人应答，决定爬窗户去看看发生了什么事，故答案选B。

5.细节判断题。根据文中句子“The next thing I knew was that the police came. They thought I was a thief. Luckily the woman came downstairs.”（这时警察来了，他们认为我是小偷，幸运的是这名妇女从楼上下来。）可知警察弄错了，司机并不是小偷，故选项B正确。