Question

It was a dark and cold night. The car driver didn’t have even one passenger all day. When he went by the railway station, he saw a young man coming out with two bags in his hands. So he quickly opened the door of the car and asked, “Where do you want to go, sir?”

“To the Star Hotel,” the young man answered. When the car driver heard that, he didn’t feel happy. The young man would give him only three dollars because the hotel was not far from the railway station. But suddenly, he had an idea. He took the passenger through many streets of the big city.

After a long time, the car finally arrived at the hotel. “You should pay me fifteen dollars,” the car driver said to the young man. “What! Fifteen dollars? Do you think I’m a fool? Only last week I took a car from the railway station to this same hotel and I only gave the driver thirteen dollars. I know how much I have to pay for the trip. I won’t pay you one dollar more than I paid to the other car driver last week.”

1.          Which of the following is true? ____________

A．The young man went past the railway station.

B．The young man was working in the railway station

C．The young man had just got off a train.

D．The young man was waiting for his friend there.

2.          What do you think of the car driver?__________

A．He was a nice and clever man.	B．He liked to work very hard.
C．He was good at driving	D．He was not an honest person.

3.           The driver felt very _________ when he saw the young man coming out of the railway station.

A．sad

B．sorry

C．happy

D．worried

4.          From the passage we know that the young man__________.

A．knew clearly how far it was from the station to the hotel.

B．had been to the hotel several times.

C．didn’t want to stay in this city.

D．Must be a stranger and didn’t know the city very well.

5.          The young man should have paid the driver_____

A 15 dollars    B.13dollars   C.3 dollars   D. 8dollars

Answer

1.          C

2.          D

3.          C

4.          D

5.          C

【解析】

1.          细节题。从第一段第二行可知司机从火车旁经过时看见那个 年轻人，说明那个年轻人刚从火车下来。

2.          态度题。纵观全文，本来旅馆离火车站很近，只需3美元，    但司机却故意绕弯，最后收取13美元。说明他不老实。

3.          第一段The car driver didn’t have even one passenger all day得知司机一整天生意惨淡，所以看到有一客人时应该很高兴。

4.          根据全文，本来旅馆离火车站很近，只需3美元，但这个年轻人两次被敲诈，说明他一定是陌生人对城市不了解。

5.          从第二段第二行The young man would give him only three dollars because the hotel was not far from the railway station可知应该付3美元。

考点：记叙文