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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 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.
Luckily the woman came downstairs.She must have gone to sleep and forgotten about me and the dog!"
小题1:The driver always worked at night because it was easier to _____. | A．make money | B．drive | | C．climb in through the window | D．meet a lot of people |
小题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 |
小题3:The story happened _____. | A．early in the morning | B．late at night | | C．20 miles outside London | D．near the police station |
小题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. |
小题5:The driver climbed in through the window to | A．get money from the woman | B．return the dog to the woman | | C．phone the police | D．see what was happening in the house |
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小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:D |
试题分析：本文讲述了伦敦的一位出租车司机遇见的一件奇怪的事情。
小题1:B 推理题。根据文章3,4行"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.可知白天伦敦的交通很拥挤，他就在晚上出来工作，故B正确。
小题2:D 细节题。根据she found that she had lost her key. So I waited in the car with the dog while she climbed in through the windows." 可知她没有带钥匙，所以只好翻墙而进。故D正确。
小题3:B 细节题。根据"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." 可知他是在讲述一件夜里发生的事情。故B正确。
小题4:C 细节题。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!"
说明ABD三项内容是正确的，这个女的不是没有钱，而是睡着了。故C项内容错误。
小题5:D 细节题。根据文章倒数第四行"I waited and waited. After half an hour of ringing the bell I decided to find out what was going on .可知他翻墙而入是想知道里面发生了什么事情。故D正确。
点评：本文讲述了伦敦的一位出租车司机遇见的一件奇怪的事情。本文细节题居多，答题时在文章找到对应的地方，用笔进行标记，这有利于后期有时间检查时可以立刻找到答案的位置。仔细理解作者所讲的意思，再结合选项，通过排除法和自己对全文的把握，选出正确答案。 |
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Sixty-year-old grandmother, Fiona McFee, is going to stop working next year and she decided to realize a childhood dream and sail around the coast of Scotland in a small boat. Although the inside of the boat is very cosy it has no running water or electricity. Fiona says she can live without these things but she plans to take her small CD player, her hot water bottle and a bag of books to make sure life isn’t too uncomfortable.
We asked her if she was afraid of being at sea for so long. She said, “Well, I’m going to take a good compass (指南针). Anyway I’m not afraid of death because I love the sea---I just hope it loves me.” Fiona certainly has plenty of energy; in her spare time, she enjoys playing the piano, rock-climbing, canoeing and dancing. Although she is sixty, she doesn’t want to have a quiet and peaceful life. “I’m looking forward to having fun in the rest of my life and that’s exactly why I’d like to be a sailor for a while.”
小题1:The underlined word cosy in the first paragraph means ____ .| A．bright | B．dirty | C．comfortable | D．dark |
小题2:When Fiona McFee said “---I just hope it loves me.” What she meant was ____ | A．Of course , it loves me , since I love it . | | B．If I love it , it should love me. | | C．I hope it will bring me a safe sailing as a return for my love of it . | | D．I hope it will save my life when I am in time of danger . |
小题3: The reason why she would like to have the sail is that ____.| A．she thinks it will be very exciting | | B．she likes sports and enjoys canoeing | | C．she has decided to realize a childhood dream | | D．she wants to be still active when she gets old |
小题4:What kind of person would you say the old woman is ?| A．Someone who does not show what she is feeling . | | B．Someone who is very proud and sure of her success . | | C．Someone who doesn’t use her head much . | | D．Someone who is open , honest and brave . |
小题5:The best title for this passage is ____ .| A．Life Begins at Sixty | B．A Round Coast Sail | | C．An Old Woman Sailor | D．An Unusual Hobby(爱好) |
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A year after graduation, I was offered a position teaching a writing class. Teaching was a profession I had never seriously considered, though several of my stories had been published. I accepted the job without hesitation, as it would allow me to wear a tie and go by the name of Mr. Davis. My father went by the same name, and I liked to imagine people getting the two of us confused. “Wait a minute” someone might say, “are you talking about Mr. Davis the retired man, or Mr. Davis the respectable scholar?”
The position was offered at the last minute, and I was given two weeks to prepare, a period I spent searching for briefcase (公文包) and standing before my full-length mirror, repeating the words, “Hello, class. I’m Mr. Davis.” Sometimes I would give myself an aggressive voice. Sometimes I would sound experienced. But when the day eventually came, my nerves kicked in and the true Mr. Davis was there. I sounded not like a thoughtful professor, but rather a 12-year-old boy.
I arrived in the classroom with paper cards designed in the shape of maple leaves. I had cut them myself out of orange construction paper. I saw nine students along a long table. I handed out the cards, and the students wrote down their names and fastened them to their breast pockets as I required.
“All right then,” I said. “Okey, here we go.” Then I opened my briefcase and realized that I had never thought beyond this moment. I had been thinking that the students would be the first to talk, offering their thoughts and opinions on the events of the day. I had imagined that I would sit at the edge of the desk, overlooking a forest of hands. Every student would yell. “Calm down, you’ll all get your turn. Once at a time, once at a time!”
A terrible silence ruled the room, and seeing no other opinions, I inspected the students to pull out their notebooks and write a brief essay related to the theme of deep disappointment.
小题1:The author took the job to teach writing because ______.| A．he had written some stories | B．he wanted to be expected | | C．he wanted to please his father | D．he had dreamed of being a teacher |
小题2:Before he started his class, the author asked the students to ______.| A．write down their suggestions on the paper cards | | B．cut maple leaves out of the construction paper | | C．cut some cards out of the construction paper | | D．write down their names on the paper cards |
小题3:What did the students do when the author started his class?| A．They began to talk. | B．They stayed silent. | | C．They raised their hands. | D．They shouted to be heard. |
小题4:The author chose the composition topic probably because ______.| A．he got disappointed with his first class | B．he had prepared the topic before class | | C．he wanted to calm down the students | D．he thought it was an easy topic |
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Joe wanted a bike. He asked his parents for the money and they had said he must 1 it.
But how? He thought about this 2 he walked home. Not many people wanted to ask kids to work for
3 . Maybe he could clear away snow for the neighbors. 4 this was summer. He’d have to
5 a long time for that. He couldn’t cut grass for their gardens 6 he had no tools to do the work with.
Then Joe saw one of his 7 , Dick, delivering 8 . I could do
that, he 9 . Maybe I could get the bike right 10 . I could pay
for it
11 each week. He ran to catch up
12 Dick．Joe asked 13 questions about having a paper route. He learned that 14 was possible to earn twenty-five dollars each week. He learned
15 the job took about three 16 each night. Dick gave him the
17 of the newspaper manager.
Joe almost flew home. After he had 18 his plan, his mother smiled. “I think it’s a great idea.” she said. “I’ll call the newspaper.”
“Wait Mom,” Joe said. “I’ll19 . After all, I’m going to be a businessman now.”
Joe’s mother smiled 20.
| 小题6: | | A．because | B．so | C．although | D．but |
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| 小题7: | | A．classmate | B．classmates | C．parents | D．parent |
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| 小题8: | | A．newspapers | B．news | C．cards | D．message |
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| 小题9: | | A．talked | B．agreed | C．thought | D．told |
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| 小题11: | | A．little | B．few | C．a little | D．a few |
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| 小题13: | | A．many a | B．much | C．plenty | D．a great many |
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| 小题16: | | A．days | B．minutes | C．hours | D．hour |
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| 小题17: | | A．address | B．telephone | C．phone number | D．manager |
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| 小题18: | | A．explained | B．talked | C．thought | D．changed |
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| 小题20: | | A．sadly | B．angry | C．proud | D．proudly |
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When I was a college student, I did a lot of traveling abroad. That was because a professor 小题1: me to do so. She said, “Now it is the time for you to travel around the world, 小题2: your knowledge through actual experiences and have fun?” I 小题3: her.
Since I started to work for a 小题4: company, however, I have done most of my traveling through the Internet. By using the Internet, I have seen the 小题5: of many cities on my computer screen. And I have really made business 小题6:, too. With the help of the Internet, I have also got 小题7: about food in different countries.
Therefore, I was beginning to feel that actual trips were 小题8: necessary when I happened to read a famous chef"s (厨师) comment on the Internet. He said, “It is very difficult to have real Italian food in a foreign country, because we enjoy food and the
小题9: around us at the same time. So why don"t you fly over to Italy and enjoy real Italian 小题10:? “Those words reminded me of my 小题11: advice. As information technology 小题12: , you might be able to do without making some real trips. But this also means that you will miss the various 小题13: you can get from traveling.
Today there are people who 小题14: direct communication with others and spend much of their time on the Internet. It is not surprising to see a group of people 小题15: not with each other but into their micro phones. It seems as if such people are 小题16: by an invisible wall. They seem to be losing out on a good chance to 小题17: and talk with other people. I do not think that they are taking good advantage of information technology. We should use information technology as a tool to make our daily 小题18: more fruitful. However, we should never let it 小题19: our time for face to -face communication. Let"s make use of information technology more 小题20: , and have great fun in experiencing the actual world.
| 小题21: | | A．promised | B．allowed | C．hurried | D．encouraged |
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| 小题22: | | A．build up | B．use | C．practise | D．exchange |
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| 小题23: | | A．agreed with | B．learned from | C．followed | D．obeyed |
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| 小题24: | | A．car | B．food | C．clothing | D．machine |
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| 小题25: | | A．life | B．rivers | C．sights | D．houses |
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| 小题26: | | A．plans | B．bargain | C．progress | D．trips |
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| 小题27: | | A．information | B．taste | C．cooks | D．feelings |
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| 小题28: | | A．even more | B．no longer | C．much | D．actually |
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| 小题29: | | A．people | B．drink | C．atmosphere | D．environment |
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| 小题30: | | A．shoes | B．dishes | C．customers | D．situations |
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| 小题31: | | A．friend"s | B．parents" | C．professor"s | D．boss"s |
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| 小题32: | | A．produces | B．advertises | C．forms | D．advances |
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| 小题33: | | A．news | B．pleasures | C．troubles | D．places |
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| 小题34: | | A．avoid | B．keep | C．lose | D．enjoy |
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| 小题35: | | A．meeting | B．talking | C．communicating | D．traveling |
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| 小题36: | | A．stopped | B．met | C．surrounded | D．hurt |
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| 小题37: | | A．look at | B．employ | C．travel | D．meet |
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| 小题38: | | A．communication | B．study | C．work | D．action |
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| 小题39: | | A．spare | B．increase | C．reduce | D．make use of |
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| 小题40: | | A．wisely | B．correctly | C．or less | D．slowly |
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Dine with General St. Amour
General St. Amour was famous for his bravery, but he was born into the family of a poor peasant. Even when he became a general, he never 小题1: his humble origin（卑微的出身）.
While his 小题2: was stationed in his hometown, he invited some of his principal officers to a dinner party at a 小题3: . They had just sat down at the table when his father 小题4: to drop in on him. When the guard 小题5: it to the general, he 小题6: rose and told his guests that his father had 小题7: .
He said that he knew the 小题8: he owed to them, but at the same time he hoped they would excuse him 小题9: he withdrew (退出) because he would like to 小题10: with his father in another room.
Hearing what he said, all the guests present 小题11: that the father should be introduced to them, 小题12: that they would be very pleased to see one who was so closely 小题13: to him. But to their 小题14: , General St. Amour replied, “Ah, no, gentleman. You are 小题15: wrong. I mean my father would find himself so 小题16: in company with so many people who are unsuited to his rank. 小题17: , it would deprive(剥夺) us both of the only pleasure of the 小题18: ——the natural intercourse(交流) of a parent and his son.”
He then 小题19: himself from the table and spent the evening dining with his father.
The moral of the story is: you can’t give people 小题20: , but you can provide the kind of understanding that makes people keep their pride.
| 小题21: | | A．forgot | B．knew | C．minded | D．cared |
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| 小题22: | | A．family | B．army | C．company | D．organization |
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| 小题23: | | A．park | B．school | C．restaurant | D．cinema |
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| 小题24: | | A．agreed | B．promised | C．decided | D．happened |
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| 小题25: | | A．explained | B．whispered | C．reported | D．shouted |
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| 小题26: | | A．strongly | B．immediately | C．simply | D．suddenly |
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| 小题27: | | A．resigned | B．started | C．left | D．arrived |
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| 小题28: | | A．respect | B．understanding | C．support | D．love |
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| 小题29: | | A．before | B．until | C．if | D．unless |
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| 小题30: | | A．chat | B．dine | C．walk | D．dance |
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| 小题31: | | A．demanded | B．commanded | C．stressed | D．requested |
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| 小题32: | | A．saying | B．complaining | C．admitting | D．reminding |
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| 小题33: | | A．used | B．opposed | C．related | D．devoted |
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| 小题34: | | A．joy | B．disappointment | C．excitement | D．surprise |
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| 小题35: | | A．terribly | B．completely | C．slightly | D．partly |
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| 小题36: | | A．embarrassed | B．frightened | C．disturbed | D．disappointed |
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| 小题37: | | A．Above all | B．After all | C．In addition | D．In time |
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| 小题38: | | A．party | B．interview | C．appointment | D．discussion |
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| 小题39: | | A．defended | B．allowed | C．introduced | D．excused |
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| 小题40: | | A．time | B．money | C．pride | D．confidence |
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