Question

Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 AM. When I arrived there, I walked to the door and knocked, “Just a minute,” answered a weak, elderly voice.

After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase.

When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, “Could you drive through downtown?”

“It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.

“Oh, I’m in no hurry,” she said. “I’m on my way to a hospice(臨終醫(yī)院). I don’t have any family left. The doctor says I don’t have very long.”

I quietly reached over and shut off the meter(計(jì)價(jià)器).

For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.

Sometimes she’d ask me to slow down in front of a special building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.

In the early morning, she suddenly said,” I’m tired. Let’s go now.”

We drove in silence to the address she had given me.

“How much do I pay you?” she asked.

“Nothing.” I said.

“You have to make a living,” she answered. “Oh, there are other passengers,” I answered.

Almost without thinking, I gave her a hug(擁抱). She held on me and said, “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.”

1.The old woman chose to ride through the city in order to ______.

A. show she was familiar with the city

B. see some places for the last time

C. let the driver earn more money

D. reach the destination on time

2.The taxi driver did not get the money because he ______.

A. wanted to give her a hand

B. shut off the meter by mistake

C. had received her payment already

D. was in a hurry to take other passengers

3.What can we learn from the story?

A. No pains, no gains.

B. People should respect(尊重) each other.

C. An act of kindness can bring people great joy.

D. People should learn to enjoy our life.

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章主要講了，二十年前，作者以開出租車為生，有一天他接到一個(gè)電話，那是一個(gè)虛弱的老人，他告訴作者自己的時(shí)間不長了，作者免費(fèi)帶她去了有回憶的地方，我們大家要學(xué)會享受生活。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。這個(gè)老人選擇環(huán)游這個(gè)城市因?yàn)樗�想最后看看這個(gè)城市�？芍�選B。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。通讀全文可知作者并沒有要老人的錢因?yàn)樗�想幫助這位老人�？芍獞�(yīng)選A。

3.3】主旨大意題。通過這篇文章我們可以學(xué)到人們應(yīng)該學(xué)會享受生活，故選C。

考點(diǎn)：教育類短文閱讀。