19.In a moment of personal crisis,how much help can you expect from a New York taxi driver?I began studying this question and found the answers interesting.
One morning I got into three different taxis and announced,"Well,it's my first day back in New York in seven years.I've been in prison."Not a single driver replied,so I tried again."Yeah,I shot a man in Reno."I explained,hoping the driver would ask me why,but nobody asked.The only response came from a Ghanaian driver,"Reno?That is in Nevada?"
Taxi drivers were uniformly sympathetic when I said I'd just been fired."This is America,"a Haitian driver said."One door is closed.Another is open."He argued against my plan to burn down my boss's house.A Pakistani driver even turned down a chance to profit from my loss of hope; he refused to take me to the middle of George Washington Bridge-a﹩20 trip."Why you want to go there?Go home and relax.Don't worry.Take a new job."One very hot weekday in July,while wearing a red ski mask and holding a stuffed pillowcase with the word"BANK"on it,I tried calling a taxi five times outside different banks.The driver picked me up every time.My ride with a Haitian driver was typical of the superb assistance I received.
"Let's go across the park."I said."I just robbed the bank there.I got﹩25,000."
"﹩25,000?"He asked.
"Yeah,you think it was wrong to take it?"
"No,man.I work 8 hours and I don't make almost﹩70.If I can do that,I do it too."
As we approached 86th and Lexington,I pointed to the Chemical Bank.
"Hey,there's another bank,"I said,"Could you wait here a minute while I go inside?"
"No,I can't wait.Pay me now."His reluctance may have something to do with money-taxi drivers think the rate for waiting time is too low-but I think he wanted me to learn that even a bank robber can't expect unconditional support.
61.From the Ghanaian driver's response,we can infer thatA.
A.he was indifferent to the killing B.he was afraid of the author
C.he looked down upon the author D.he thought the author was crazy
62.Why did the Pakistani driver refuse to take the author to the middle of the George Washington Bridge?D
A.Because he was able to help the author to find a new job.
B.Because he wanted to go home and relax.
C.Because it was far away from his home.
D.Because he thought that the author would commit suicide.
63.What is the author's interpretation of the driver's reluctance"to wait outside the Chemical bank"?B
A.The driver thought that the rate for waiting time was too low.
B.The driver thought it wrong to support a taxi rider unconditionally.
C.The driver was frightened and wanted to leave him as soon as possible.
D.The driver did not want to help a suspect to escape from a bank robbery.
64.Which of the following statements is true about New York taxi drivers?C
A.They are ready to help you do whatever you want to.
B.they often refuse to pick up those who would kill themselves.
C.They are sympathetic with those who are out of work.
D.They work only for money.
65.The passage mainly discussesC.
A.how to please taxi drivers.
B.how to deal with taxi drivers
C.the attitudes of taxi drivers towards riders in personal trouble
D.the attitudes of taxi drivers towards troublesome taxi riders.
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了作者就出租車司機對于有個人麻煩的乘客的態(tài)度的研究并描述結果,可知大多數(shù)司機對于乘客的個人麻煩是很冷淡的.
解答 61.A.推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章第二段"The only response came from a Ghanaian driver,"Reno?That is in Nevada?"可以看出這個司機只問了一個與殺人這件事無關的問題,由此可見,司機對此事毫不關心,態(tài)度冷淡;故選A,
62.D.推理判斷題.本題的關鍵在于了解在美國,高聳的大橋通常是人們自殺的場所.根據(jù)這個背景知識,以及第3段中司機說的relax和Don't worry可推斷出司機以為作者要到華盛頓橋去自殺,故選D.
63.B.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章最后一段"but I think he wanted me to learn that even a bank robber can't expect unconditional support"是作者對司機不愿等人的理解.司機認為無條件地支持出顧客是不對的;故選B.
64.C.推理判斷題.答案可從第3段第一句話中找到,C是該句的同義替換.A中的do whatever you want to過于絕對;B不符合邏輯,因為司機不可能先問乘客是否要自殺才決定要不要載這個乘客;巴基斯坦司機的例子表明司機不都是只為了錢,因此D不正確;故選C.
65.C.主旨大意題.根據(jù)文章第一段"In a moment of personal crisis,how much help can you expect from a New York taxi driver?I began studying this question and found the answers interesting"就是整篇文章的主題句,接下來的各段內(nèi)容都是圍繞此主題展開的,因此主題為出租車司機對乘客個人的麻煩的態(tài)度,故選C.
點評 考察學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.