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 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了作者就出租车司机对于有个人麻烦的乘客的态度的研究并描述结果,可知大多数司机对于乘客的个人麻烦是很冷淡的.
解答 61.A.推理判断题.根据文章第二段"The only response came from a Ghanaian driver,"Reno?That is in Nevada?"可以看出这个司机只问了一个与杀人这件事无关的问题,由此可见,司机对此事毫不关心,态度冷淡;故选A,
62.D.推理判断题.本题的关键在于了解在美国,高耸的大桥通常是人们自杀的场所.根据这个背景知识,以及第3段中司机说的relax和Don't worry可推断出司机以为作者要到华盛顿桥去自杀,故选D.
63.B.细节理解题.根据文章最后一段"but I think he wanted me to learn that even a bank robber can't expect unconditional support"是作者对司机不愿等人的理解.司机认为无条件地支持出顾客是不对的;故选B.
64.C.推理判断题.答案可从第3段第一句话中找到,C是该句的同义替换.A中的do whatever you want to过于绝对;B不符合逻辑,因为司机不可能先问乘客是否要自杀才决定要不要载这个乘客;巴基斯坦司机的例子表明司机不都是只为了钱,因此D不正确;故选C.
65.C.主旨大意题.根据文章第一段"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"就是整篇文章的主题句,接下来的各段内容都是围绕此主题展开的,因此主题为出租车司机对乘客个人的麻烦的态度,故选C.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.