Question

Last July, my 12-year-old car died on California's Santa Freeway. It was an hour before sunset, and I was 25 miles from home. I couldn't reach anyone to pick me up, so I decided to take a bus. Not knowing the routes, I thought I'd just go east.

A bus stopped. I got on and asked the driver how far she was going, "Ten more miles," she said. There was another bus I could take from there. This clearly was going to be a long night.

I got off at the end of the route and she told me which bus to look for. After waiting 30 minutes, I began to think about a very expensive taxi ride home. Then a bus came up. There was no lighted number above its windshield. It was out of service, but the door opened. It was the same driver.

“I just can't leave you here,” she said. “This isn't the nicest place. I will give you a ride home.”

“You will drive me home on the bus?" I asked, astonished.

“No, I will take you in my car,” she said.

“It's a long way," I insisted.

“Come on, ” she said. “I have nothing else to do.”

As we drove from the station in the car, she began telling me a story, A few days earlier, her brother had run out of gas. A good man picked him up, took him to a service station and then back to his car. “I'm just passing the favor(善意的行为) along,” she said.

When I offered her money as a thank-you, she wouldn't accept. “Just do something nice for somebody. Pass it along," she said.

1.There was something wrong with the writer's car ______.

A．late at night                            B．early in the morning

C．an hour before sunset                    D．thirty minutes after sunset

2.The writer changed his mind after waiting 30 minutes because ______.

A．he became impatient and a bit worried

B．a taxi ride would be more comfortable

C．he knew the driver would never return

D．the bus driver had given him wrong information

3.The bus driver drove the writer home later because ______.

A．her brother had told her to do so

B．she wanted to earn more money

C．she happened to go in the same direction

D．she wanted to do something good for others

4.The underlined word "astonished" in the passage probably means      .

A．surprised         B．grateful           C．happy            D．angry

5.The bus driver hoped that the writer       .

A．would drive someone home

B．would help someone in need

C．would keep her in memory

D．would give the money to others

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.A

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章通过一个故事，告诉我们在生活中如果遇到需要帮助的人，要多多帮助他们。

1.细节题。根据文章It was an hour before sunset可知，在日落前的一个小时，作者的车出了毛病。故选C

2.推断题。作者在那里等了半个小时，都没有公交车来，他很担心，很焦虑，所以他决定做出租车了。故选A

3.细节题。根据文章 “I'm just passing the favor(善意的行为) along,” she said.那个司机要把作者送回家，是因为她只是想做一些好事。故选D

4.细节题。根据文章“You will drive me home on the bus?" I asked, astonished.

那个司机说她要把作者送回家，作者听了之后，感到很惊讶。astonished的意思是惊讶。故选A

5.细节题。根据文章When I offered her money as a thank-you, she wouldn't accept. “Just do something nice for somebody. Pass it along," she said.

可知，那个司机希望作者以后要帮助需要帮助的人。故选B

考点：故事类议论文