Question

    I arrived at the address and sounded the horn(喇叭). After waiting a few minutes I sounded the horn again. Since this was going to be my last ride of my shift (换班), I thought about just driving away, but instead I knocked on the door. “Just a minute,” answered a weak, elderly voice.

After a long pause,a small woman in her .90’s stood before me. When we got in the cab,she gave me an address and then asked, “Could you drive through downtown?”

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

“Oh,I don’t mind,” she said. “I’m in no hurry. I’m on my way to a hospice (临终关怀医院). I don’t have any family left. She continued in a soft voice, “The doctor says I don’t have very long.” I quietly reached over and shut off the meter.

For the next two hours,we drove through the. city. She showed me the building where she had once worked as an elevator operator, the neighborhood where she and her husband had lived when they were newlyweds, a furniture warehouse that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.

As the dawn came, we got to the hospice. Two nurses came out to the taxi as soon as we pulled up. The woman was seated in a wheelchair in no time.

Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly. “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy,” she said. “Thank you.”

I drove into the dim morning light. Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the closing of a life. I drove aimlessly lost in thought. What if I had refused to take the run, or had sounded the horn once, then driven away?

1.Why did the author sound the horn twice?

A. He refused to take the run. B. He was about to drive away.

C. He had waited for a long time. D. He wanted to end his nightshift earlier.

2.Why did the woman ask the author to drive through the city?

A. To share her life experiences.

B. To take the shortest way to the hospice.

C. To review the important places in her life.

D. To show the author her former working places.

3.What can we infer from the text?

A. The taxi driver was impatient.

B. The old lady could take care of herself.

C. The ride had a great influence on the taxi driver.

D. The nurses were unaware of the old lady’s arrival.

4.What can be the best title for the text?

A. Being Patient B. The Last Ride C. A Kind Lady D. A Taxi Driver

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.C

4.B

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文阅读。文章主要讲了一位出租车司机在快要交班之前，拉着一位临终老人最后一次游览她生命中重要的地方。

1.推理判断题。答案定位在第一段Since this was going to be my last ride of my shift (换班), I thought about just driving away, but instead I knocked on the door.（因为这是我换班之前的最后一趟，我本想开车走的，结果却敲门了。）由此推断出作者按了两次喇叭，是想早点儿下班，故选D。

2.推理判断题。答案定位在倒数第四段She showed me the building where she had once worked as an elevator operator, the neighborhood where she and her husband had lived when they were newlyweds, a furniture warehouse that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.（她带我看了她曾经做过电梯操作员的那栋楼，她和丈夫新婚时住过的那个社区，一个家具仓库，那曾是她小时候去跳舞的舞厅。）由此推断出这位老人让作者开车穿过这个城市是在回顾她生命中重要的地方，故选C。

3.推理判断题。答案定位在最后一段I drove aimlessly lost in thought. What if I had refused to take the run, or had sounded the horn once, then driven away?（我漫无目的地开车，陷入沉思。如果我拒绝跑这趟车，或者按了一次喇叭，然后开车离开，结果会怎样?）由此推断出这次跑车对这个出租车司机产生了很大的影响，故选C。

4.主旨大意题。这篇文章主要讲了一位出租车司机在快要交班之前，拉着一位临终老人最后一次游览她生命中重要的地方。由此可知这篇文章最好的题目是“最后的乘车”，故选B。