In a moment of personal crisis, how much help can you expect from a New York tax

题文

In a moment of personal crisis, how much help can you expect from a New York taxi driver? I began studying this question and answers are interesting.One morning, I got into three different taxis and announced，“Well，it's my first day back in New York in ven 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 respon came from a Ghanaian driver，“Reno? That is in Nevada？”Taxi drivers were uniform sympathetic when I said I'd just been fired.“This is America，”a Haitian driver said.“One door is clod.Another is open.”He argued against my plan to burn down my boss' s hou.A Pakistani driver even turned down a chance to profit from my loss of hope；he refud to take me to the middle of the George Washington Bridge—a $20 trip.“Why do 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 pillowca 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 will do it too.”As we approached 86th and Lexington, I pointed to the Chemical Bank.“Hey，there is another bank，”I said，“Could you wait here a minute while I go inside？”“No，I can't wait.Pay me now.” His unwillingness may have had 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.小题1:From the Ghanaian driver's respon, we can infer that________.A．he was afraid of the authorB．he thought the author was crazyC．he looked down upon the authorD．he was indifferent to the killing小题2:Why did the Pakistani driver refu to take the author to the middle of the George Washington Bridge?A．Becau he was able to help the author to find a new job.B．Becau he wanted to go home and relax.C．Becau he thought that the author would commit suicide.D．Becau it was far away from his home.小题3:In the author's opinion, the driver's unwillingness to wait outside the Chemical Bank indicates________.A．the driver thought it wrong to support a taxi rider unconditionallyB．the driver was frightened and wanted to leave him as soon as possibleC．the driver did not want to help a suspect to escape from a bank robberyD．the driver thought that the rate for waiting time was too low小题4:Which of the following statements is TRUE about New York taxi drivers?A．They are ready to help you do whatever you want to.B．They are sympathetic with tho who are out of work.C．They refu to pick up tho who would kill themlves.D．They work only for money.小题5:The passage mainly discuss________.A．the way to plea taxi ridersB．the way to deal with taxi ridersC．taxi drivers' attitude to riders in personal troubleD．taxi drivers' attitude to troublesome taxi riders 题型：未知难度：其他题型

答案

小题1:D小题2:C小题3:A小题4:B小题5:C

解析

小题1:解析 推理判断题。由第二段内容可知，当作者说自己杀了人时，没有人表示出惊讶或其他类似惊讶的反应，只有一个司机答话了，而他也只是问具体地点，因此D项正确，即他对此很冷漠。答案 D小题2:解析 推理判断题。由第三段可知，当作者告诉司机自己失业，因此感到对生活失去了希望时，他们极力地劝说他不要失去信心。而当作者提出要到华盛顿大桥中央的时候，一位司机拒绝载他，当然是害怕他会自杀。即C项合理。答案 C小题3:解析 细节理解题。由文章最后一句中的“but I think he wanted me to learn that even a bank robber can't expect unconditional support”可知答案。答案 A小题4:解析 细节理解题。由第三段第一句以及该段提到的两位司机说的话可知，纽约的司机对失业的人是有同情心的。答案 B小题5:解析 主旨大意题。通读全文，尤其是根据第一段可知，本文主要介绍出租车司机对乘客的个人麻烦所持的态度。答案 C

考点

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生活感悟类阅读解题指导：

一、文章特点： 生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。有时故事的结尾会有一句“点睛之笔”，点出全文的中心思想，就像《伊索寓言》里的寓言一样。还可能是夹叙夹议的哲理散文或生活随笔。散文随笔通常会阐述一种朴素易懂，耳熟能详的人生道理或宝贵品质。文章的结构和议论文类似，一般是总分总或总分结构。每段首句或尾句为主题句（论点），其它句子围绕主题展开论述（论据），论证方法多种多样，或举例，或引用名言，或正反对照等。二、解题技巧：针对生活感悟类文章的特点，做这类文章的完形填空时，要特别注意以下几点：1、重点理解全文的首句。如果是记叙文，找出when，where，who，what等基本要素。如果是散文随笔，充分理解文章的中心句—全文的主题。2、阅读全文的结尾段或结尾句，有助于理解文章所阐述或蕴含的哲理、感悟或忠告等。3、调动自己的背景知识和情感。这类文章不会讲大道理也不会涉及到一些很专业的知识技术领域，而是谈一些小事和简单的道理，所以如果读者能和作者产生感情上的共鸣，读者会更好地把握作者的意图态度，从而提高做题的准确度。因此，考生在平时要做一个有心人，即用心去感悟生活中发生的小事，思考人生的一些基本道理，多阅读一些短小精悍的美文，多写写自己的心情故事和对生活学习的感悟。只有平时多用心，做题时才能调动自己的背景知识和情感。