Question

A traveler came out of the airport. There were a lot of  36 .  He asked every taxi-driver’s name. Then he took the third one. It  37  5 dollars to go from the airport to the hotel. “   38   does it take to hire(雇請) you for the whole day?” The man asked. “100 dollars,” said the taxi driver. This was very   39   , but the man agreed. Then the taxi-driver showed him all the parks and museums in the city. In the evening they went    40   to the hotel. The traveler gave the taxi-driver 100 dollars and said, “ What about tomorrow?” The taxi-driver   41   the man and said, “Tomorrow? That will be   42   100 dollars.” But the man said it was OK. The taxi-driver was very   43   to be getting more money.

The next evening, after taking the traveler to visit the same parks and museums, the taxi-driver   44    another 100 dollars, he felt guilty(有罪的)because 100 dollars a day was a lot of money. “So you’re from New York.” said the taxi-driver. “I have a    45    in New York. Her name is Susan. Do you know her?” “Sure. She gave me 200 dollars to give you!”.

36. A. trains                         B. trucks               C. taxis

37. A. cost                           B. paid                  C. spent

38. A. How many              B. How long          C. How much

39. A. cheap                        B. low                   C. dear

40. A. ahead                         B. back                 C. across

41. A. looked at                    B. looked after              C. looked for

42. A. the other                    B. another              C. other

43. A. angry                      B. unhappy            C. pleased

44. A. received                     B. gave                  C. borrowed

45. A. brother                   B. son                   C. sister

Answer 1

【主旨大意】短文講述了一則荒誕幽默的故事。一個人花200美元雇一輛出租車在城市中游覽了兩天，最后付款時卻告訴司機這200美元是司機的妹妹請他交給這位司機的。

36.C　由下一句中的taxi-driver可知，選C。

37.A　動詞辨析。spend主語通常是人，是指人花費、付出時間或金錢，常用句式sb spend time/money on sth, sb spend time/money (in) doing sth.。Cost主語通常是事物，指事物花費、消耗人的金錢，常用句式(doing/to do) sth cost sb money, it cost sb money to do sth。Pay通常指付款，常用句式sb pay money for sth。故選擇A。

38.C　詢問價錢應用how much。

39.C　100美元的價格很高，從短文第二段第三行中，he felt guilty(有罪的)because 100 dollars a day was a lot of money亦可知應選擇C。cheap便宜，low低(low price)，dear昂貴(同expensive)。

40.B　回到某地go back to sp.。

41.A　短語辨析。Look at看著，look after照顧，look for尋找。句意為“司機看著這位男子說”。

42.B　詞語辨析。The other指兩者當中的另一個，another指額外另外的、除……之外的、超過兩者中的任意另一個，other指其他的，別的。

43.C　推測理解。出租車司機又能多掙100美元，心里應當是愉悅的(pleased)。

44.A　 Received得到收到，gave給予，borrowed借得。句意為司機得到了200美元，故選擇A。

45.C　細節理解。由后面‘Her name is Susan’知此處指的是一個女性，而brother和son均是男性。