Question

A pretty, well-dressed young lady stopped a taxi in a big square, and said to the driver, “Can you see that young man at the other side of the square?”

“Yes,” said the taxi-driver. The young man was standing outside a restaurant and looking impatiently at his watch every few seconds.

“Take me over there.” said the young lady.

There were a lot of cars and buses and trucks in the square, so the taxi- driver asked, “Are you afraid to cross the street.”

‘Oh, no !” said the young lady. “But I said that I would meet that young man for dinner at one o’c1ock, and it is now a quarter to two. If I arrive in a taxi, it will at least seem as if I have tried not to be too late.”

1.How did the young woman get to the square?

A. She arrived in a taxi             

B. She got there by bus.

C. She got there on foot.           

D. The story didn’t tell us about it.

2.The young lady was ___________.

A. 45 minutes late                                    B. not late at all    

C. l5 minutes late                                       D. one hour 1ate

3.She wanted to take a taxi because she .

A. didn’t want to be late for the date.               

B. thought the square was too crowded.

C. wanted to be seen in a hurry.                    

D. was too tired to walk.

4.Has she tried not to be too late ?

A. Yes, she took a taxi there.   

B. Yes, she had tried her best though she couldn’t succeed.

C. No, she thought being late was better than being earlier.

D. No, she was just going to pretend(假裝) that she had tried.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文講述的是一位女士和一位男士在廣場約會，但是這位女遲到了45分鐘。為了讓人覺得她不想遲到，而是盡力的準時來到廣場，她找到了一輛出租車，讓司機把她載到廣場的另一頭去見那位男士。

1.推理判斷題。根據(jù)這個故事的開頭A pretty, well-dressed young lady stopped a taxi in a big square可知，一位漂亮的，衣著考究的年輕女士在一個大廣場叫停了一輛出租車，所以故事發(fā)生時，這位女士已經(jīng)在廣場上了，因此我們在短文中并不能知道她是怎樣去廣場的。故選D，文章中沒有告訴我們。

2.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文中I said that I would meet that young man for dinner at one o’c1ock, and it is now a quarter to two.可知，這位女士答應(yīng)在1點鐘去見那個年輕的男士，但是現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)差一刻鐘兩點了。由此我們可知，這位女士是遲到了45分鐘。故選Ａ。

3.推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章的最后這位女士所說的話If I arrive in a taxi, it will at least seem as if I have tried not to be too late.”和前文可知，她和一位男士約會，但是她遲到了４５分鐘，所以她想坐出租車去廣場的另一頭，這樣就會讓人覺得她很著急到達廣場，并不想遲到。故由此判斷選Ｃ。

4.推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章中I said that I would meet that young man for dinner at one o’c1ock, and it is now a quarter to two.可知，這位女士遲到了45分鐘，她想坐出租車去廣場的另一頭見那位男士，這樣就會使他覺得她很著急來廣場，不想遲到。故選D。

考點：故事類短文閱讀。