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完形填空I’ve been in the taxicab business for thirty-five years, and I know there is a

英语试题 06-02
完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
请认真阅读下面各题,从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
I’ve been in the taxicab business for thirty-five years, and I know there is a lot about it that is not so good. Taxicab drivers have to be tough fellows to be able to work in New York. You’ve got to 31   the New York   32   eight hours a day these days, so people get the wrong   33  that they are bad.
Actually, taxi drivers are just like other people. Most of them will   34   as honest fellows. You read in the   35   almost every week where a taxi driver turns in money or jewels or bonds that people   36   in their cabs. If they weren’t honest, you wouldn’t be reading those stories in the papers.
One time in Brooklyn, I found a diamond ring in my cab. I   37   helping a lady with a lot of packages that day, so I went back to where I had   38   her. It took me almost two days to trace her down in order to return her ring to her. I didn’t   39   as much as “thank you”. Still I felt good   40  I had done what was right. I think I felt better than she did.
I was born and   41   in Ireland and lived there until I was nineteen years old. Then I came to this   42   in 1913 where I held several jobs to earn a few dollars before enlisting (参军) in World War I. After being discharged (退役), I had a family and bought my own cab. Life hasn’t been too   43   at times, but my wife takes care of our money and we have a good bit   44   for a rainy day.
When I   45   driving a cab, ParkAvenue was mostly a bunch of coal yards. Hoofer’s Brewery was right next to where the Waldorf-Astoria is now. I did pretty well,   46   in those days.
In all my years of driving a taxicab, I have   47   had any trouble with the public, not even with drunks.  
I believe   48   is one of the greatest gifts there is. I know they call it a lot of fancy names these days, like integrity (正直), etc. But it doesn’t make any   49   what they call it; it’s still what makes a man a good   50  . This is my code, and I try to live by.
31. A. fight         B. escape  C. control D. forecast
32. A. weather B. pollution       C. traffic        D. condition
33. A. suggestion B. impression C. expression D. information
34. A. talk B. work             C. drive     D. wander
35. A. websites B. papers C. posters D. magazines
36. A. leave B. find C. give D. place
37. A. remembered B. regretted C. continued     D. tried
38. A. noticed B. supported C. met D. dropped
39. A. say B. overhear C. speak D. get
40. A. though B. while C. unless     D. because
41. A. employed B. married C. raised D. trained
42. A. college B. country C. company D. village
43. A. hard B. busy   C. easy     D. simple
44. A. left behind B. used up     C. put away D. sorted out
45. A. started B. considered C. recalled D. learned
46. A. even B. only     C. definitely D. maybe
47. A. never B. always     C. often D. seldom
48. A. personality B. honesty C. security D. dignity
49. A. sense B. profit     C. difference D. progress
50. A. servant B. customer C. businessman D. citizen

答案
31-35  ACBBB  36-40 AADDD   41-45 CBCCA     46-50 AABCD

 
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