閱讀理解專(zhuān)項(xiàng)練習(xí)50-21CDrivingacaratahighspeedalongahighwayseemstobefun.Youonlyneedtofollowthebrighttrafficsignsbesidethehighwayanditwilltakeyouwhereyouwishtogo.ButtoaLondontaxidriver,drivingisnotaneasyjob.AtaxidriverneedstohavenotonlygooddrivingskillsbutalsoagoodknowledgeofthecityofLondon,fromthelonelieststreettothepopularrestaurantaround.Hehastobeattheserviceofallkindsofpassengers(乘客)atalltimes.ALondontaxidriversaidthefollowingabouthisjob.Duringthenightitisusualforhimtostoptwoorthreetimesforsomefood.Hesaid,“IneverdrinkwhenI’mworking,otherwiseI’dlosemylicense(駕駛執(zhí)照).”Henormallygoeshomebetweentwoandthreeo’clockinthemorning.Therearetimeshehastostaylongerandtrytomakemoreruns.Hesaid,“That’stheworstthingaboutworkingforyourself.Ifyoudon’tmakemoney,nooneisgoingtogiveittoyou.”Londontaxidriversnotonly“take”butalso“give”.EverysummerhundredsofpoorchildrenfromLondongoforadayatthesea―bytaxi!Thereridesarepaidbythetaxidrivers.Atthesea,theyaremetbythemayor(市長(zhǎng)),andalunchpartyisalsoheldforthetaxidriversandthechildren.Afterahappyday’srunningaroundthebeachesandvisitingthemarketthere,thechildrengohomeagainbytaxi,freeofchargeofcourse!33.Londontaxidriverstrytomakemorerunssometimesmainlybecause__________.A.theymakealivingbydrivingB.theyprefertoworkforthemselvesC.theywanttohelpmorepassengersD.theyareusedtoworkingdeepintothenight34.HowdoLondontaxidrivers“give”?A.Theygivethepoorchildrenalunchpartyatheseaeachsummer.B.Theygivepoorchildrenthechancetomeetthemaor.C.Theypayforsomepoorchildren’sridesforaday’stoureachsummer.D.Theyplaywithsomepoorchildrenattheseaforadayeachsummer.35.WhichofthefollowingwordscanbeusedtodescribeLondontaxidrivers?A.Braveandcareful.B.RichandgenerousC.Modestandeasy-goingD.Hard-workingandkind.36.Thepassageismostlikelytobefoundfrom__________.A.anadvertisementofataxicompanyB.anonlinetravelguideC.awebsiteaboutthetaxidriversinLondonD.areportaboutlivingconditionsinLondon答案：33.A推理判斷題。根據(jù)常識(shí)可推知司機(jī)是為了生活，故選A。34.C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段第三句Thereridesarepaidbythetaxidrivers.可知司機(jī)免費(fèi)接送貧窮的孩子，故選C。35.D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。通讀全文可知，倫敦出租車(chē)司機(jī)的工作很辛苦，但他們很和藹，故選D。36.C推理判斷題。通讀全文可知，這篇短文主要介紹了倫敦出租車(chē)司機(jī)的生活，故可推知這篇應(yīng)該是出現(xiàn)在關(guān)于介紹倫敦出租車(chē)司機(jī)的網(wǎng)頁(yè)上。DClosecontactsbetweenJapanandtherestoftheworldwerecreatedinthetwentiethcentury.Inthelastfortyyears,businesscontactsbetweenJapanandtheWesthavebecomeveryimportant.ManyforeigncompaniesnowhaveofficesinJapanandJapanesebusinessmendobusinessaroundtheworld.DifferencesbetweenJapaneseandWesternwaysofdoingbusiness,however,oftenbewilderforeignbusinessmenandmakedoingbusinessinJapandifficultforforeigners.TheAmericanbusinessman,forexample,wantstostarttalkingbusinessimmediately.Hedoesnotwanttowait.TheJapanesebusinessman,ontheotherhand,likestoarriveatdecisionsaftergivingthemseriousthought.AnotherthingforeignbusinessmenhavedifficultyinunderstandingiswhenaJapanesemeans“Yes”or“No”.ThisisbecauseofculturaldifferencesbetweenJapaneseandWesternsociety(社會(huì)),WhichmakeitdifficultforaJapanesetosay“No”directly.IntheUSA,itiseasytosay“No”tosomethingonedoesnotwanttodo.ButinJapan,itisverydifficulttosay“No”.Torefuseaninvitationorarequest(請(qǐng)求)with“No”isfelttobeimpolite.Itisthoughttobeselfishandunfriendly.Soinsteadofsaying“No”directly,theJapanesehavedevelopedmanywaystoavoid(避免)saying“No”.Thesecanhelpthemavoidhurtingotherpeople’sfeelings.However,thisoftenmakestheirwaysofdoingbusinessratherdifficultforforeignerstounderstandandfollow.37.WhatoftenmakesforeignersfeeldifficulttodobusinessinJapan?A.Theirdifferentwaysofdoingbusiness.B.Theirdifferentlifestyles.C.ThefactthattheJapaneseneversay“No”.D.ThefactthattheJapaneseareslowtotakeaction.38.Whichofthefollowingistheclosestinmeaningtotheunderlinedexpression“bewilderforeignbusinessmen”inParagraphOne?A.causeforeignbusinessmentochangetheirminds.B.giveafeelingofsurprisetoforeignbusinessmen.C.attractforeignbusinessmen’sattention.D.makeforeignbusinessmenthinkwrongly.39.Whatfactdoesthepassageleadyoutobelieve?A.AmericanbusinessmendothingsmoreslowlythanJapaneseones.B.Americanbusinessmenliketosay“Yes”and“No”.C.Americansusuallysaywhattheyarethinking.D.Americansdonotsaywhattheythinkorfeelclearly.40.Fromthepassagewecaninfer(推斷)that__________.A.JapanesebusinessmenaregoodatbusinessB.foreignbusinessmenshouldtrytoknowJapanesewaysofdoingbusinessC.foreignbusinessmenmustbemorepoliteD.youmustlearnfromJapanesebusinessmenifyouwanttosucceed答案：

37.A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句中的DifferencesbetweenJapaneseandWesternwaysofdoingbusiness,however,oftenbewilderforeignbusinessmenandmakedoingbusinessinJapandifficultforforeign