高考英语阅读理解押题卡54

高考英语阅读理解押题卡54

【广东省2013届高三考前冲刺卷(三)】B

A woman and her elderly uncle were waiting for a bus at a corner in downtown Chicago.Buses came by，not the one they wanted.The woman finally half­entered one of the buses and asked the driver if the bus she wanted stopped at that corner. The driver looked at her but made no answer，so she repeated the question.To her surprise，he then closed the door，by her arm，and drove off.

The woman，her arm stuck in the door，ran alongside the bus，shouting.Passengers said the driver stopped after almost a block only because they，too，were shouting. When the driver finally did stop and open the door，the woman jumped on the bus to get his bus number.Then he took off again and went another couple of blocks before other shouting passengers persuaded him to stop and let the woman off.

After the driver’s bosses at a tax­supported governmental company(CIA) heard of the incident，they looked into it and set his punishment：a five­day suspension(停职) without pay.That struck me as rather light.

But Bill Baxa，the company’s pubic­relations man，said，“That’s a pretty serious punishment.”

Five days off work is a serious punishment for dragging a woman alongside a bus by her arm？Baxa said，“Any time you take money away from someone，it is a terrible punishment.The driver makes $14 an hour.Multiply that by 40 and you can see what he lost.”

Yes，that comes to $560，a good sum.But we know that people in the private company are fired for far less minor mistakes.If the people who run the bus company think that the loss of a week’s pay is more than enough，I offer them a sporting(公正的) suggestion：Give me a bus.Then have their wives stick their arms in the doorway of the bus，and I’ll slam the door shut，start the bus quickly and take them for a fast one­block run.And I’ll pay $560 to anyone who is bold enough to try it.Any takers？Mr. Baxa？Anyone？I didn’t think so.

31．The nurse half­entered one of the buses because________.

A．the bus they wanted didn’t stop there

B．she wanted the driver to stop the bus

C．she wanted to get some information from the driver

D．she and her uncle couldn’t wait any longer at the corner

32．How many blocks was the woman away from the corner where she waited when the bus driver finally let her off?

A．Almost one block.

B．Almost two blocks.

C．Probably three blocks.

D．Probably five or six blocks.

33．Why did the author offer a sporting suggestion?

A．Because the CTA paid little attention to the incident.

B．Because he bus driver had not been fired.

C．Because he wanted to threaten the CTA people.

D．Because he thought the punishment was a light one.

34．From this passage we may infer that________.

A．many people in the private sector are fired for minor mistakes every day B．people in the private sector usually get more serious punishment than those in the public sector

C．people in the private sector get much higher pay than those in the public sector D．people in the private sector are better trained than those in the public sector 35．Which of the following is NOT true?

A．The company is a bus company supported by the government.

B．The writer and Mr.Baxa disagreed with each other on the bus company’s decision. C．The driver finally stopped the bus under the pressure of the passengers. D．The writer asked the bus company to give him a bus if his suggestion was refused. 31．C [从第一段最后一句的后半部分可知，她问情况，也就是打听信息。]

32．C [根据文章第三段最后一句和第四段最后一句，关键词语：almost a block和another couple of blocks可确定答案为C项。]