The taxi driver's English is not good.A．TrueB．False

Taxi driver: Here you are, sir. Queens Hotel.

Passenger: How much is it？

Taxi driver: Three dollars and seventy-five cents.

Passenger: Here is four dollars. _____________.

A: It ’s not necessary to give me the coins

B: Don’t giv e me the rest

C: Keep the change

D: I give up the pocket money

A．Becoming a physicist

B．Becoming a school teacher

C．Becoming a taxi driver

D．Becoming a magazine production manager

听力原文：Operator: Hello. This is the emergency 911 operator.

Taxi Driver: Help. Help. Please help me!

Operator: Yes sir. Please calm down and explain exactly what is happening.

Taxi Driver: Calm down! My car is stalled on the freeway, I have a lady passenger, and she's going into labor.

Operator: Now relax, sir. Explain exactly where you are.

Taxi Driver: I'm...in the southbound lane of the Lincoln Expressway, about 15 miles from the Washington Tunnel, and this lady isn't going to wait.

Operator: Okay. What's you name, sir, and your passenger's？

Taxi Driver: It's...it's Bob, and I have no idea about the woman. She's in no condition to tell me.

Operator: Okay, now what's the nearest landmark to your location？ Pay careful attention.

Taxi Driver: Umm, I see golden arches... McDonalds.

Operator: Okay, is there anyone else with you？

Taxi Driver: No, and I've tried to get someone else to stop. (The sound of a bottle breaking.)

Operator: Hey, what was that？ (Ahhhh!)

Taxi Driver: Ah, someone threw a bottle at me. How soon can someone get here？

Operator: I've just dispatched an ambulance to your location. They should be there any second.

Taxi Driver: Hey, is there anything I can do while we are waiting for the ambulance？

Operator: Yes, uh, keep her calm and warm.

Taxi Driver: Okay. Please hurry. Oh, they're too late. It's a boy!

What is the man who is calling？

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A．A taxi driver.

B．A bus driver.

C．A college student.

D．A dustman.

A．The driver thought that the rate for waiting time was too low.

B．The driver thought it wrong to support a taxi rider unconditionally.

C．The driver was frightened and wanted to leave him as soon as possible.

D．The driver wanted to go home and relax.

The writer got to the airport ______.

A．by riding in Mike's car from the taxi company

B．with the help of Mike from the post office

C．by getting a lift in a passing car

D．with the help of a taxi driver sent by his company

When the priest was giving his service ________.

A．the driver was listening attentively

B．he was carried away by his prayers

C．he didn't know that the taxi's meter had been working throughout his prayers

D．he was too near-sighted to see the listener was the driver

M: Let me see. It's one pound and fifty.

Q: who is the woman most probably speaking to？

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A．A postal clerk

B．A railway porter

C．A taxi driver

听力原文：W: Would you call a taxi to take me to the bus station？

M: Call a taxi？ I'll take you myself.

What does the man mean？

A．She should call the taxi herself.

B．The taxi driver is a friend of his.

C．He's taking the same bus she is.

D．He'll drive her to the bus station.

Taxi Riding

In a moment of personal crisis, how much help can you expect from a New York taxi driver？ I began studying this question after watching the "Taxicab Confessions," a series of documentaries in which hidden cameras record the secrets of unsuspecting taxi riders. I found the results varied.

One morning I got into three different taxis and announced: "Well, it's my first day back in New York in seven years. I've been in prison." Not a single driver replied, so I tried again. "Yeah, I shot a man in Reno," I explained, hoping the driver would ask me why, so I could say casually, "Just to watch him die." But nobody asked. The only response came from a Ghanaian driver:" Reno？ That is in Nevada？"

Taxi drivers were uniformly sympathetic when I said I'd just been fired. "This is America," a Haitian driver said. "One door is closed. Another is open." He argued against my plan to bum down my boss's house: "If you do something silly and they put you away, you cannot look for another job." A Pakistani driver even turned down a chance to profit from my loss of hope: he refused to take me to the middle of the George Washington Bridge, a $20 trip. "Why you want to go there？ Go home and relax. Don't worry. Take a new job."

One very hot weekday in July, while wearing a red ski mask and holding a stuffed pillowcase with the word "BANK" on it, I tried hailing a taxi five times outside different banks. The driver picked me up every time. My ride with Guy-Caaude Thevenain, a Haitian driver, was typical of the superb assistance I received.

"Is anyone following us？"

"No," said the driver, looking in his rearview mirror at traffic and me.

"Let's go across the park," I said. "I just robbed the bank there, I got $25,000."

"$25,000？" he asked.

"Yeah, you think it was wrong to take it？"

"No, man. I work 8 hours and I don't make almost $70. If I can do that, I do it too."

As we approached 86th and Lexington, I pointed to the Chemical Bank.

"Hey, there's another bank," I said, "could you wait here a minute while I go inside？"

"No, I can't wait. Pay me now." His reluctance may have had something to do with money—taxi drivers think the rate for waiting time is too low—but I think he wanted me to learn that even a bank robber can't expect unconditional support.

From the Ghanaian driver's response, we can infer that

A．he was indifferent to the killing.

B．he was afraid of the author.

C．he looked down upon the author.

D．he thought the author was crazy.