Question

A taxi hit a truck. A policeman spoke to the taxi driver and to the truck driver. He also spoke to Tom. He was a witness . This is what they said.

TRUCK DRIVER: I was driving from the airport to Newton. A car crossed the road, so I slowed down. I did not stop. A taxi hit the back of my truck. Nobody was badly hurt but both cars were damaged.

TAXI DRIVER: I was driving behind a truck a few kilometers from Newton. The truck stopped suddenly. The driver did not give me a warning. I was driving very slowly. I could not pass the truck because there were two cars coming near from Newton. My taxi hit the truck, and some glass cut my left hand.

TOM: I was watching the traffic about a kilometer from the airport. A truck was going to Newton. It was not going very quickly. There was a taxi about two hundred meters behind the truck. It was going fast. When the truck slowed down, the taxi hit it. The taxi driver was not looking at the truck. He was looking out of the window at something. My friend saw the accident, too.

Tom's friend spoke to the policeman and agreed with Tom.

1.How many people are mentioned in the story?

A．Three.            B．Four.             C．Five.             D．Six.

2.The truck was going______.

A．to Newton                             B．to the police station

C．to the airport                          D．home

3.From the story, we know______didn’t tell the truth.

A．the truck driver                        B．Tom

C．the taxi driver                          D．Tom's friend

4.In fact, Tom's friend was also a ______ .

A．witness           B．driver            C．policeman         D．cleaner

5.What's the best title for this passage?

A．A Taxi Driver                           B．A Traffic Accident

C．A Story of Tom                          D．A Truck Driver

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文是對于一起交通事故的說明，文中提到了幾個人的證詞，注意對比每個人的證詞之間的異同點。

1.通過閱讀短文可知提到五個人，有policeman 、the taxi driver、Tom 、TRUCK DRIVER和Tom's friend。故選C。

2.根據TRUCK DRIVER: I was driving from the airport to Newton.可知選A。

3.聯系湯姆和他的朋友的證詞，和這個出租司機說的，可知出租車司機在說謊。故選C。

4.根據Tom's friend spoke to the policeman and agreed with Tom.可知湯姆的朋友也是一個證人。故選A。

5.這篇短文主要內容就描寫一起交通事故。故選B。

考點：關于一起交通事故的說明文

點評：本文的主要內容就是幾個人的證詞。注意分析沒人證詞的不同。閱讀中注意前后聯系，就能順利完成閱讀。文章所設試題主要考察細節查找，做題關鍵是找出原文的根據，認真核查小題和原文的異同。