Question

London taxis, with their friendly drivers who actually know where they are going, are ranked best in the world, according to an annual taxi poll(調(diào)查).

The survey by travel website hotels.com found London taxis, despite being the most expensive, beat rivals across the globe to head the list for the third consecutive years, scoring a total of 59 percent in votes on several categories by travellers.

London taxi drivers were voted both friendliest and most knowledgeable. Drivers in the English capital must pass a rigorous examination called The Knowledge to earn their taxi licence.

New York’s yellow taxis came second in the list, scoring 27 percent which was up 10 percentage points from last year even though Manhattan’s cab drivers tied with Parisian taxi drivers as the rudest.

Travellers said New York had the most available taxis.

Cabbies in Rome were voted the worst drivers in the world with almost one in 10 travellers thinking the Italian capital had the world’s worst taxi drivers when it came to the quality of driving.

“Travelling by taxi is one of the first experiences that many travellers have upon arrival in a new city. In fact, the research found that cabs are by far the most popular method of travelling from the airport to their hotel,” a spokesman for hotels.com said in a statement.

The global poll scored city based taxis for their levels of cleanliness, value, quality of driving, knowledge of the area, friendliness, safety and availability.

Rounding out the top five were Tokyo with a total score of 26 percent, Berlin with 17 percent, and Bangkok famed for its tuk-tuks scoring 14 percent.

Madrid’s taxis were ranked sixth in the poll, followed by Copenhagen and Dublin with 11 percent and Frankfurt and Paris with 10 percent.

Taxis in Sydney fell short of the top 10, scoring badly in the areas of value for money, availability and knowledge of the area.

The survey for hotels.com, part of the Expedia group, was conducted among over 1,900 travellers between May 11-28 this year.

1.What does the underlined word “rigorous” in the third paragraph mean _______?

A．official            B．lawful            C．strict             D．important

2.The writer introduced the result of the survey by _____.

A．listing the ranks of the taxi service of the European cities

B．listing the ranks of the taxi service of the cities concerned

C．different kinds of reading forms and famous travel websites

D．interviewing the taxi drivers and travellers of the cities

3.Rome’s taxi drivers are lack of _______.

A．driving skills                           B．good manners

C．the sense of cleanliness                  D．the sense of safety

4.What does the writer want to tell us?

A．The global taxi drivers should be trained strictly.

B．The global taxi drivers should be given an exam.

C．The global taxi drivers have different driving skills.

D．The global big cities’taxis service is scored by a travel website.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：.本文實際上講述的一個網(wǎng)址進(jìn)行的一項調(diào)查，調(diào)查的內(nèi)容是世界各地的出租車的服務(wù)水平。

1.C 推理題。根據(jù)本句Drivers in the English capital must pass a rigorous examination called The Knowledge to earn their taxi licence.可知倫敦的司機(jī)的考試是很難的，所有倫敦的司機(jī)的水平才是最高的。故該詞是指C項。

2.B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章2,3,4段New York’s yellow taxis came second in the list, scoring 27 percent which was up 10 percentage points from last year even though Manhattan’s cab drivers tied with Parisian taxi drivers as the rudest.

Travellers said New York had the most available taxis.

Cabbies in Rome were voted the worst drivers in the world with almost one in 10 travellers thinking the Italian capital had the world’s worst taxi drivers when it came to the quality of driving.可知文章重要通過列舉相關(guān)城市的出租車的排名的方式來說明這一切的。故B正確。

3.A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第4段Cabbies in Rome were voted the worst drivers in the world with almost one in 10 travellers thinking the Italian capital had the world’s worst taxi drivers when it came to the quality of driving.可知羅馬的司機(jī)的駕駛水平是最差的，故A正確。

4.D 主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章最后一段The survey for hotels.com, part of the Expedia group, was conducted among over 1,900 travellers between May 11-28 this year.本文實際上講述的一個網(wǎng)址進(jìn)行的一項調(diào)查，調(diào)查的內(nèi)容是世界各地的出租車的服務(wù)水平，故D正確。

考點：考查新聞報告類的短文閱讀

點評：.本文實際上講述的一個網(wǎng)址進(jìn)行的一項調(diào)查，調(diào)查的內(nèi)容是世界各地的出租車的服務(wù)水平。本文考查細(xì)節(jié)題為主，細(xì)節(jié)題可以在文章中直接找到與答案有關(guān)的信息?或是其變體。搜查信息在閱讀中非常重要它包括理解作者在敘述某事時使用的具體事實、數(shù)據(jù)、圖表等細(xì)節(jié)信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都屬于這類圍繞主體展開的細(xì)節(jié)。做這類題一般采用尋讀法?即先讀題，然后帶著問題快速閱讀短文，找出與問題有關(guān)的詞語或句子，再對相關(guān)部分進(jìn)行分析對比，找出答案。