A driver stopped his car on a street side to have a rest. As he lay down in the seat and closed his eyes, a person came up and knocked at the window to ask the time. The driver opened his eyes and looked at his watch: “It’s 8:05,” he said. Then he went to sleep again. But soon he was waken up again because a second person was knocking at the window. “Sir, do you know the time?” he asked. The driver looked at his watch again, and told him it was half past eight.
In this way, the driver thought he could not have a good rest, so he wrote a short note and stuck it on the window for all to see. It said, “I don’t know the time.”
Again, he lay down in the seat for his sleep. A few minutes later, a third person came and began to knock at the window, “Hey, sir,” he said, “It’s a quarter to nine.”
【小題1】Where did the driver sleep?

A．At the windowB．In the street road
C．In his carD．In his room.
【小題2】How long had the driver been there when the third person called him?
A．40 minutesB．25 minutes
C．50 minutesD．70 minutes
【小題3】Why did the driver write a note and stick it on the window?
A．Because he didn’t know the time
B．Because he didn’t want anybody to trouble him
C．Because he needed somebody to wake him up.
D．Because he wanted somebody to tell him the time


【小題1】C
【小題2】A
【小題3】B

解析試題分析：文章講述的是一個(gè)人睡在自己的汽車(chē)?yán)�，但是一直受到人們的影響�?br />【小題1】事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題，根據(jù)第一段的句子：As he lay down in the seat and closed his eyes可知，他睡在他的車(chē)?yán)�。選C。
【小題2】推理判斷題。第一個(gè)人敲窗的時(shí)候是八點(diǎn)零五分，第三個(gè)人敲窗的時(shí)候是八點(diǎn)四十五分。選A。
【小題3】事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題，根據(jù)第二段the driver thought he could not have a good rest, so he wrote a short note and stuck it on the window for all to see可知，他想好好睡覺(jué)，不希望有人打擾他。選B。
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