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1、2016 职称英语理工类完形填空重难点试题职称英语理工类完形填空重难点试题 2 Every city in the world has taxis to take tourists to interesting places.London is the only city in the world where taking a taxi is an (51)experience for tourists.This is partly because of the special black cabs,which are found in no other country.But it is a
2、lso because of the drivers themselves.(52)British people are famous for being polite and reserved,London cabbies are well-known(53)their willingness to talk. Some customers say that once the door shuts and the cab(54)off they are a captive(监禁了 的)audience.It is impossible to get the taxi driver to st
3、op (55).“Theyre self-confident and free thinking,”said Malcolm Linskey,the author of a history of taxi drivers in London. They are also expensive.London has the most expensive taxis of any city in the world except Tokyo.Thats why Ken Livingstone,the Mayor of London,is planning to make taxi drivers n
4、egotiate their fares with(56)before they take a ride. Drivers agree that their fares are expensive.Thats because their black taxis(57)more than other cars,they say.And the customer is also paying for more driving expertise(专门知识)than anywhere else in the world. Before someone can qualify as a London
5、taxi driver,that person has to pass a test (58)simply as “The Knowledge”.This involves(59)the name and location of every street within six miles of a point in the exact centre of London.The trainee(受训者)must also learn the exact location of every important building within these streets.Finally he or
6、she must be able to use this knowledge to work out the (60)distance between any two destinations within this area. It can(61)up to three years to pass“The Knowledge”.Every day it is possible to see trainee taxi drivers on the streets of London,taking careful notes of popular destinations before trac
7、ing the route to their next stop.Cab driving is a job often(62)down in families.Many taxi drivers take their children out in their spare time to memorize(63)they need to know when it is their turn to do “The Knowledge”. London cabbies also have bigger brains.Recent research found that the part of th
8、e brain that remembers things was larger and more(64)in cab drivers.They have to fit the whole of London into their heads,so their brains grow bigger.So perhaps it is not(65)that taxi drivers have lots to say. 51.A.rewardingB.interestingC.happyD.delightful 52.A.BeforeB.AfterC.WhenD.While 53.A.forB.a
9、sC.ofD.at 54.A.departsB.leavesC.movesD.takes 55.A.arguingB.sayingC.telingD.talking 56.A.customersB.hostsC.guestsD.bosses 57.A.buyB.costC.sellD.consume 58.A.calledB.entitledC.knownD.understood 59.A.to memorizeB.memorizeC.memorizedD.memorizing 60.A.shortestB.shortishC.shortenedD.short 61.A.spendB.take
10、C.giveD.bring 62.A.inheritedB.sentC.handedD.given 63.A.numbersB.routesC.shapesD.people 64.A.constructedB.concentratedC.devotedD.developed 65.A.surprisingB.wonderingC.doubtingD.suspecting 答案: 51.B 52.D53.A54.C55.D 56.A57.B58.C59.D60.A 61.B62.C63.B64.D65.A When I was in my teens( 十 几 岁 )and 20s,hitchh
11、iking was a main form of long-distance transport.The kindness or curiosity of strangers(51)me all over Europe,North America,Asia and southern Africa.Some of the lift-givers became friends,many provided hospitality(52)the road. Not only did you find out much more about a country than(53)traveling by
12、train or plane,but also there was that element of excitement about where you would finish up that night.Hitchhiking featured importantly in Western culture.It has books and songs about it.So what has happened to (54)? A few years ago,I asked the same question about hitchhiking in a column on a newsp
13、aper.(55)of people from all over the world responded with their view on the state of hitchhiking. “If there is a hitchhikers (56)it must be lran,“came one reply.Rural lreland was recommended as a friendly place for hitchhiking,(57)was Quebec,Canada-“if you dont mind being berated(严厉指责)for not speaki
14、ng French.“ But while hitchhiking was clearly still alive and well in many parts of the world,the (58)feeling was that throughout much of the west it was doomed(消亡). With so much news about crime in the media,people assumed that anyone on the open road without the money for even a bus ticket must pr
15、esent a danger.But do we(59)to be so wary both to hitchhike and to give a lift? In Poland in the 1960s,(60)a Polish woman who e-mailed me,“the authorities introduced the HitchhikersBooklet.Thebookletcontainedcouponsfordrivers,soeachtimea driver(61)somebody,he or she received a coupon.At the end of t
16、he season,(62)who had picked up the most hikers were rewarded with various prizes.Everybody was hitchhiking then.“ Surely this is a good idea for society.Hitchhiking would increase respect by breaking down(63)betweenstrangers.Itwouldhelpfight(64)warmingbycuttingdownonfuel consumption as hitchhikers would be using existing fuels.It would also improve eductional standards by delivering instant(65)in geography,history,politics and sociology. 51.A.madeB.tookC.traveledD.crossed 52.A.aboveB.
