山西省大同市第一中学2015-2016学年高二上学期期末考试 英语试题
第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节：（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
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It was 7:00 am in Kyoto, Japan, and the taxi company had just called a second time to say they couldn’t find my house. Once again I spelt out directions even a blind person could follow. I glanced impatiently at my watch, and waited. Only two hours remained until my flight left—and it was an hour and a half trip to the airport.
Outside, heavy rains were pouring down. My house was so far north in the city that buses pass only here times a day.
The telephone rang again. “Terribly sorry,” began the man at the taxi company. Then I realized that the taxi company, flooded with calls, could only offer in-city runs. I had heard this happens when the weather gets bad. I shouted into the phone that I had a plane to catch and I would meet the taxi outside my house.
Standing in the wind-driven rain, I looked up and down the road. No taxi. A car went by, the driver and passenger staring at the crazy foreigner in the downpour.
Finally a white car appeared and pulled to a stop. A young man threw open the door, waving for me to get in. Shaking with cold and anger, I climbed in.
In the most polite Japanese, the man said he was called Mike, with who I had spoken three times that morning. He had left his post in the office and raced here in his personal car. He apologized again, but didn’t explain why a taxi would not pick me up. Delivering me straight to the airport, he refused the 2,000 yen I pressed into his hand.
A few hours later, as the storm-delayed 727 took off, I opened the newspaper. On the second page my eyes caught the headline of a short article: Taxi Strike Begins This Morning in Kyoto.
1. Why did the writer call a taxi early in the morning?
A. He wanted to catch a plane.
B. He as unable to find the airport.
C. There were few taxis in town.
D. All the buses stopped because of the rain.
2. What was the reason for the taxi company not being able to pick him up?
A. More people were riding in taxis on rainy days.
B. The writer didn’t give the correct address.
C. The taxi drivers refused to work.
D. The taxi drivers didn’t like to drive long distance.
