Here is a phrase we hear a lot: “You can’t trust anybody anymore.” Doctors and polit

Here is a phrase we hear a lot: “You can’t trust anybody anymore.” Doctors and politicians and merchants and salesmen. It isn’t necessarily so.

Man named Steven Bill   21   the theory. In New York City, with taxicab drivers.  Brill pretended to be a wealthy foreigner with little   22   of English.  He got into several dozen   23   around New York City to see how many drivers would   24   him.  His friends predicted in advance that most would   25   the advantage of him in some way.

One driver out of thirty-seven cheated him.  The   26   took him directly to his destination and charged him   27  .  Several   28   to take him when his destination was only a block or two away, even getting out of their cabs to show him how __29   he already was. The greatest irony (讽刺) of all was that several   30      warned him that New York City was full of crooks (骗子) and to be careful. 

Who says people are no damn good?  What kind of talk is that?

 

21. A. made

B. tested

C. had

D. decided

22. A. idea

B. word

C. knowledge

D. grammar

23. A. taxis

B. trams

C. buses

D. trains

24. A. drive

B. charge

C. take

D. cheat

25. A. bring

B. take

C. play

D. get

26. A. rest

B. other

C. another

D. last

27. A. happily

B. extremely

C. correctly

D. politely

28. A. wanted

B. accepted

C. tried

D. refused

29. A. far

B. close

C. tired

D. stupid

30. A. drivers

B. doctors

C. salesmen

D. politicians

 

答案

21-25 BCADB  26- 30 ACDBA

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