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
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 |