[沖刺中考]英語閱讀與填空：13-Wednesday 生活故事 285詞

13-Wednesday 生活故事 285詞

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John Russell，aged 83，got on a Chicago bus and saw a sign saying that senior citizens could ride for half the cost．When he dropped his three quarters into the box，the driver asked him for identification．John took out an ID card．“You need a special CTA card，”said the driver．John did not have the CTA card because he lives in New York and was in Chicago visiting his two sons．

“Put in another three quarters，”said the driver，“or get off the bus.”John said，“Give me back my quarters，and I'll get off.”“I can't—it's in the box．If you don't get off，I'll call the police，”said he，which he did．

Two police cars drove over and stopped．“I'm the criminal，”said John Russell．Then he and the driver told their stories．

“That's what you called me for？”one policeman asked the driver．Another policeman then said to John，“I'll give you three quarters.”John shook his head，“Why should you give me the quarters？He has to give me my quarters.”

“Where are you going？”asked the policemen．“Downtown to have lunch with friends，”John said．“Come on，”the policemen said．“We'll get you your card.”So they took him downtown to the CTA office．But the people there wouldn't give him a CTA card—he needed a picture．“What about his quarters？”one policeman asked．The officials discussed，and the decision was made to give John's quarters back．

When John got down stairs，the policemen asked where he was going．“To see my friends，”John said．“How are you going to get there？”“On the bus．And all I'm going to pay is 75 cents.”“Good luck，”the policemen said．

John got on a bus，dropped three quarters in the box，and said，“I'm a senior citizen…”The driver looked at John and nodded．He didn't know how lucky he was to be a sensible man．

生詞

quarter　n． 四分之一美元或加元，（美國和加拿大的）25分硬幣

senior citizen　n． 老年人（尤指婦女60歲以上，男子65歲以上靠退休金生活者）

identification　n． 辨認(rèn)，識別；身份證明：His only means of identification was his driver's license．唯一能證明他身份的東西是駕駛執(zhí)照。

criminal　n． 罪犯：He was tried as a war criminal．他被當(dāng)作戰(zhàn)犯受審。

nod　v． （nodded；nodding ）點(diǎn)頭（同意）：She nodded her head in agreement．她點(diǎn)頭表示同意。

sensible　adj． 明智的，合情理的：I think it would be sensible to leave early，in case there's a lot of traffic．我認(rèn)為還是早點(diǎn)離開比較好，以防交通擁擠。

1．What's the use of a CTA card？

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2．Why doesn't John Russell have a CTA card？

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3．What was the decision made by the CTA office？

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4．Why did the second driver let John ride on his bus？

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5．Who do you think is（are）NOT sensible？

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參考譯文

83歲的約翰·拉塞爾上了芝加哥的一輛公共汽車，他看見告示上說老人可以半價(jià)乘車。當(dāng)他把3枚25分硬幣投進(jìn)箱子里時(shí)，司機(jī)要求他出示證件。約翰拿出身份證?！澳惚仨氂袑ｉT的CTA（全稱為Chicago Transit Authority，即芝加哥交通管理局 ）卡。”司機(jī)說。約翰沒有CTA卡，因?yàn)樗≡诩~約，他來芝加哥是看兩個(gè)兒子的。

“再投3枚25分硬幣，”司機(jī)說，“要么就下車。”約翰說：“把我投的硬幣還給我，我就下車?！薄安恍小呀?jīng)投進(jìn)箱子里了。如果你不下車，我就要報(bào)警了。”司機(jī)說，他也這么做了。

兩輛警車開過來停下?！拔沂悄敲锓??！奔s翰·拉塞爾說。然后他和司機(jī)講述了整個(gè)過程。

“你打電話報(bào)警就是為這個(gè)？”一名警察問司機(jī)。另一名警察對約翰說：“我給你3枚硬幣。”約翰搖搖頭：“為什么你給我？他必須還錢。”

“你要去哪里？”警察問?！叭ナ兄行暮团笥岩黄鸪晕顼??！奔s翰說。“走吧，”警察說，“我們帶你去辦卡?！庇谑撬麄儙е麃淼绞兄行牡腃TA辦公室。但那里的人沒有給他辦，因?yàn)樾枰掌！八挠矌旁趺崔k？”一名警察問。工作人員討論后決定把錢還給約翰。

當(dāng)約翰走下樓梯時(shí)，警察問他去哪里?！叭タ磁笥选！奔s翰說?！澳阍趺慈ィ俊薄白财?。而且我只準(zhǔn)備付75美分?！薄白Ｄ愫眠\(yùn)?！本煺f。

約翰上了車，往箱子里丟了3枚25分硬幣，他說：“我是老年人……”司機(jī)看了他一眼，點(diǎn)點(diǎn)頭。他不知道做一個(gè)明理的人是多么幸運(yùn)。

參考答案

Wednesday 1．With a CTA card senior citizens can pay only half the price for a bus ride．　2．Because he is not a citizen of Chicago．　3．To return the three quarters to John．　4．Because he was kind enough to help the aged．　5．The first driver．