5.London taxis,with their friendly drivers who actually know where they are going,are ranked best in the world,according to an annual taxi poll(調(diào)查).
The survey by travel website hotels.com found London taxis,despite being the most expensive,beat rivals across the globe to head the list for the third consecutive years,scoring a total of 59percent in votes on several categories by travellers.
London taxi drivers were voted both friendliest and most knowledgeable.Drivers in the English capital must pass a rigorous examination called The Knowledge to earn their taxi licence.
New York's yellow taxis came second in the list,scoring 27percent which was up 10percentage points from last year even though Manhattan's cab drivers tied with Parisian taxi drivers as the rudest.
Travellers said New York had the most available taxis.
Cabbies in Rome were voted the worst drivers in the world with almost one in 10travellers thinking the Italian capital had the world's worst taxi drivers when it came to the quality of driving.
"Travelling by taxi is one of the first experiences that many travellers have upon arrival in a new city.In fact,the research found that cabs are by far the most popular method of travelling from the airport to their hotel,"a spokesman for hotels.com said in a statement.
The global poll scored city based taxis for their levels of cleanliness,value,quality of driving,knowledge of the area,friendliness,safety and availability.
Rounding out the top five were Tokyo with a total score of 26percent,Berlin with 17percent,and Bangkok famed for its tuk-tuks scoring 14percent.
Madrid's taxis were ranked sixth in the poll,followed by Copenhagen and Dublin with 11percent and Frankfurt and Paris with 10percent.
Taxis in Sydney fell short of the top 10,scoring badly in the areas of value for money,availability and knowledge of the area.
The survey for hotels.com,part of the Expedia group,was conducted among over 1,900travellers between May 11-28this year.
56.What does the underlined word"rigorous"in the third paragraph meanC?
A.official
B.lawful
C.strict
D.important
57.The writer introduced the result of the survey byB.
A.listing the ranks of the taxi service of the European cities
B.listing the ranks of the taxi service of the cities concerned
C.different kinds of reading forms and famous travel websites
D.interviewing the taxi drivers and travellers of the cities
58.Rome's taxi drivers are lack ofA.
A.driving skills
B.good manners
C.the sense of cleanliness
D.the sense of safety
59.What does the writer want to tell us?D
A.The global taxi drivers should be trained strictly.
B.The global taxi drivers should be given an exam.
C.The global taxi drivers have different driving skills.
D.The global big cities'taxis service is scored by a travel website.
分析 文章大意:本文講述了世界各地的出租車司機的排名問題,倫敦司機排名第一位,并分析了原因.
解答 56.C 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第三段1,2行London taxi drivers were voted both friendliest and most knowledgeable.Drivers in the English capital must pass a rigorous examination called The Knowledge to earn their taxi license.說明倫敦的司機都要通過這樣的一個嚴格的考試才能拿到駕駛證件,故C正確.
57.B 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二行Rounding out the top five were Tokyo with a total score of 26 percent,Berlin with 17 percent,and Bangkok famed for its tuk-tuks scoring 14 percent.說明文章是對相關城市進行了排名,是通過這樣的發(fā)生來介紹調(diào)查的結(jié)果,故B正確.
58.A 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第四段最后一行the Italian capital had the world"s worst taxi drivers when it came to the quality of driving.說明涉及到駕駛技術的時候,意大利的司機最糟糕.故A項正確.
59.D 寫作意圖題.通過整篇文章理解來看,本文主要講的是世界各地的出租車司機的排名,這一排名是有一家旅游網(wǎng)站進行評分的,因此答案選D.
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