Question

【題目】 The driver, Zhang Sai, hovered outside an apartment building in Wuhan, the central Chinese city at the heart of the coronavirus outbreak. He had been ordered not to take food to customers’ doors in order to minimize the risk of infection. But the woman on the phone was pleading, he recalled. The food was for her mother, who couldn’t go down to meet him. Mr. Zhang relented. He would drop off the order and sprint away. As he placed the bag on the floor, Mr. Zhang said, the door opened. Startled, he rushed away. Without thinking, he jabbed the elevator button with his finger, touching a surface that could transmit the virus. That was how Mr. Zhang, 32, found himself speeding back to his delivery station with one finger held aloft, careful not to touch the rest of his hand.

For many in China, delivery drivers like Mr. Zhang are the only connection to the outside world. Once a common but invisible presence on the streets of nearly every Chinese city, the drivers are now being honored as heroes. What exhausting and dangerous work! Mr. Zhang, who works for Hema, a supermarket chain owned by the tech giant Alibaba, crisscrosses (穿梭) the city armed only with the face masks and hand sanitizer that his company supplies each morning.

The epidemic has brought some unexpected bright spots. Before, Mr. Zhang said, he sometimes ran red lights during rush hour in order to meet his delivery goals for the day. Now, the streets are empty. He has no problem getting around. People are nicer, too. Some customers barely opened the door or avoided eye contact. After the outbreak erupted, everyone said thank you.

【1】Why Zhang Sai couldn’t send food to customers’ doors?

A.To keep away from the deadly disease.

B.To reduce the chance of being transmitted.

C.To avoid communicating with others.

D.To give himself a day off.

【2】What does the underlined word “relented” in paragraph 1 refer to?

A.promisedB.denied

C.admittedD.refused

【3】What advantages did the epidemic bring accidently?

A.Economic prosperity and long culture.

B.Busy business and peaceful people.

C.Splendid surroundings and energetic persons.

D.Empty streets and friendly people.

【4】What can be the best title for the text?

A.The biography of Zhang Sai’s.

B.How did Zhang Sai send food?

C.The driver Zhang Sai during the epidemic.

D.How was Zhang Sai infected?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】

本文是記敘文�？爝f小哥張賽講述了他在疫情期間給人們送快遞的一些經(jīng)歷。

【1】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段中“He had been ordered not to take food to customers’ doors in order to minimize the risk of infection.（他被要求不得將食物送到顧客家門口，以將感染風險降到最低。）”可以推斷，張賽不能把食物送到顧客家門口是為了遠離病毒，減少傳染上病毒的機會。故選B項。

【2】

詞義猜測題。 劃線詞前的句子提到“The food was for her mother, who couldn’t go down to meet him.”，那位女士說媽媽不能下樓拿食物，應該是要求張賽將食物送上樓；再根據(jù)劃線詞后的句子“As he placed the bag on the floor,”可知，張賽還是不顧命令，上樓將食物送到顧客的門口。由此可知，張賽是答應了那位女士的要求。可以推測relent意思為“許諾，承諾”。故選A項。

【3】

細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中“The epidemic has brought some unexpected bright spots. ”以及“the streets are empty. …People are nicer, too. ”疫情帶來了一些意想不到的亮點。在疫情期間，街上空無一人，作為快遞司機的張賽可以擔心闖紅燈；像張賽這樣的快遞司機是人們與外部世界的唯一聯(lián)系，人們也因此變得更加友好。故選D項。

【4】

主旨大意題。文章是關(guān)于快遞司機張賽在疫情期間給人們送快遞的一些經(jīng)歷和體會。因此文章標題應為“疫情期間的快遞小哥張賽”。故選C項。