阅读理解。
The cars were honking (鸣叫) on the road one morning as I was walking to the park. I walked on
and soon found the cause - a little taxi that had got stuck in the middle of the road. There was sweat on
the driver's face as he tried to start the engine again and again - nothing happened. "No petrol," I said to
myself and then found myself getting angry. "Why doesn't the fool move his taxi to the side?" I thought,
so did all the others who honked and shouted.
He got up tiredly, and the passenger in the taxi got out. He was a young man in a white shirt, who
watched the driver try to push it to the side. "Stupid guy!" I said. "Can't he lend a helping hand?"
I watched as the poor driver pushed it to the side. Cars, buses and trucks went past cursing (咒骂)
the poor man. The young man took another taxi and went off.
The taxi driver began mending his taxi. "Stupid passenger!" I said to him. "He didn't help you!" The
taxi driver slowly got up. "Sir!" he asked, "Did you?" I looked at him guiltily, then looked away, and
walked away fast, asking myself, "Did I help the poor man push his taxi?"
What had I been doing as the traffic jam took place? How had I helped deal with the problem? Did
I help the poor man push his taxi? I'd done my bit, with my mouth. But never had I moved to solve the
problem. I was shocked with guilt as I heard him asking, "Sir! Did you?"
1. Why did a traffic jam happen on the road when the author was walking to the park?
A. There was too much traffic in the street.
B. Truck drivers attempted to go ahead of others.
C. A taxi driver couldn't start his engine.
D. A young man wasn't good at driving.
2. The author's attitude toward the passenger is that of __________．
A. anger
B. respect
C. sympathy
D. guilt
3. Why did the author feel guilty?
A. Because he blamed the driver wrongly.
B. Because he didn't help the driver, either.
C. Because he tried to help but failed in the end.
D. Because he didn't persuade the passenger to help.
4. From the incident, the author learnt a lesson that we should_________．
A. criticize those who don't help
B. hurt the self-respect of others no more
C. think more of those who are in need
D. stop talking and start to help
5. In this passage, the writer mainly ______ .
A. describes the traffic jam one morning
B. criticizes the your passenger
C. describes what he learns from an accident
D. tells us what we should do in the jam
