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(调查).
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 59 percent 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 27 percent which was up 10 percentage 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 10 travellers 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 26 percent, Berlin with 17 percent, and Bangkok famed for its tuk-tuks scoring 14 percent.
Madrid’s taxis were ranked sixth in the poll, followed by Copenhagen and Dublin with 11 percent and Frankfurt and Paris with 10 percent.
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 1,900 travellers between May 11-28 this year.
小题1:What does the underlined word “rigorous” in the third paragraph mean _______?
A．official
B．lawful
C．strict
D．important小题2:The writer introduced the result of the survey by _____.
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小题3:Rome’s taxi drivers are lack of _______.
A．driving skills
B．good manners
C．the sense of cleanliness
D．the sense of safety小题4:What does the writer want to tell us?
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.
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:D
题目分析：.本文实际上讲述的一个网址进行的一项调查，调查的内容是世界各地的出租车的服务水平。
小题1:C 推理题。根据本句Drivers in the English capital must pass a rigorous examination called The Knowledge to earn their taxi licence.可知伦敦的司机的考试是很难的，所有伦敦的司机的水平才是最高的。故该词是指C项。
小题2:B 细节题。根据文章2,3,4段New York’s yellow taxis came second in the list, scoring 27 percent which was up 10 percentage 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 10 travellers thinking the Italian capital had the world’s worst taxi drivers when it came to the quality of driving.可知文章重要通过列举相关城市的出租车的排名的方式来说明这一切的。故B正确。
小题3:A 细节题。根据文章第4段Cabbies in Rome were voted the worst drivers in the world with almost one in 10 travellers thinking the Italian capital had the world’s worst taxi drivers when it came to the quality of driving.可知罗马的司机的驾驶水平是最差的，故A正确。
小题4:D 主旨大意题。根据文章最后一段The survey for hotels.com, part of the Expedia group, was conducted among over 1,900 travellers between May 11-28 this year.本文实际上讲述的一个网址进行的一项调查，调查的内容是世界各地的出租车的服务水平，故D正确。
点评：.本文实际上讲述的一个网址进行的一项调查，调查的内容是世界各地的出租车的服务水平。本文考查细节题为主，细节题可以在文章中直接找到与答案有关的信息或是其变体。搜查信息在阅读中非常重要它包括理解作者在叙述某事时使用的具体事实、数据、图表等细节信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都属于这类围绕主体展开的细节。做这类题一般采用寻读法即先读题，然后带着问题快速阅读短文，找出与问题有关的词语或句子，再对相关部分进行分析对比，找出答案。