For 30 years, Randy J. Murphy drove without being stopped by the police-and with
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For 30 years, Randy J. Murphy drove withoutbeing stopped by the police—and without a driver’s license.
The 46-year-old man’s luck came to an endlast May. On his way home from his job as a dishwasher, he turned up the radioin the car.
“I just turned the corner, and there wasMark,” Murphy said of the police officer who has since made such a differencein his life.
Officer Mark Taylor had stopped the car as heheard the blaring music. When he asked for a driver’s license, Murphy said thathe didn’t have one.
Murphy told Taylor he couldn’t read wellenough to take the written part of the licensing test. “He said people justdon’t help any more. I told him if he was willing, I’d help him, ” said Taylor.He gave Murphy his phone number. That afternoon Murphy called the officer.
For the next three months, the men metseveral times a week to review the questions which might appear in the test.When Murphy took the test, Taylor went with him. Murphy passed on his sixthattempt. He then sailed through the road test. On September 5, he gothis license.
Taylor’s act of kindness won him the Officerof the Month award from Knoxville Police Department. “People should help eachother if they can, ”Taylor said. “Randy did all the work. I just guided himalong. ”
Although Murphy has overcome the difficultythat kept him from getting a driver’s license, he hasn’t stopped there. “Westill meet once a week to read, ”Taylor said. “We’ve also become friends. ”
“I m glad he pulled me over now, ”saidMurphy.
1．Why did Taylor stop Murphy’s carone day?
A．The music in his car was too loud.
B．He drove without a drivinglicense.
C．He made a wrong turn at a comer.
D．He listened to the radio whiledriving.
2．After learning Murphy’s situation,Taylor decided________.
A．to put an end to his luck
B．to help him learn how to read
C．to take away his driving license.
D．to stop him from doing sillythings
3．The underlined phrase” sailedthrough” in the passage is close in meaning to________.
A．tried his best in
B．nearly failed in
C．suffered a lot in
D．easily succeeded in
4．According to the passage, Taylorhelped Murphy pass the licensing test because________.
A．he felt sorry for the badsituation of the workers
B．he wanted to win the Officer ofthe Month award
C．he hated to see people in need ofhelp were not helped
D．he thought it was a policeman’sduty to help people read
试题答案
答案：A;B;D;C
解析：| 1．A 原文中Officer Mark Taylor had stoppedthe car as he heard the blaring music．判断选择A。 2．B 原文中“I told him if he was willing，I’d help him，”said Taylor．说明他要帮助Murphy。 3．D 原文中划线词后面he got his license可以判断，Murphy拿到了驾照，故判断sailed through是D很轻松的通过的意思。 4．C 原文中“People should help each otherif they can，”Taylor said．可以判断选择C。选项ABD在原文中都没有显示。
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