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We traveled to Moscow for a river cruise(旅行). I had never been to Russia and my impressions of that country were formed by what I heard and saw on television and the newspaper. We were to be met at the airport by a driver who would then take us to the hotel as we decided to see Moscow before the cruise. We arrived on time, got our baggage and went to the gate, but no one was waiting and holding a sign with our names.
We had the phone number of the driver and travel agency but no phone that would work in Russia. I noticed a young woman sitting next to me with a cell phone so I asked her if she spoke English and she replied “yes”. Would she please call our driver, I would pay for the call. I asked. “No problem, ” she replied and called both numbers but no one answered.
A Russian woman holding a sign with someone’s name on it, not ours, must have overheard this conversation and took the paper and called both numbers. Again, no one answered. She shrugged and sat down then her phone rang and in Russian she had a conversation.
Then she started to tell me about the call, but in Russian. I said, “No Russian, English?” She said, “No English. Russian and Spanish. ” The young woman who had made the first call said she spoke Spanish. So the Russian woman relayed the information from our driver to the young woman in Spanish. Then the young woman told the information to me in English.
The three of us looked at each other and realized what had just happened and laughed and hugged each other.
【语篇概述】本文是记叙文, 讲述了一位不懂俄语的女士在俄罗斯旅游的经历。
21. How many people called the driver in the passage?
A. 1. B. 2. C. 3. D. 4.
【解析】选B。根据第二、三段可知是两个人, 一位是会说英语的年轻女子, 另一位是会说俄语和西班牙语的俄罗斯女士。
22. In which order was the message translated to the writer?
A. Spanish—Russian—English.
B. Spanish—English—Russian.
C. Russian—English—Spanish.
D. Russian—Spanish—English.
【解析】选D。根据倒数第二段可知俄罗斯女士先把俄语翻译成西班牙语告知第一位打电话的年轻女士, 而她又把信息用英语转告给作者, 即俄语——西班牙语——英语。
23. What may be the best title for the passage?
A. Translated kindness B. Travelling in Russia
C. A usual call D. Kind people in Russia
【解析】选A。由于语言不通, 两位善良的女士先后用不同的语言把信息传递给作者。A项比较恰当地体现出这一善举。
