文章大意:本文是一篇记叙文。故事讲述了福尔摩斯的作者柯南·道尔在欧洲旅行时,乘坐出租车遇到一个司机,这位司机通过观察道尔的皮肤颜色、手指上的墨迹以及他的衣着,准确地猜出了他的身份是柯南·道尔,并解释了他是如何得出这一结论的。道尔非常惊讶,并称赞这位司机是现实版的福尔摩斯。最后,司机还指出道尔的名字出现在他的行李箱前面。
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who wrote the story of the detective(侦探) Sherlock Holmes, was having a trip in Europe. One day he got out of the railway station and climbed into a taxi. Before he could say a word, the driver turned to him and asked, “Where can I take you, Mr. Doyle?”
Doyle was rather surprised. He asked the driver if he had ever seen him before. “No, sir,” the driver replied, “I have never seen you before.” Then he explained, “This morning’s newspaper had a story about your being on vacation in Marseilles. This is the taxi stop where people who return from Marseilles always come. Your skin color tells me you have been on vacation. The ink spot on your right fingers suggests to me that you are a writer. Your clothes are very English, not French. Adding up all those pieces of information, I conclude that you are Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.”
“This is truly surprising!” the writer cried out. “You are a real-life copy to my fictional(虚构的) story, Sherlock Holmes!”
“And there is one other thing,” the driver added, with a smile on his face.
“What’s that?”
“Your name is on the front of your suitcase.”
21. The conversation between the two people took place________.
A.at a bus stop | B.in a taxi | C.in Marseilles | D.in a railway station |
22. Doyle was rather surprised because ________.
A.the driver had seen him before | B.the driver could call him by his name |
C.the driver was waiting for him | D.the driver answered no questions from him |
23. After he heard the driver’s analysis, Doyle concluded that ______.
A.the driver was Sherlock Holmes | B.the once wrote a story about the driver |
C.he had met the driver long before | D.the driver was a real life-copy to his story |
24. From what the driver said, we could know ________.
A.Doyle was from England | B.Doyle could not speak French |
C.Doyle liked English very much | D.Doyle was writing a French story |
25. The driver knew the writer’s name because _______.
A.Doyle told the driver himself | B.it was on the front of his suitcase |
C.the morning’s newspaper had said that | D.the detective let out the information |