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A、m. in kyoto (京都), jApAn, AnD thE tAxi CompAny hAs just CAllED A sEConD timE to sAy thEy CAn’t FinD my housE. onCE AgAin i gAvE DirECtions EvEn A BlinD CABBy CoulD Follow. i glAnCE impAtiEntly At my wAtCh, AnD wAit. thErE is only two hours lEFt BEForE my Flight lEAvEs — AnD it’s An hour-AnD-A-hAlF trip to thE Airport.
outsiDE, hEAvy rAins ArE pouring Down. thE tElEphonE rings AgAin. "tErriBly sorry," BEgins thE spEAkEr. thEn i rEAlizE whAt hAs hAppEnED、i’vE hEArD tAxi CompAniEs woulD rEFusE to tAkE guEsts to plACEs too FAr AwAy whEn thE wEAthEr gEts BAD、i shout into thE phonE thAt i hAvE A plAnE to CAtCh AnD ignorE his FurthEr ExplAnAtion. sinCE i must BE in sEoul (首尔) By noon, i wAlkED out in thE hEAvy rAin, trying to gEt A tAxi on thE wAy By mysElF.
i gAzE up AnD Down thE roAD、no tAxi. FinAlly, struggling with my umBrEllA AnD suitCAsE, i BEgin to hitChhikE.
A、CAr goEs By, thE DrivEr AnD pAssEngEr stAring At thE wEll-DrEssED ForEignEr wAlking BACkwArD AnD holDing his thumB(大拇指) out in thE Downpour.
From thE othEr DirECtion A whitE nissAn ApproAChEs, thEn stops By mE.
A、young mAn throws opEn thE Door, AnD ClimBs outsiDE. in thE most humBlE jApAnEsE, thE mAn iDEntiFiEs himsElF As thE DispAtChEr (调度员) with whom i hAvE spokEn thrEE timEs this morning. to gEt mE to my plAnE, hE hAs ABAnDonED (放弃，离开) his post AnD rACED From thE CompAny in his pErsonAl CAr. hE kEEps Apologizing, But DoEs not ExplAin why A tAxi CoulD not piCk mE up, ExCEpt to sAy thEy ArE "vEry vEry Busy" this morning.DElivEring mE strAight to thE Airport, hE rEFusEs thE 4,000 yEn i prEss into his hAnD、
A、FEw hours lAtEr, sEttling BACk into my sEAt As thE storm-DElAyED 727 tAkEs oFF, i opEn thE nEwspApEr. on thE sEConD pAgE my EyEs wAnDEr to thE hEADlinE oF A short ArtiClE: "tAxi strikEBEgins this morning in kyoto.\
whAt is thE proBABlE mEAning oF thE worD "hitChhikE" in pArAgrAph thrEE
A、wAlk on Foot.
B．run quiCkly.
C．stop A CAr AnD Ask For monEy.
D．stAnD on thE roAD AnD signAl to DrivErs For A FrEE liFt.