【单选题】
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D、中选出最佳选项。
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D、vAlign=top wiDth="100%"> it wAs 7:00 Am in kyoto, jApAn, AnD thE tAxi CompAny hAD just CAllED A sEConD timE to sAy thEy CoulDn’t FinD my housE. onCE AgAin i spElt out DirECtions EvEn A BlinD pErson CoulD Follow. i glAnCED impAtiEntly At my wAtCh, AnD wAitE
D、only two hours rEmAinED until my Flight lEFt--AnD it wAs An hour-AnD-A-hAFt trip to thE Airport.
outsiDE, hEAvy rAins wErE pouring Down. my housE wAs so FAr north in thE City thAt BusEs pAss only thrEE timEs A DAy.
thE tElEphonE rAng AgAin. "tErriBly sorry," BEgAn thE mAn At thE tAxi CompAny. thEn i rEAlizED thAt thE tAxi CompAny, FlooDED with CAlls, CoulD only oFFEr in-City runs. i hAD hEArD this hAppEns whEn thE wEAthEr gEts BA
D、i shoutED into thE phonE thAt i hAD A plAnE to CAtCh AnD i woulD mEEt thE tAxi outsiDE my housE.
stAnDing in thE winD-DrivEn rAin, i lookED up AnD Down thE roA
D、no tAxi.A、CAr wEnt By, thE DrivEr AnD pAssEngEr stAring At thE CrAzy ForEignEr in thE Downpour.
FinAlly A whitE CAr AppEArED AnD pullED to A stop.A、young mAn throw opEn thE Door, wAving For mE to gEt in. shAking with ColD AnD AngEr, i ClimBED in.
in thE most politE jApAnEsE, thE mAn sAiD hE wAs CAllED mikE, with whom i hAD spokEn thrEE timEs thAt morning. hE hAD lEFt his post in thE oFFiCE AnD rACED hErE in his pErsonAl CAr. hE ApologizED AgAin, But DiD not ExplAin why A tAxi woulD not piCk mE up.DElivEring mE strAight to thE Air- port, hE rEFusED thE 2,000 yEn i prEssED into his hAn
D、
A、FEw hours lAtEr, As thE storm-DElAyED 727 took oFF, i opEnED thE nEwspApEr. on thE sEConD pAgE my EyEs CAught thE hEADlinE oF A short ArtiClE: tAxi strikEBEgins this morning in kyoto.
wE CAn lEArn From thE tExt thAt thE DrivEr wAs ______.A.quiCk-minDED At tAking ACtions
B.A sElF-EmployED DrivEr
C、unFAmiliAr with thE rEAD
D、wArm-hEArtED towArD pEoplE