Question

Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to1a passager at 2:30 a.m. When I arrived to2the passager, I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window.
I walked to the3and knocked,“Just a minute,”answered a weak ,elderly voice. After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman4her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase.
I took the suitcase to the car,and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the car.
She kept thanking me for my kindness.“It’s5,”I told her,“I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother6.”
“Oh, you’re such a good man,”she said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me a/an7,and then asked,“could you drive8downtown?”
“It’s not the shortest way,”I answered quickly.
“Oh, I’m in no hurry,”she said,“I’m on my way to a hospice(臨終醫(yī)院).I don’t have any family left. The doctor says I don’t have very long.”
I9reached over and10the meter(計(jì)價(jià)器)
For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the buildings,11the manufactory where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived , and the furniture shop12had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.
Sometimes she’d ask me to solw down in front of a13building and would sit staring into the darkness, say nothing.
14, she suddenly said,“I’m tired, Let’s go now.”
We drove in silence to the address she had given me.
“15do I owe you?”she asked.
“Nothing,”I said.
“You16make a living,”she answered. “Oh, there are other17.”I answered.
Almost without thinking. I18and gave her a hug. She19me. Our hug ended with her remark,“You gave an old woman a little moment of20.”

1. 1.
   1. A.
      call in
   2. B.
      show around
   3. C.
      pick up
   4. D.
      bring back
2. 2.
   1. A.
      discover
   2. B.
      collect
   3. C.
      send
   4. D.
      offer
3. 3.
   1. A.
      window
   2. B.
      room
   3. C.
      taxi
   4. D.
      door
4. 4.
   1. A.
      in
   2. B.
      of
   3. C.
      about
   4. D.
      on
5. 5.
   1. A.
      nothing
   2. B.
      worthless
   3. C.
      unimportant
   4. D.
      useless
6. 6.
   1. A.
      treated
   2. B.
      had
   3. C.
      received
   4. D.
      commanded
7. 7.
   1. A.
      hand
   2. B.
      hug
   3. C.
      address
   4. D.
      map
8. 8.
   1. A.
      for
   2. B.
      across
   3. C.
      from
   4. D.
      through
9. 9.
   1. A.
      quickly
   2. B.
      calmly
   3. C.
      nervously
   4. D.
      quietly
10. 10.
    1. A.
       shut off
    2. B.
       take out
    3. C.
       put down
    4. D.
       break down
11. 11.
    1. A.
       including
    2. B.
       concerning
    3. C.
       containing
    4. D.
       regarding
12. 12.
    1. A.
       where
    2. B.
       what
    3. C.
       that
    4. D.
       there
13. 13.
    1. A.
       beautiful
    2. B.
       normal
    3. C.
       unusual
    4. D.
       particular
14. 14.
    1. A.
       At dawn
    2. B.
       At night
    3. C.
       At noon
    4. D.
       At dusk
15. 15.
    1. A.
       How many
    2. B.
       Why
    3. C.
       How much
    4. D.
       Which
16. 16.
    1. A.
       should
    2. B.
       must
    3. C.
       have to
    4. D.
       would
17. 17.
    1. A.
       people
    2. B.
       travellers
    3. C.
       customers
    4. D.
       passengers
18. 18.
    1. A.
       bent
    2. B.
       rose
    3. C.
       stood
    4. D.
       turned
19. 19.
    1. A.
       cared about
    2. B.
       hold onto
    3. C.
       gave in to
    4. D.
       kept away from
20. 20.
    1. A.
       pity
    2. B.
       fun
    3. C.
       joy
    4. D.
       freedom

Answer 1

CBDAA ACDDA ACDAC CDABC
1.C pick up有“（用車）接（人或物）”的意思，根據(jù)句意，作者是去接一個(gè)乘客。
2.B 考查詞義辨析。collect“接走”。
3.D 根據(jù)“…and knocked”知，作者走到門前并敲門。
4.A 考查固定搭配。in her eighties譯為“80多歲”。in one’s +基數(shù)詞的復(fù)數(shù)表示“某人……歲”。
5.A 表示“不用謝”可以說(shuō)“it’s nothing.”
6.A “the way I would want my mother __36____.”是一個(gè)定語(yǔ)從句，先行詞是the way，意思是“我按我想讓別人對(duì)待我媽媽的方式來(lái)對(duì)待（這個(gè)乘客）”。
7.C 根據(jù)句意，老人給乘客一個(gè)地址，并讓作者從市中心走。
8.D 根據(jù)句意可知，從內(nèi)部“穿過(guò)”用through。
9.D 作者悄悄地伸手關(guān)掉了計(jì)價(jià)器。用quietly。
10.A shut off“關(guān)掉，切斷”。
11.A including 介詞“包括”，因?yàn)榍懊嫣岬健癰uildings”，下文具體介紹了一些建筑物。所以用A。
12.C the furniture shop是先行詞且指物，定語(yǔ)從句用that引導(dǎo)，且在定語(yǔ)從句中作主語(yǔ)。
13.D particular“特別的，獨(dú)特的”，強(qiáng)調(diào)獨(dú)一無(wú)二。
14.A 練習(xí)上下文可知，作者帶老人轉(zhuǎn)了一夜，故應(yīng)該是黎明時(shí)分，即“At dawn”向那個(gè)地址出發(fā)。
15.C 根據(jù)文意，老人是問(wèn)“我欠你多少（車錢）？”，故用C。
16.C 考查情態(tài)動(dòng)詞，只有C項(xiàng)有“不得不”的意思，表示客觀原因。
17.D 聯(lián)系作者的工作可知，選D. passengers“乘客”。
18.A bent“彎腰”，作者和老人擁抱時(shí)，彎腰表示禮貌。
19.B hold onto“緊緊抓住”。
20.C 根據(jù)文意，只有C項(xiàng)“歡樂(lè)”最合題意。