Twenty years ago ,I drove a taxi for a living . One night I went to _______ a passenger at 2:30am . When I arrived to collect , I found the building was dark except for a single _______ in a ground floor window . I walked to the door and knocked . “Just a minute ,” answered a ________ , elderly voice .
After a _______ pause (停留), the door opened at last . A small woman in her eighties stood before me . By her side was a small suitcase . I took the suitcase to the car , and then ________ to help the woman . She took my arm and we walked _______ toward the car .
She kept thanking me for my ________ .”It’s nothing ,” I told her . “ I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated .‘’
“Oh ,you’re such a good man ,” she said . When we got into the taxi , she gave me a/an _______ , and then asked , “Could you drive through downtown ? ”
“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 (临终医院).I don’t have any _______ left . The doctor says I don’t have a chance of living very long . I quietly reached over and shut off the meter (表).
For the next two hours ,we drove through the city . She _______ me the building
Where she had once worked , the neighborhood where she had lived , and the furniture shop where she had gone dancing as a girl . Sometimes she’d ask me to _______ in front of a special building and would sit looking straight into the ________ , saying nothing .
At dawn(黎明) , she suddenly said , “I’m tired . Let’s go now.”
We drove ________ to the address she had given me .
“How much do I pay for you ?” she asked . “Nothing ,” I said . “You have to make a living ,” she answered .
“Oh , there are other passengers ,” I answered . Almost without thinking , I bent and gave her a _______.
She held on to me tightly .Our hug ended with her remark ,
“You gave an old woman a little moment of _________.”
1.A. pick up B. play with C. look after D. call up
2.A. from B. light C. .room D. shape
3.A. strange B. nice C. happy D. weak
4.A. terrible B. long C. sudden D. short
5.A. rushed B. offered C. returned D. decided
6.A. quickly B. directly C. politely D. slowly
7.A. pity B. support C. kindness D. advice
8.A. address B. order C. smile D. gift
9.A. family B. life C. right D. money
10.A. sent B. told C. showed D. left
11.A. go by B. get out C. run away D. slow down
12.A. world B. darkness C. brightness D. sky
13.A. in silence B. in danger C. in surprise D. in secret
14.A. hug B. lift C. handshake D. answer
15.A. regret B. thought C. hope D. joy
You can’t imagine _______ when she heard her mother passed away.
A. how she was sad B. how sad was she
C. how sad she was D. she was how sad
---Can you work out the two problems?
----Let me see, I think I can do ______ one. They are both easy.
A. either B. neither C. some D. any
---What’s wrong with Lucy?
---She still hasn’t ______ the shock of her mother’s death.
A. got out B. got through C. got over D. got on
How is your grandfather now?
He’s still fine .except that his hearing and eyesight begin to .
A. develop B. drop C. fail D. fall
---Bill is ill. Do you know what’s the matter with him?.
---Poor boy. His illness is the _______ of eating unhealthy food.
A. result B. cause C. reason D. end