Question

阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

It was a warm March evening, and I’d just taken a seat on the bus that would take me home. It was nearly 6:00 PM, but the bus was not yet full and the driver gave no ___1___ that he intended to start the bus.

    A middle-aged woman took a seat opposite me. She was crying. Not speaking to anyone in particular, she ___2____ narrated her story.

She had come to the city to visit her daughter. On the way to the terminal, a thief had ___3____ one of her bags. It had contained half of the money she’d brought with her. The other half was hidden under her blouse, so she ___4___ still had some money left. The bus conductor, driver, and other passengers listened to her tale.

At this time, an old man ___5__ got on the bus. He sat in the seat directly in front of the woman.

   After a few minutes, all seats were ___6___. The driver got behind the wheel and started the engine. The bus conductor collected tickets and began asking us where we were ___7___. When he came to the old man’s seat, he became ___8___ and asked the old man whether he had any money. The old man___9___ that he did not. He explained that he ___10___ all his money this morning when he’d accidentally got on the wrong bus and now he was trying to go home.

Upon hearing this, the bus conductor ___11___ the old man to get off the bus. The old man was almost in tears as he begged the bus conductor to let him take that bus __12___ he could get home before dark. The bus driver approached the old man, and repeated the conductor’s ___13___ to get off the bus.

   “Stop troubling him! Can’t you see he’s only trying to get home?” she interfered. “He doesn’t

have any money! ” the driver shouted. “Well, that’s no __14_ to throw him off the bus,” she insisted.

Then she said, “How much is his fare?”  The bus conductor mumbled the amount. “Fine,” said the woman. She __15___ inside her blouse, took out her ___16___ money, and handed the fares to the bus conductor. “Here’s his fare and mine. Just stop giving him a hard time.”

All eyes turned ___17___the woman, who, just minutes before, had been crying over the money she’d lost. “It’s only money,” she shrugged.

By the time the bus rolled out of the terminal, she had given the old man bread and a dollar.  She rode the rest of the way home ___18__ a Mona Lisa smile of peace and grace, and the money she’d lost ___19__ was forgotten.

On the road of life, the politeness and smiles of ___20___ can lighten our loads and lift our spirits. How much sweeter the journey when we make it a little smoother and richer for others!

1.A. answer         B. agreement            C. indication           D. talk

2.A. tearfully      B. excitedly            C. helplessly           D. proudly

3.A. got                B. snatched         C. pulled               D. caught

4.A. surprisingly       B. peacefully           C. naturally            D. fortunately

5.A. in rags            B. shyly                C. happily          D. in disorder

6.A. had            B. taken                C. full             D. crowded

7.A. getting on     B. getting down     C. getting off          D. getting in

8.A. conscious      B. suspicious           C. curious          D. anxious

9.A. realized           B. pretended            C. admitted         D. remembered

10.A. spend         B. has spent            C. had spent            D. was spent

11.A. asked         B. ordered          C. led              D. begged

12.A. so                B. until                C. if                   D. when

13.A. arrangement       B. command          C. advice               D. decision

14.A. good          B. sense                C. reason               D. doubt

15.A. picked            B. removed          C. touched          D. reached

16.A. left              B. saving               C. borrowed         D. remaining

17.A. in                B. to                   C. down             D. on

18.A. owning            B. wearing          C. hating               D. losing

19.A. earlier           B. sooner               C. later                D. former

20.A. customers     B. friends              C. strangers            D. conductors

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.A    

6.B

7.C

8.B

9.C

10.C        

11.B

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.D   

16.D

17.B

18.B

19.A

20.C