Question

Twenty years ago I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 AM. When I­­­­­­­­­­­­   21  -，I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor    22 

I walked to the door and knocked “Just a minute” answered a weak elderly      23

After a long pause the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood    24    me by her side was a small suitcase. I took the suitcase to the car and then  25to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked   26 toward the car.

She kept thanking me for my kindness. “It’s nothing” I told her. “I just try to   27  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 an address and then asked“Could you drive   28 downtown”

“It’s not the shortest way” I answered quickly.

“Oh I’m   29 ” she said. “I’m on my way to a hospice临终医院. I don’t have any   30  left. The doctor says I don’t have very long.”

I quietly reached over and   31  the meter计价器.

For the next two hours we drove through the city. She   32  me the building where she had once worked the neighborhood where she had lived and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone  33  as a girl.

Sometimes she’d ask me to slow down in front of a   34 building and would sit staring into the darkness saying nothing.

At  35  she suddenly said” I’m tired. Let’s go now.”

We drove in silence to the   36 she had given me. “How much do I   37 you” she asked. “Nothing.” I said. “You have to make a living” she answered. “Oh there are other   38 ” I answered. Almost without thinking I   39  and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly. Our hug ended with her remark“You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.”

I walked into the  40 morning light. Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the closing of a life.

1.	A．waited B．stopped C．arrived D．wandered

2.	A．window B．house C．door D．glass

3.	A．sound B．whisper C．sign D．voice

4.	A．beneath B．before C．behind D．over

5.	A．walked B．left C．returned D．stepped

6.	A．calmly B．hurriedly C．quietly D．slowly

7.	A．receive B．collect C．treat D．drive

8.	A．through B．from C．to D．towards

9.	A．out of work B．in no hurry C．on no purpose D．out of danger

10.	A．hope B．money C．time D．family

11.	A．turned on B．shut off C．switched over D．covered up

12.	A．showed B．pointed C．indicated D．forgot

13.	A．working B．growing C．playing D．dancing

14.	A．memorial B．significant C．particular D．similar

15.	A．dawn B．sunset C．noon D．night

16.	A．house B．address C．direction D．destination

17.	A．pay B．owe C．promise D．save

18.	A．cars B．buildings C．passengers D．chances

19.	A．nodded B．landed C．swung D．bent

20.	A．dim B．colorful C．bright D．black

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.C

6.D

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.D

11.B

12.A

13.D

14.C

15.A

16.B

17.B

18.C

19.D

20.A

【解析】文章讲述的是作者去接了一个即将即开这个世界的老人去医院，路上对老人非常友善，并免费带老人去市中心转了一圈。

1.上下文，根据上文的One night I went to pick up a passenger可知，作者去接一个乘客，当他到达的时候，他发现整个建筑物一篇漆黑，除了一楼窗户露出来的一丝光亮。

2.同上

3.名词辨析，sound是声响，whisper是耳语 sign标志 voice是人发出的声音

4.句意理解，一个八十多岁的小女人站在了我面前。

5.句意理解，我把她的行李箱拿到车上，然后再回来帮助她。

6.上下文，根据上文可知，该乘客是八十多岁的高龄，因此作者是帮助这个老人慢慢往车上走去

7.上下文，根据后文的I would want my mother treated可知，作者感到只是想用对待自己母亲的方式来对待乘客。

8.上下文，老人说能不能穿过市中心啊。根据后面的For the next two hours we drove through the city可知

9.句意理解，作者说，这不是最近的路，老人回答，我不着急，不需要走近的路。

10.上下文，老人没有多少时间剩下来了，但是还是孤单一个，所以是没有其他的家人了。

11.上下文，根据后文作者没有收老人的钱可知，作者把计价器关掉了，决定不收老人的车费。turned on打开 switched over转换 cover  up掩盖

12.句意理解，此处意为她在车上指给我看很多她以前呆过的地方，point sb无词用法，show sb sth意为向某人展示，出示

13.上下文，根据前文的 ballroom舞厅，可知是她年轻的时候跳舞的地方

14.句意理解，有时候她会在一个特殊的建筑物那让我放慢速度，就坐在那里看着黑暗的地方，一句话也不说。

15.上下文，根据上文的One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 AM可知，过来几个小时之后就是dawn黎明了

16.上下文，根据上文的She said. When we got into the taxi she gave me an address 可知，到达了她给我的地址

17.句意理解，老人说我欠你多少钱，owe sb some money欠某人多少钱

18.句意理解，老人说你还要谋生呢，作者答，没关系，还有其他的乘客呢

19.上下文，根据上文的a small woman可知，作者要跟她拥抱就要弯下腰

20.上下文，根据上文可知，此时是黎明，所以是昏暗的早上