The car, running along the well-lit road now sank in darkness. I broke the 36 on purpose, for fear that the driver was too tired to drive. “When do you go back home in the evening?”“9 o’clock after this trip.” Then when do you come out in the morning?”I 37 another question. “9 o’ clock, too—just as if I worked at an office.” His easiness surprised me, because every time I ride a taxi, what I 38 from the driver are only complaints that they have to work from morning till night, it’s hard to earn money, they’re often 39 by the police, or that their leaders are seated 40 , enjoying the fruits. But this driver told me, “I find it 41 to be a section chief as I was before. I like driving just for pleasure. It’s fortunate that I 42 drive without a passenger. So I earn two or three thousand Yuan a month with ease. Yes, I never 43 an empty taxi. If it goes southward, I go northward. If it goes along a highway, I turn into a narrow street…”
His words showed his 44 with his life and the pride he 45 in his
job. Such feelings are so 46 among people nowadays as oxygen in high mountain. How many people nowadays can show high ideals by simple living and go far with a calm mind? I couldn’t help feeling moved when finding such a state of mind in a stranger on a cold 47 .
1. A.window B.car C.silence D.promise
2. A.threw out B.gave away C.put up D.led to
3. A.suffer B.request C.benefit D.hear
4. A.detected B.ordered C.fined D.seized
5. A.noisy B.lazy C.tired D.hungry
6. A.exciting B.disappointing C.tiring D.amazing
7. A.hardly B.usually C.actually D.immediately
8. A.follow B.admire C.envy D.meet
9. A.intelligence B.satisfaction C.competition D.honesty
10. A.made B.held C.caught D.took
11. A.rare B.comfortable C.special D.unique
12. A.morning B.night C.moment D.season
—Tom, what do you think of living in the country?
—____________.
A.Yes, perfectly B.I agree with you C.Not really D.Well, it depends
My wife ______the night shift when my plane ______. That’s why no one is to meet me at the airport today.
A.is working; is arriving B.was working; arrived
C.will have worked; has arrived D.will be working; arrives
—Can you come up with another good idea?
—This is the best approach I can imagine __________ the work ahead of schedule.
A.to accomplish B.to accomplishing C.accomplishing D.accomplished
The Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded annually to an author from any country _________ has produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction".
A.which B.who C.where D.as
So absorbed _____ in the experiment that he didn’t even notice it was already over 12 o’clock.
A.did he B.he did C.was he D.he was