Question

    “Nice to see you again!” “How are you doing today?” “Great to see you, have a nice day!”

I ______ my book and looked around in my seat, watching the driver ______ passengers. I’d never heard a more cheerful bus driver.

At each stop, the bus driver flashed a wide ______ , nodding his head at familiar faces and greeting people onto his lowly bus.

I was just watching the flow of the bus, and the bus driver’s air of pleasant calm, like nothing could go wrong. It ______ me a bit. Most bus drivers I’d met are not so cheery. They’re always swimming up against a long list of complaints, communicating with nameless busy riders, and constantly racing the clock so as not to run late though it’s never so easy to control. This bus driver completely ______ my sense of what it means to drive a bus. It almost brought me back to my pre-school days, when we’d sing, “The wheels on the bus go round and round,” to images of smiling bus drivers greeting their ______ and serving society with each shinning spin of their wheel or honk of their horn.

I completely put my books away, ______ there in awe. A thought ______ my head that I should tell the driver how much I appreciated seeing all the small, bold, courageous moments of his ______ I’d run into in this bus.

____ the bus approached my stop, I walked to the front of the bus.

“Thank you so much for your kindness to passengers. It’s really nice to see you,” I offered.

“Aw, that’s really glad to hear. Thank you so much! It’s nice to know that someone ______.” the bus driver said.

“Well, I really appreciate seeing it. It is ______ and makes my day,” I told him with a smile.

“Thank you!” he ______ with an ever-shining bright smile.

We talked a little more, and any wave of doubt completely ______.

Stepping ______ the bus a little lighter, I remembered a quote: “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.”

1.A. put away B. put down C. put up D. put out

2.A. assisting B. directing C. serving D. greeting

3.A. smile B. look C. mouth D. face

4.A. excited B. attracted C. confused D. cheered

5.A. changed B. developed C. affected D. deepened

6.A. conductors B. customers C. colleagues D. passengers

7.A. running B. sitting C. standing D. waiting

8.A. occurred B. came C. struck D. appeared

9.A. kindness B. patience C. generosity D. encouragement

10.A. Since B. As C. After D. Until

11.A. noticed B. knew C. understood D. needed

12.A. boring B. inspiring C. frustrating D. exciting

13.A. replied B. said C. told D. shouted

14.A. decreased B. formed C. arose D. faded

15.A. on B. off C. out D. down

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.B

11.A

12.B

13.A

14.D

15.B

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了作者坐公交车注意到公交车司机会微笑着向乘客们问好，改变了作者对公交车司机的固有想法，并且有了很大的感悟。

1.考查词组辨析。句意：我放下书，在座位上环顾四周，看着司机招呼乘客。A. put away放好；B. put down放下；C. put up张贴；D. put out熄灭。根据下文内容可知，作者开始环顾四周，应该是先放下书，故选B。

2.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我放下书，在座位上环顾四周，看着司机招呼乘客。A. assisting协助；B. directing管理；C. serving服务；D. greeting问候。根据第一段的那些问候语可知，此处表示作者在看作者向乘客打招呼，故选D。

3.考查名词词义辨析。句意：每到一站，巴士司机都面带灿烂的笑容，对着熟悉的面孔点头，并向坐在他的低档巴士上的人们打招呼。A. smile微笑；B. look样子；C. mouth嘴巴；D. face脸。根据前文的“我从未听过比他更快乐的司机”，可知巴士司机面带灿烂的笑容，故选A。

4.考查动词词义辨析。句意：这让我有点困惑。我遇到的大多数公共汽车司机都不太高兴。A. excited使……兴奋；B. attracted 吸引；C. confused使……困惑；D. cheered欢呼。根据下文的内容可知，作者遇到的大多数巴士司机都不太高兴，所以这里表示作者对这位司机的做法感到很困惑，故选C。

5.考查动词词义辨析。句意：这位公共汽车司机彻底改变了我对驾驶公共汽车的理解。A. changed改变；B. developed发展；C. affected影响；D. deepened加深。根据前文内容可知，这位巴士司机不同于其他司机的做法让我改变了作者对巴士司机的看法，故选A。

6.考查名词词义辨析。句意：脑海中浮现出公交司机微笑着招呼乘客，用每一个闪亮的转轮或喇叭为社会服务的画面。A. conductors管理人；B. customers顾客；C. colleagues同事；D. passengers乘客。根据第一段的watching the driver ___2___ passengers. 可知巴士司机和乘客打招呼，此处和前文相呼应，故选D。

7.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我把书完全收起来，敬畏地坐在那里。A. running跑步；B. sitting坐；C. standing站立；D. waiting等待。根据第一段looked around in my seat，可知此处作者是坐在那里，故选B。

8.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我突然有个想法。A. occurred发生；B. came来；C. struck打击；D. appeared出现。根据下文that后的内容可知，此时作者脑海中突然有了一个想法，a thought struck one's head意为“某人突然想到……”，故选C。

9.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我应该告诉司机，我多么感激在这辆公共汽车上能够遇到这样的时刻——所有的小小的、大胆的、勇敢的善良。A. kindness善良；B. patience耐心；C. generosity慷慨；D. encouragement鼓励。根据Thank you so much for your kindness to passengers. 可知，司机在每一站跟乘客问好，作者认为这是一种善良和善意，此处和下文相呼应，故选A。

10.考查状语从句连词辨析。句意：当公共汽车接近我的车站时，我走到公共汽车的前面。A. Since自从；B. As 当；C. After之后；D. Until直到。根据语境可知，此处用as引导时间状语从句，意为“当……时”，符合句意，故选B。

11.考查动词词义辨析。句意：“啊，听你这么说真高兴。非常感谢!很高兴有人注意到了。巴士司机说。A. noticed注意到；B. knew知道；C. understood懂得；D. needed需要。根据句意可知，当巴士司机听到作者的反馈之后，没想到会有人注意到这些，故选A。

12.考查动词词义辨析。句意：“嗯，看到它我真的很感激。这样我很受鼓舞并且使我很快乐。A. boring令人厌倦的；B. inspiring鼓舞人心的；C. frustrating令人沮丧的；D. exciting兴奋。根据语境可知，此处表示作者看到巴士司机对乘客笑脸迎人的问候很受鼓舞，故选B。

13.考查动词词义辨析。句意：“谢谢你!他回答说，脸上总是挂着灿烂的笑容。A. replied回应；B. said说；C. told 告诉；D. shouted呼喊。根据句意可知，司机笑着回复道，故选A。

14.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们又谈了一会儿，所有的怀疑都烟消云散了。A. decreased减少；B. formed形成；C. arose提高；D. faded褪去。根据前文的It ___4___ me a bit.可知，作者最开始还有些怀疑，此处表示作者经历了这些，疑惑也都褪去了，故选D。

15.考查介词词义辨析。句意：我轻轻走下车，想起一句格言。A. on在……之上；B. off从……偏离；C. out从……里面离开；D. down往下。根据语境可知，经过简单的交谈之后，作者下了车，step off意为“走下车”，故选B。