Question

    I shared with many of my friends about the story happened to me.

Twenty years ago, I drove a ______ for a living. One night I went to _____  up a passenger at 2:30 AM. When I arrived there, I walked to the door and knocked.

"Just a minute,"_______ a weak, elderly voice.

After a long pause, the door opened. An ______  man in his eighties stood before me. By his side was a small suitcase.

When we got into the taxi, he gave me an address, and then asked, "Could you drive   through   the downtown?"

"It's not the______   way," I answered quickly.

"Oh, I'm in no hurry," he said. "I'm _____  my way to a hospice (晚期病人护理所). I don’t have any family left. The doctor says I don’t have very long.”

I ____  reached over and shut off the meter(计时器).

For the next two hours, we drove through the city. He showed me the _____  where he had once worked and the building where his friends had worked.

Sometimes he'd ask me ____in front of a special building and would sit staring into the darkness, without saying anything.

In the early morning, he suddenly said, "I'm ______. Let's go now." We drove _____ to the address he had given me.

"How much do I pay you?" he asked.

"________ . It’s just like my short tour of downtown." I said. " ________ you have to make a living," he answered.

"Oh, there are other  ______ ," I answered.

Almost without thinking, I gave him a hug. He held on to me and said, "You  gave an old  man a little moment of _______ ."

1.A.bus B.car C.taxi D.train

2.A.set B.pick C.give D.make

3.A.shouted B.pointed C.pushed D.answered

4.A.old B.young C.strong D.thin

5.A.longest B.shortest C.farthest D.coldest

6.A.in B.on C.at D.from

7.A.quietly B.luckily C.carelessly D.badly

8.A.hospital B.factory C.building D.park

9.A.stopped B.stopping C.stop D.to stop

10.A.tired B.amazed C.relaxed D.worried

11.A.in surprise B.in silence C.in danger D.for fun

12.A.Nothing B.Anything C.Something D.Everything

13.A.Though B.And C.But D.Unless

14.A.drivers B.patients C.doctors D.passengers

15.A.joy B.gift C.stress D.shyness

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.B

6.B

7.A

8.C

9.D

10.A

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.D

15.A

【解析】

这篇短文主要介绍了作者开出租车送一个老人去晚期病人护理所的经历。

1.

句意：二十年前我开出租车谋生。

bus公共汽车；car小汽车；taxi出租车；train 火车。根据后文作者凌晨两点半接乘客，可知作者开出租车，故选C。

2.

句意：一天晚上，我在凌晨两点半去接一个乘客。

set放置；pick捡起；give给予；make制作。pick up sb接载某人，根据上文作者开出租车谋生，可知此处指接乘客，故选B。

3.

句意：“等一下”一个虚弱而苍老的声音回答。

shouted大喊；pointed指着； pushed推；answered回答。根据“Just a minute”可知是发出声音，根据“a weak, elderly voice”可知是回答不是喊，故选D。

4.

句意：一个八十多岁的老人站在我面前。

old年老的；young年轻的；strong强壮的；thin 瘦的。根据“in his eighties”可知是个老人，故选A。

5.

句意：那不是最短的路程。

longest最长的；shortest最短的；farthest最远的；coldest 最冷的。那不是最近的路。根据后文“Oh, I'm in no hurry”可以推测作者认为那不是最短的路程，故选 B。

6.

句意：我要去晚期病人护理所。

in在……里；on在……上；at 在……； from 从……。on one’s way to 在某人去……的路上，故选B。

7.

句意：我悄悄地伸手把计时器关了。

quietly悄悄地；luckily幸运地；carelessly粗心地；badly糟糕地。 根据后文“It’s just like my short tour of downtown”可以推测作者悄悄地把计时器关闭了，故选A。

8.

句意：他带我参观了他曾经工作的工厂。

hospital医院；factory工厂；building 建筑；park 公园。根据后文“the building where his friends had worked.”可知此处指他工作过的建筑，故选C。

9.

句意：有时，他会要求我停在一个特殊的建筑物前。

ask somebody to do something请求（要求）某人做某事，结合句意及结构，故选D。

10.

句意：我累了。

tired累的； amazed感到吃惊；relaxed放松的；worried 担心的。根据上文介绍老人很虚弱及“For the next two hours, we drove through the city”可以推测老人说自己累了，故选A。

11.

句意：我们默默地开到他给的地址那里。

in surprise吃惊地；in silence默默地；in danger处于危险当中；for fun 为了好玩。根据上下文可知作者在陪伴老人去晚期病人护理所，对比选项，他们默默地开车到目的地是最合适的，故选B。

12.

句意：不要钱。这就当是我市区的短途旅程。

Nothing什么也没有；Anything任何事情；Something某事；Everything 每一件事。根据上文作者关闭计时器及“It’s just like my short tour of downtown”可知作者不要钱，故选A。

13.

句意： 但是你也要谋生。

Though尽管；And并且；But但是；Unless除非。根据上文作者不收老人车费，可知此处表示转折，故选C。

14.

句意：有其他的乘客。

drivers司机；patients病人；doctors医生；passengers乘客。根据上文“____13____you have to make a living”可知作者表示可以收其乘客的钱谋生，故选D。

15.

句意：你给了一个老人一点儿快乐。

joy快乐；gift礼物；stress压力；shyness害羞。a little bit of修饰不可数名词，所以排除B项；作者陪伴老头通过市区不收老人费用，带给了老人快乐，故选A。