Question

Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to1a passager at 2:30 a.m. When I arrived to2the passager, I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window.
I walked to the3and knocked,“Just a minute,”answered a weak ,elderly voice. After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman4her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase.
I took the suitcase to the car,and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the car.
She kept thanking me for my kindness.“It’s5,”I told her,“I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother6.”
“Oh, you’re such a good man,”she said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me a/an7,and then asked,“could you drive8downtown?”
“It’s not the shortest way,”I answered quickly.
“Oh, I’m in no hurry,”she said,“I’m on my way to a hospice(临终医院).I don’t have any family left. The doctor says I don’t have very long.”
I9reached over and10the meter(计价器)
For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the buildings,11the manufactory where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived , and the furniture shop12had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.
Sometimes she’d ask me to solw down in front of a13building and would sit staring into the darkness, say nothing.
14, she suddenly said,“I’m tired, Let’s go now.”
We drove in silence to the address she had given me.
“15do I owe you?”she asked.
“Nothing,”I said.
“You16make a living,”she answered. “Oh, there are other17.”I answered.
Almost without thinking. I18and gave her a hug. She19me. Our hug ended with her remark,“You gave an old woman a little moment of20.”

1. 1.
   1. A.
      call in
   2. B.
      show around
   3. C.
      pick up
   4. D.
      bring back
2. 2.
   1. A.
      discover
   2. B.
      collect
   3. C.
      send
   4. D.
      offer
3. 3.
   1. A.
      window
   2. B.
      room
   3. C.
      taxi
   4. D.
      door
4. 4.
   1. A.
      in
   2. B.
      of
   3. C.
      about
   4. D.
      on
5. 5.
   1. A.
      nothing
   2. B.
      worthless
   3. C.
      unimportant
   4. D.
      useless
6. 6.
   1. A.
      treated
   2. B.
      had
   3. C.
      received
   4. D.
      commanded
7. 7.
   1. A.
      hand
   2. B.
      hug
   3. C.
      address
   4. D.
      map
8. 8.
   1. A.
      for
   2. B.
      across
   3. C.
      from
   4. D.
      through
9. 9.
   1. A.
      quickly
   2. B.
      calmly
   3. C.
      nervously
   4. D.
      quietly
10. 10.
    1. A.
       shut off
    2. B.
       take out
    3. C.
       put down
    4. D.
       break down
11. 11.
    1. A.
       including
    2. B.
       concerning
    3. C.
       containing
    4. D.
       regarding
12. 12.
    1. A.
       where
    2. B.
       what
    3. C.
       that
    4. D.
       there
13. 13.
    1. A.
       beautiful
    2. B.
       normal
    3. C.
       unusual
    4. D.
       particular
14. 14.
    1. A.
       At dawn
    2. B.
       At night
    3. C.
       At noon
    4. D.
       At dusk
15. 15.
    1. A.
       How many
    2. B.
       Why
    3. C.
       How much
    4. D.
       Which
16. 16.
    1. A.
       should
    2. B.
       must
    3. C.
       have to
    4. D.
       would
17. 17.
    1. A.
       people
    2. B.
       travellers
    3. C.
       customers
    4. D.
       passengers
18. 18.
    1. A.
       bent
    2. B.
       rose
    3. C.
       stood
    4. D.
       turned
19. 19.
    1. A.
       cared about
    2. B.
       hold onto
    3. C.
       gave in to
    4. D.
       kept away from
20. 20.
    1. A.
       pity
    2. B.
       fun
    3. C.
       joy
    4. D.
       freedom

Answer 1

CBDAA ACDDA ACDAC CDABC
1.C pick up有“（用车）接（人或物）”的意思，根据句意，作者是去接一个乘客。
2.B 考查词义辨析。collect“接走”。
3.D 根据“…and knocked”知，作者走到门前并敲门。
4.A 考查固定搭配。in her eighties译为“80多岁”。in one’s +基数词的复数表示“某人……岁”。
5.A 表示“不用谢”可以说“it’s nothing.”
6.A “the way I would want my mother __36____.”是一个定语从句，先行词是the way，意思是“我按我想让别人对待我妈妈的方式来对待（这个乘客）”。
7.C 根据句意，老人给乘客一个地址，并让作者从市中心走。
8.D 根据句意可知，从内部“穿过”用through。
9.D 作者悄悄地伸手关掉了计价器。用quietly。
10.A shut off“关掉，切断”。
11.A including 介词“包括”，因为前面提到“buildings”，下文具体介绍了一些建筑物。所以用A。
12.C the furniture shop是先行词且指物，定语从句用that引导，且在定语从句中作主语。
13.D particular“特别的，独特的”，强调独一无二。
14.A 练习上下文可知，作者带老人转了一夜，故应该是黎明时分，即“At dawn”向那个地址出发。
15.C 根据文意，老人是问“我欠你多少（车钱）？”，故用C。
16.C 考查情态动词，只有C项有“不得不”的意思，表示客观原因。
17.D 联系作者的工作可知，选D. passengers“乘客”。
18.A bent“弯腰”，作者和老人拥抱时，弯腰表示礼貌。
19.B hold onto“紧紧抓住”。
20.C 根据文意，只有C项“欢乐”最合题意。