Question

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第36至第55小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

School was over and I was both mentally and physically tired. I sat at the very front of the bus because of   36  to get home. Sitting at the front makes you   37   out like a shiny coin in a pile of dull pennies.

    Janie, the driver, tries to break the uncomfortable atmosphere by striking the match of   38  .

    I try to mind my manners and   39  listen, but usually I am too busy thinking about my day. On this day,   40  , her conversation was worth listening to.

    “My father’s sick,” she said to no one in   41  . I could see the anxiety and fear in her eyes. With a sudden change of attitude and interest, I asked, “What’s wrong with him?”

    With her eyes wet and her voice tight from   42   the tears, she responded, “Heart trouble.” Her eyes   43   as she continued. “I’ve already lost my mum, so I don’t think I can   44   losing him.”

    I couldn’t respond. I was   45 . My heart ached for her. I sat on the old, smelly seat thinking of the great   46   my own mother was thrown into when my father died.

    I saw how hard it was,   47 still is, for her. I wouldn’t like anyone to go through   48  .

    Suddenly I realized Janie wasn’t only a bus driver. That was just her job. She had a   49   world of family and concerns too. I had never thought of her as anything but a driver.

    I suddenly felt very   50  . I realized I had only thought of people as   51   as what their purposes were in my life. I paid no attention to Janie because she was a bus driver. I had judged her by her job and   52   as unimportant.

For all I know, I’m just another person in   53   else’s world, and may not even be important. I should not have been so selfish and self—centred. Everyone   54   a place to go to, people to see and appointments to   55  . Understanding people is an art.

36. A. determination      B. decision                   C. attempt                    D. anxiety

37. A. make                  B. think                        C. stand                       D. find

38. A. topic                  B. conversation             C. discussion                 D. message

39. A. devotedly            B. carelessly                 C. sincerely                  D. politely

40. A. therefore             B. thus                         C. otherwise                 D. however

41. A. common             B. silence                            C. particular                 D. surprise

42. A. avoiding             B. clearing                    C. keeping                    D. fighting

43. A. lowered                     B. closed                      C. widened                   D. opened

44. A. mind                 B. regret                       C. bear                         D. miss

45. A. angry                 B. shocked                    C. curious                     D. interested

46. A. pain                   B. pity                         C. disappointment         D. mercy

47. A. yet                            B. and                          C. or                            D. but

48. A. this                    B. them                        C. that                          D. one

49. A. dark                   B. narrow                            C. whole                      D. bright

50. A. confused             B. selfish                      C. worried                    D. sad

51. A. long                   B. much                       C. well                         D. far

52. A. regard her           B. helped her out           C. brushed her off         D. take her

53. A. someone             B. anyone                     C. no one                            D. everyone

54. A. has                     B. takes                        C. finds                        D. needs

55. A. stay                    B. remain                            C. keep                        D. put

Answer 1

36-45 DCBDD CDACB 46-55 ABCCB DAAAC