Twenty years ago,I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to 1 a passenger at 2: 30 a.m. When I arrived to collect,I found the building was 2except for a single light in a ground floor window.
I walked to the door and 3 , "Just a minute," answered a weak, 4 voice.
After a long 5 ，a small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase.
I took the suitcase to the 6 ，and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked 7 toward the car.
She kept thanking me for my 8 . " It's nothing”，I told her. " I just try to treat my pas?sengers the way I would want my mother treated.”
"Oh,you're such a good man," she said. When we got into the taxi,she gave me an 9， and then asked, " Could you drive through downtown?"
"It's not the shortest 10 ，" I answered quickly.
"Oh,I'm in no hurry," she said. "I'm on my way to a hospice(收容所) .I don't have any family left. The 11 says I don't have very long.”I quietly reached over and shut off the meter(计价器) .
For the next two hours, we 12 through the city. She showed me the building which she had 13 worked in，the neighborhood where she had lived，and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone 14 as a girl.
Sometimes she'd ask me to slow down in front of a(n) 15 building and would sit star?ing into the darkness, saying16
At dawn, she suddenly said, "I，m 17 Let's go now.”
We drove in silence to the address she had given me.
"How much do I 18 you?" she asked.
"Nothing. " I said.
"You have to make a 19 ，" she answered. "Oh,there are other passengers," I an?swered.
Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held on to me tightly. Our hug
ended with her 20 ， " You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.”
( ) 1.A. come up B. bring up C. send up D. pick up
( ) 2.A. elegant B. noisy C. magnificent D. dark
( ) 3.A. checked B.knocked C. struck D. pushed
( ) 4.A. elderly B. friendly C. lonely D. manly
( ) 5.A. hesitation B. pause C. absence D. rest
( ) 6.A. door B. yard C. car D. building
( ) 7.A. hurriedly B. rapidly C. slowly D. worriedly
( ) 8.A. courage B. carefulness C. kindness D. modesty
( ) 9.A. address B. explanation C. order D. instruction
( ) 10.A. path B. journey C. route D. trip
( ) 11.A. driver B. doctor C. husband D. lawyer
( ) 12.A. searched B. talked C.drove D. walked
( ) 13.A. yet B. never C. once D. before
( ) 14.A. singing B. dancing C. creating D. practicing
( ) 15.A. common B. particular C. usual D. normal
( ) 16.A. anything B. something C. everything D. nothing
( ) 17.A. excited B. frightened C. tired D. confused
( ) 18.A. pay B. owe C. spend D. waste
( ) 19.A. career B. living C. contribution D. choice
( ) 20.A. conclusion B. remark C. message D. information
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