Question

  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

Answer 1

1— 5 DDBAB 6—10 CCCAC

11— 15 BCCBB 16—20 DCBBB 

本文通过一个出租车司机的叙述，展现了一位暮年老人的心境，让我们感叹人生之短暂。尊老是我们的民族传统，我国正步入老龄化。我们在感动的同时，应进一步发扬尊老爱幼的优良传统。

1.D短语辨析。根据文章第一句话和后文When I arrived to collect可知，作者是去接客人。pick up此处为"驾车去接某人"。

2.D根据全文内容，独居老人的房子应该是黑暗的，从而衬托老人晚年的凄凉。第一段中...except for a single light in a ground floor window也有暗示。

3.B根据生活常识以及全文时这位出租车司机的描述，应该是上前敲门。

4.A根据第三段信息…a small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side Was a small suitcase可知答案为A。

5.B根据前文信息判断，老人年龄大了 ，行动缓慢，不能及时应门。

6.C根据出租车司机的职业特点判断，他帮助老人把箱子拿到车上。后文也有暗示...then returned to help the woman和…toward the car.

7.C根据上下文信息判断老人80多岁并且要不久于人世了，因此行动缓慢。

8.C根据前一段信息可以看出这位司机很善良、友好。因此老人感谢他的善意。

9.A根据生活经验可以打的要告诉司机自己所去的地方。文章后面有这样一句话We drove in silence to the address she had given me也可以印证答案。

10.C老人告诉司机要穿越市区，司机认为这不是最短的路线。route"路线,路程"。

11.B根据I don't have any family left可以排除C。根据常识和I don't have very long可以判断这样的结论只有医生可以得出。

12.C根据前文中的Could you drive through downtown?可知答案。

13.C此处指她曾经(once) 工作过的地方。

14.B根据前面a ballroom(舞厅) 可知答案为B。

15.B对于老人来说每一所房子或者建筑都是很特别的，具有特殊的含义。common"普通的"，侧重常见；particular"特殊的，独特的"; usual"平常的，普通的";normal"正常的，标准的"，侧重常态的。

16.D要充分体会老人的留恋之情，此时无声胜有声。同时后文中At dawn, she suddenly said...也可以帮助找到正确答案。

17.C根据老人的年龄、身体状况和出来的时间at 2:30 a.m.及At dawn，可知老人累了。

18.B到达目的地后老人要支付车费。A选项缺乏介词for,pay for"支付";owe"欠一定数量的债"。C和D不符合语境。

19.B根据两人的对话和文章的首句Twenty years ago,I drove a taxi for a living可知。

20.B remark "评价，评论，讲话";conclusion "结论";message " 口信";information "信息"。此处暗含老人的感慨和感激之情。