I was recently on a working trip to Mumbai. One evening I 1        an auto rickshaw (电动人力车) home from work. It was around 6 pm and there was 2        rush-hour traffic. Because of this the rickshaw was travelling at a snail's pace.

  I was 3     in my own thoughts,thinking about the day's events,when a Mumbai traffic warden (交通管理员) appeared and slapped the driver three times,quite 4     ,across his face.

  I was 5      by this sudden turn of events!I asked the driver to take the rickshaw to one side of the street and 6      . I asked what had happened. He said that,by mistake,he had 7     the traffic warden's shoes. I told him he should have stopped and 8      . But,at the same time,I knew that the driver did not 9     getting beaten up like that!

  So,I asked the driver to accompany me to the 10     wherethe traffic warden was directing the traffic.

  Then I in a gentle 11        told him that the rickshaw driver 12        his mistake and wanted to apologize for it. The warden,who was all set to react again when he 13        the driver,calmed down on14         my words and the tone of my voice. The driver accepted his 15        but started complaining loudly that he did not deserve to get beaten up. The heated discussion began to attract a crowd. 16     ,good sense pre?vailed (获胜) and the traffic warden accepted the apology of the rickshaw driver. I 17        both of them to shake hands,which they did and they parted as friends.

  We went back to the rickshaw and proceeded to my destination. As I finished paying the 18        he said in a soft voice, "Sahib,19        you for what you have done.” Hearing those words I knew I had made a ( n) 20      in somebody's life.

1. A. repaired   B. fetched   C. pulled   D. took

2. A. weak   B. tense   C. heavy   D. tough

3. A. busy   B. lost   C. good   D. careful

4. A. quickly   B. violently   C. seriously   D. shortly

5. A. shocked   B. delighted

   C. puzzled   D. embarrassed

6. A. charge   B. serve   C. stop   D. bear

7. A. come over   B. thought over   C. knocked over   D. run over

8. A. apologized   B. complained   C. returned   D. beaten

9. A. ripen   B. deserve   C. require   D. sharpen 

10. A. relation   B. man   C. spot   D. quality 

11.A. sigh   B. noise   C. sound   D. voice 

12.A. accepted   B. received   C. got   D. wanted 

13. A. waited   B. saw   C. found   D. managed 

14. A. retelling   B. informing   C. relating   D. hearing 

15.A. mistake   B. apology   C. thought   D. opinion 

16.A. Fortunately   B. Frankly

   C. Suddenly   D. Frequently 

17.A. advised   B. persuaded   C. warned   D. reminded 

18.A. expense   B. fee   C. fare   D. price 

19. A. praise   B. scold   C. forgive   D. thank 

20.A. effort   B. promise   C. difference   D. point

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