（湖北省武汉市2010届高三二月调研测试）

Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living．One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 A.M．When I  31  , I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor   32  ．

I walked to the door and knocked, “Just a minute,” answered a weak, elderly   33  ．

After a long pause, the door opened．A small woman in her eighties stood   34   me．By her side was a small suitcase．I took the suitcase to the car, and then   35  to help the woman．She took my arm and we walked   36   toward the car．

She kept thanking me for my kindness．“It’s nothing,” I told her．“I just try to   37   my passengers the way I would want my mother treated．”When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, “Could you drive   38  downtown?”

  “It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly．

  “Oh, I’m   39  ,” she said．“I’m on my way to a hospice(临终医院)．I don’t have any   40   left．The doctor says I don’t live very long．”

I quietly reached over and  41   the meter(计价器)．

For the next two hours, we drove through the city．She   42  me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone  43   as a girl．

Sometimes she’d ask me to slow down in front of a   44   building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing．

At   45  , she suddenly said,” I’m tired．Let’s go now．”

We drove in silence to the   46  she had given me．

“How much do I   47  you?” she asked．

“Nothing．” I said．

“You have to make a living,” she answered．“Oh, there are other  48  ,” I answered．

Almost without thinking, I   49   and gave her a hug．She held into me tightly．Our hug ended with her   50  , “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy．”

31．A．waited                 B．stopped               C．arrived                D．wandered

32．A．window              B．house                  C．door                   D．glass

33．A．sound                 B．whisper               C．sign                    D．voice

34．A．beneath               B．before                 C．behind                 D．over

35．A．walked                B．left                      C．returned              D．stepped

36．A．calmly                 B．hurriedly              C．quietly                 D．slowly

37．A．receive                B．collect                 C．treat                    D．drive

38．A．through               B．from                   C．to                       D．towards

39．A．out of work         B．in no hurry          C．on no purpose      D．out of danger

40．A．hope                   B．money                 C．time                    D．family

41．A．turned on            B．shut off               C．switched over      D．covered up

42．A．showed               B．pointed                C．indicated             D．forgot

43．A．working              B．growing              C．playing                D．dancing

44．A．memorial             B．significant            C．particular             D．similar

45．A．dawn                  B．sunset                 C．noon                   D．night

46．A． house                B．address               C．direction              D．destination

47．A．pay                     B．owe                    C．promise               D．save

48．A．cars                    B．buildings              C．passengers          D．chances

49．A．nodded                B．landed                 C．swung                D．bent

50．A．remark                B．thanks                 C．comment             D．motto

　　The survey about childhood in the Third World shows that the struggle for survival is long and hard. But in the rich world, children can __(1)__ from a different kind of poverty of the spirit. __(2)__, one Western country alone now sees 14 000 attempted suicides（自杀）every year by children under 15, and one child __(3)__ five needs psychiatric（心理）advice.

　　There are many good things about __(4)__ in the Third World. Take the close and constant relation between children and their parents, relatives and neighbours for example. In the West, the very nature of work puts distance between __(5)__ and children. But in most Third World villages mother and father do not go miles away each day to work in offices. __(6)__, the child sees mother and father, relations and neighbours working __(7)__ and often shares in that work.

　　A child __(8)__ in this way learns his or her role through joining in the community's __(9)__: helping to dig or build, look after animals or babies--rather than __(10)__ playing with water and sand in kindergarten, keeping pets __(11)__ playing with dolls.

　　These children may grow up with a less oppressive sense of space and time than the __(12)__ children. Their sense of days and time has a lot to do with the change of seasons and positions of the sun or the moon in the sky. Children in the rich world, __(13)__, are provided with a watch as one of the __(14)__ signs of growing up, so that they can __(15)__ along with their parents about being late for school times, meal times, bed times, the times of TV shows...

　　Third World children do not usually __(16)__ to stay indoors, still less in high-rise apartments（公寓）. Instead of dangerous road,“keep off the grass”signs and“don't speak to strangers”, there is often a sense of __(17)__ to study and play. Parents can see their children outside rather than observe them __(18)__ from ten floors up.

　　__(19)__, twelve million children under five still die every year through hunger and disease. But childhood in the Third World is not all __(20)__.

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　　The survey about childhood in the Third World shows that the struggle for survival is long and hard. But in the rich world, children can __1__ from a different kind of poverty--of the spirit. __2__, one Western country alone now sees 14 000 attempted suicides（自杀）every year by children under 15, and one child __3__ five needs psychiatric（心理）advice.

　　There are many good things about __4__ in the Third World. Take the close and constant relation between children and their parents, relatives and neighbours for example. In the West, the very nature of work puts distance between __5__ and children. But in most Third World villages mother and father do not go miles away each day to work in offices. __6__, the child sees mother and father, relations and neighbours working __7__ and often shares in that work.

　　A child __8__ in this way learns his or her role through joining in the community's __9__: helping to dig or build, look after animals or babies--rather than __10__ playing with water and sand in kindergarten, keeping pets __11__ playing with dolls.

　　These children may grow up with a less oppressive sense of space and time than the __12__ children. Their sense of days and time has a lot to do with the change of seasons and positions of the sun or the moon in the sky. Children in the rich world, __13__, are provided with a watch as one of the __14__ signs of growing up, so that they can __15__ along with their parents about being late for school times, meal times, bed times, the times of TV shows...

　　Third World children do not usually __16__ to stay indoors, still less in high-rise apartments（公寓）. Instead of dangerous road, “keep off the grass”signs and “don't speak to strangers”, there is often a sense of __17__to study and play. Parents can see their children outside rather than observe them __18__ from ten floors up.

　　__19__, twelve million children under five still die every year through hunger and disease. But childhood in the Third World is not all __20__.