I believe being honest is one of the greatest gifts. I know they call it a lot of fancy names,   16 upright and straightforward. And it’s still what makes a man a good citizen. This is my code, and I try to live by.

I’ve been in the taxi business for thirty-five years,   17 (know)there is a lot about it that is not so good. Because taxi drivers are tough, people get the wrong impression   18____they are bad. Taxi drivers are just like  19   people. Most of them will act as rude fellows. But almost every week you read in the papers that a taxi driver turns in money or jewels or like that people leave in their cars. Once, I found an emerald ring in my car. I remembered helping a lady  20 a lot of suitcases that day, so I went back to  21    I had dropped her off. It took me almost two days to wait for her in order to return her ring to her. I didn’t get as much as “thank you”. However, I 22   (feel) good because I had done what was right.

As far as I know,  23   (practice) everyone will give you something, because most Americans are fairly generous. I believe in God and try to be  24   good member of my parish（教区）. I try to act toward others like I think God wants me to act. I have been trying this for a long time, and the longer I try, the  25  (easy) it gets.

I believe being honest is one of the greatest gifts. I know they call it a lot of fancy names,  【小题1】 upright and straightforward. And it’s still what makes a man a good citizen. This is my code, and I try to live by.
I’ve been in the taxi business for thirty-five years,   【小题2】 (know)there is a lot about it that is not so good. Because taxi drivers are tough, people get the wrong impression   【小题3】____they are bad. Taxi drivers are just like 【小题4】   people. Most of them will act as rude fellows. But almost every week you read in the papers that a taxi driver turns in money or jewels or like that people leave in their cars. Once, I found an emerald ring in my car. I remembered helping a lady 【小题5】 a lot of suitcases that day, so I went back to 【小题6】    I had dropped her off. It took me almost two days to wait for her in order to return her ring to her. I didn’t get as much as “thank you”. However, I 【小题7】   (feel) good because I had done what was right.
As far as I know,  【小题8】   (practice) everyone will give you something, because most Americans are fairly generous. I believe in God and try to be 【小题9】   good member of my parish（教区）. I try to act toward others like I think God wants me to act. I have been trying this for a long time, and the longer I try, the 【小题10】  (easy) it gets.

Mrs. Jones was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like a woman half her age. She loved driving very fast, and was  21  of the fact that she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished  22  a driving offence (犯规).
Then one day she nearly  23 her record. A police car  24  her, and the policemen in it saw her  25  a red light without stopping. Of course, she was stopped. It seemed 26  that she would be punished.
When Mrs. Jones came up to the judge（法官）, he looked at her seriously and said that she was  27  old to drive a car, and that the reason why she had not stopped at the red   28  was most probably that her eyes had become weak   29  old age, so that she had not seen it.
When the judge had finished what he was    30 . Mrs. Jones opened the big handbag she was  31  and took out her sewing (针线). Without saying a word, she  32  a needle(针) with a very small eye, and threaded it at once.
When she had successfully done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed  33  the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your 34 . I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight.”
The judge took the needle and tried to thread it. After half a dozen tries, he had still not succeeded. Mrs. Jones’ record   35 unbroken.

Mrs. Jones was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like a woman half her age. She loved driving very fast, and was  21  of the fact that she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished  22  a driving offence (犯规).

Then one day she nearly  23 her record. A police car  24  her, and the policemen in it saw her  25  a red light without stopping. Of course, she was stopped. It seemed 26  that she would be punished.

When Mrs. Jones came up to the judge（法官）, he looked at her seriously and said that she was  27  old to drive a car, and that the reason why she had not stopped at the red   28  was most probably that her eyes had become weak   29  old age, so that she had not seen it.

When the judge had finished what he was    30 . Mrs. Jones opened the big handbag she was  31  and took out her sewing (针线). Without saying a word, she  32  a needle(针) with a very small eye, and threaded it at once.

When she had successfully done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed  33  the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your 34 . I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight.”

The judge took the needle and tried to thread it. After half a dozen tries, he had still not succeeded. Mrs. Jones’ record   35 unbroken.

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Ms. Mary was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like half her age. She loved driving very fast, and boasted of the fact   16.          she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished  17.          a driving mistake.

Then one day, she nearly lost her record. A police car followed her, and the policemen in it saw her pass a red light without  18.          (stop).

When Ms. Mary came before the judge, he looked at her severely and said that she was too old to drive a car, and that the reason  19.                    she had not stopped at red light was most probably that her eyes had become weak        20            old age, so that she had simply not seen it.

When the judge had finished  21.           he was saying, Ms. Mary opened the big handbag she was carrying and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she  22.              (choose) a needle with a very small eye, and threaded it at the first time.

When she had  23               (success) done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed both the needle and thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your turn. I suppose you can drive a car well, and you have no doubts   24.          your eyesight.”

The judge took the needle and tried to thread it. After half a dozen times, he had still not succeeded. The case against Ms. Mary  25.         (dismiss), and her record remained unbroken.