School was over and I was mentally and physically tired. I sat at the very front of the bus because of my  36  to get home. Sitting at the front makes you  37   out like a shiny coin in a pile of dull pennies.

   Janie, the driver, tried to break the  38  atmosphere by striking the match of  39  . I tried to mind my manners and   40  listen, but usually I was too busy thinking about my day. On this day,  41   , her conversation was worth listening to.

“My father’s sick”, she said to no one in  42  . I could see the anxiety and fear in her eyes. With a sudden change of attitude and interest, I asked, “What’s wrong with him? ”

   With her eyes wet and her voice tight from  43  the tears, she responded, “Heart trouble. . . ”Her eyes lowered as she   44. “I’ve already lost my mum, so I don’t think I can stand losing him. ”

I couldn’t respond. I was  45   . My heart ached for her. I sat on the old, smelly seat thinking of the great  46  my own mother was thrown into when my father died. I saw how hard it was,   47   still is, for her, I wouldn’t like anyone to go  48   that.

   Suddenly I realized Janie wasn’t only a bus driver. That was  49   her job. She had a whole world of family and concerns too. I had never thought of her as  50   but a driver.

I suddenly felt very  51  . I realized I had only thought of people as  52  as what their purposes were in my life. I paid no attention to Janie because she was a bus driver. I had judged her by her job and brushed her off as  53   .

  For all I know, I’m just another person in  54  else’s world, and may not even be important. I  55  not have been so selfish and self-centered. Everyone has places to go, people to see and appointments to keep. Understanding people is an art.

36. A. anxiety       B. determination

C. decision         D. attempt

[解析]选A。从文章一开始可以看出,放学了,“我”筋疲力尽,因此坐在汽车的前面,显然是因为“我”渴望回家。

37. A. find    B. make  C. think  D. stand

[解析]选D。根据下文“like a shiny coin in a pile of dull pennies”可知应填stand。stand out意思为“引人注目,突出”。

38. A. unpopular   B. uncomfortable

C. unusual       D. unforgettable

[解析]选B。根据上下文可知,此处填uncomfortable, 意为“不舒服的气氛”。unpopular“不流行的”;unusual“不寻常的”;unforgettable“难忘的”。

39. A. fire       B. topic

C. conversation    D. discussion

[解析]选C。司机通过点燃交谈的火花打破不舒服的气氛

40. A. politely    B. devotedly    C. carelessly     D. sincerely

[解析]选A。根据下文“but usually I was too busy thinking about my day”可知作者并不是在专心地听,只是出于礼貌。故选politely礼貌地;devotedly“专心地”;carelessly“粗心地”;sincerely“真诚地”。

41. A. however       B. therefore      C. thus     D. otherwise

[解析]选A。表示转折,且前有逗号,故选however。

42. A. surprise    B. common     C. silence     D. particular

[解析]选D。in particular意思为“特意地,特别地”。in surprise“吃惊地”;in common“普遍地”,不符合题意。

43. A. fighting    B. avoiding    C. clearing     D. keeping

[解析]选A。嗓音发紧是因为Janie在尽量克制住不让眼泪掉下来。因此用fighting较为合适。

44. A. told     B. lasted      C. repeated     D. continued

[解析]选D。根据上文可知,此处应填continued, 意为“继续说”。

45. A. for sure     B. at ease     C. in shock     D. in despair

[解析]选C。for sure意为“确信地”;at ease意为“安逸,自由自在”;in shock意为“震惊,大为惊讶”。

46. A. mercy       B. pain

C. pity            D. disappointment

[解析]选B。“我”想到父亲去世给母亲带来的痛苦,另外几个词均不符合语境。

47. A. but    B. yet       C. and       D. or

[解析]选C。表示并列。本句意思为:我看得出痛苦对她来说是多么的巨大并且现在仍然一样。

48. A. over   B. round  C. through    D. without

[解析]选C。go through表示“经历”。

49. A. almost     B. nearly C. ever       D. just

[解析]选D。那仅仅是她的工作。

50. A. something      B. anything

C. nothing           D. everything

[解析]选B。never. . . anything but意思为“仅仅”。

51. A. sad      B. embarrassed

C. selfish       D. worried

[解析]选C。根据上文“I had never thought of her as anything but a driver”可见我是多么的自私。

52. A. far      B. long      C. much      D. well

[解析]选A。as far as表示程度。

53. A. unfit          B. unselfish

C. unnecessary      D. unimportant

[解析]选D。我仅从她的工作来判断她并且漠视她,把她看作不重要的人物。

54. A. everyone    B. someone    C. anyone     D. no one

[解析]选B。在某些其他人的世界里,我也许仅仅是另一个人,甚至不重要。

55. A. need     B. may     C. can      D. should

[解析]选D。此句意思为“我本不应该如此自私,以自我为中心”。

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