The rain was coming down in sheets and 1 was bound to be late for an important conference．Dressing up quickly，I called for a cab，    36    that would be faster than the sub-way．

It wasn’t ．

After a long wait，I finally got one，but the traffic was   37   ．I looked constantly at my   38   ．Just as the traffic started moving，the driver   39    a man up ahead in a wheelchair．“Wouldn’t  he be cold sitting right there! ”the driver cried and began to   40   ．

I could see another 20 minutes’   41   ，the whole period of    42    him into the cab，folding up his chair and fitting it into the cab’s small   43   ，then dropping him off who knows     44   ．

“What are you doing？!”I exclaimed to the driver．

As the    45    came out，I wanted to take them back．The wrongness of my   46   started to sink in and it    47    me．I almost wasn’t  sure who that person was that had just spoken．

The driver    48    me and we continued the journey．Eventually I got out of the cab and   49    to the office．As I ran，I understood that，   50    it wasn’t  my duty to take the time to help others，I shouldn’t  have complained about the driver’s stopping．I should have been able to see    51    my impatience to attend to what was most inerrant（无误的）．Whenever I come to it，this is my    52    ：I am not a    53    self-centered person，but I still feel    54

of being the self centeredness and that living a busy life in a big，fast paced city can    55   ．

第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1．5分，满分30分）

阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。

The rain was coming down in sheets and 1 was bound to be late for an important conference．Dressing up quickly，I called for a cab，    36    that would be faster than the sub-way．

It wasn’t．

After a long wait，I finally got one，but the traffic was   37   ．I looked constantly at my   38   ．J ust as the traffic started moving，the driver   39    a man up ahead in a wheelchair．“Wouldn’t he be cold sitting right there! ”the driver cried and began to   40   ．

I could see another 20 minutes’   41   ，the whole period of    42    him into the cab，folding up his chair and fitting it into the cab’s small   43   ，then dropping him off who knows     44   ．

“What are you doing？!”I exclaimed to the driver．

As the    45    came out，I wanted to take them back．The wrongness of my   46   started to sink in and it    47    me．I almost wasn’t sure who that person was that had just spoken．

The driver    48    me and we continued the journey．Eventually I got out of the cab and   49    to the office．As I ran，I understood that，   50    it wasn’t my duty to take the time to help others，I shouldn’t have complained about the driver’s stopping．I should have been able to see    51    my impatience to attend to what was most inerrant（无误的）．Whenever I come to it，this is my    52    ：I am not a    53    self-centered person，but I still feel    54

of being the self centerednes and that living a busy life in a big，fast paced city can    55   ．

36．A．reminding               B．expecting                C．realizing                 D．attempting

37．A．light                           B．tense               C．rough                     D．heavy

38．A．document               B．file                         C．message                  D．watch

39．A．witnessed                B．picked                    C．spotted                   D．observed

40．A．pull over                B．take off                  C．pass by                   D．run away

41．A．complaining           B．suffering                 C．pass by                   D．struggling

42．A．indicating        B．recommending C．lifting                     D．urging

43．A．trunk                     B．box                        C．cushion                   D．carriage

44．A．what                      B．why                       C．how                       D．where

45．A．anxieties                 B．words                     C．results                    D．comments

46．A．reaction                  B．assumption              C．conscience              D．privilege

47．A．defeated                 B．shocked                  C．embarrassed            D．convinced

48．A．comforted              B．prevented         C．encouraged             D．ignored

49．A．hesitate                  B．fled                        C．settled                    D．flooded

50．A．when                     B．whether                  C．though                    D．unless

51．A．behind                   B．without                   C．in                           D．beyond

52．A．feeling                   B．motto                     C．dream                     D．determination

53．A．skillfully                B．strangely                 C．particularly             D．determination

54．A．proud                     B．aware                     C．guilty                     D．confident

55．A．predict                   B．promote                  C．introduce                D．preserve