Twenty years ago I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 AM. When I­­­­­­­­­­­­   21  -,I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor    22 

I walked to the door and knocked “Just a minute” answered a weak elderly      23

After a long pause the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood    24    me by her side was a small suitcase. I took the suitcase to the car and then  25to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked   26 toward the car.

She kept thanking me for my kindness. “It’s nothing” I told her. “I just try to   27  my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.” “Oh you’re such a good man.” She said. When we got into the taxi she gave me an address and then asked“Could you drive   28 downtown”

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

“Oh I’m   29 ” she said. “I’m on my way to a hospice临终医院. I don’t have any   30  left. The doctor says I don’t have very long.”

I quietly reached over and   31  the meter计价器.

For the next two hours we drove through the city. She   32  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  33  as a girl.

Sometimes she’d ask me to slow down in front of a   34 building and would sit staring into the darkness saying nothing.

At  35  she suddenly said” I’m tired. Let’s go now.”

We drove in silence to the   36 she had given me. “How much do I   37 you” she asked. “Nothing.” I said. “You have to make a living” she answered. “Oh there are other   38 ” I answered. Almost without thinking I   39  and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly. Our hug ended with her remark“You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.”

I walked into the  40 morning light. Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the closing of a life.

1.

A.waited

B.stopped

C.arrived

D.wandered

 

2.

A.window

B.house

C.door

D.glass

 

3.

A.sound

B.whisper

C.sign

D.voice

 

4.

A.beneath

B.before

C.behind

D.over

 

5.

A.walked

B.left

C.returned

D.stepped

 

6.

A.calmly

B.hurriedly

C.quietly

D.slowly

 

7.

A.receive

B.collect

C.treat

D.drive

 

8.

A.through

B.from

C.to

D.towards

 

9.

A.out of work

B.in no hurry

C.on no purpose

D.out of danger

 

10.

A.hope

B.money

C.time

D.family

 

11.

A.turned on

B.shut off

C.switched over

D.covered up

 

12.

A.showed

B.pointed

C.indicated

D.forgot

 

13.

A.working

B.growing

C.playing

D.dancing

 

14.

A.memorial

B.significant

C.particular

D.similar

 

15.

A.dawn

B.sunset

C.noon

D.night

 

16.

A.house

B.address

C.direction

D.destination

 

17.

A.pay

B.owe

C.promise

D.save

 

18.

A.cars

B.buildings

C.passengers

D.chances

 

19.

A.nodded

B.landed

C.swung

D.bent

 

20.

A.dim

B.colorful

C.bright

D.black

 

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