Question

Twenty years ago ,I drove a taxi for a living . One night I went to _______ a passenger at 2:30am . When I arrived to collect , I found the building was dark except for a single _______ in a ground floor window . I walked to the door and knocked . “Just a minute ,” answered a ________ , elderly voice .

After a _______ pause (停留), the door opened at last . A small woman in her eighties stood before me . By her side was a small suitcase . I took the suitcase to the car , and then ________ to help the woman . She took my arm and we walked _______ toward the car .

She kept thanking me for my ________ .”It’s nothing ,” I told her . “ I just try to treat 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 a/an _______ , and then asked , “Could you drive through downtown ? ”

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

“Oh , I’m in no hurry ,” she said . I’m on my way to a hospice (臨終醫(yī)院).I don’t have any _______ left . The doctor says I don’t have a chance of living very long . I quietly reached over and shut off the meter (表).

For the next two hours ,we drove through the city . She _______ me the building

Where she had once worked , the neighborhood where she had lived , and the furniture shop where she had gone dancing as a girl . Sometimes she’d ask me to _______ in front of a special building and would sit looking straight into the ________ , saying nothing .

At dawn（黎明） , she suddenly said , “I’m tired . Let’s go now.”

We drove ________ to the address she had given me .

“How much do I pay for you ?” she asked . “Nothing ,” I said . “You have to make a living ,” she answered .

“Oh , there are other passengers ,” I answered . Almost without thinking , I bent and gave her a _______.

She held on to me tightly .Our hug ended with her remark ,

“You gave an old woman a little moment of _________.”

1.A. pick up B. play with C. look after D. call up

2.A. from B. light C. .room D. shape

3.A. strange B. nice C. happy D. weak

4.A. terrible B. long C. sudden D. short

5.A. rushed B. offered C. returned D. decided

6.A. quickly B. directly C. politely D. slowly

7.A. pity B. support C. kindness D. advice

8.A. address B. order C. smile D. gift

9.A. family B. life C. right D. money

10.A. sent B. told C. showed D. left

11.A. go by B. get out C. run away D. slow down

12.A. world B. darkness C. brightness D. sky

13.A. in silence B. in danger C. in surprise D. in secret

14.A. hug B. lift C. handshake D. answer

15.A. regret B. thought C. hope D. joy

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