Question

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

Janie, the driver, tried to the uncomfortable atmosphere by striking the match of a conversation.

I tried to mind my manners and listen, but I was too busy thinking about my day. On this day, , her conversation was worth listening to.

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

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

I couldn’t respond. I was shocked . My heart for her. I sat on the old, smelly seat thinking of the great my own mother was thrown into when my father died.

I saw how hard it was, still is, for her. I wouldn’t like anyone to go through that .

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

I suddenly felt very . I realized I had only thought of people as 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 her as unimportant.

For all I know, I’m just another person in else’s world, and may not even be important. I should not have been so selfish and self-centred. Everyone a place to go to, people to see and appointments to . Understanding people is an art.

1.A. determination B. decision C. attempt D. anxiety

2.A. make B. give C. stand D. find

3.A. hold B. break C. take D. control

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

5.A. therefore B. instead C. otherwise D. however

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

7.A. sense B. change C. wonder D. choice

8.A. removing B. clearing C. keeping D. fighting

9.A. lowered B. closed C. widened D. Opened

10.A. mind B. regret C. bear D. escape

11.A. hurt B. ached C. struck D. impressed

12.A. pain B. pity C. disappointment D. mercy

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

14.A. dark B. narrow C. whole D. bright

15.A. confused B. selfish C. worried D. sad

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

17.A. regarded B. served C. made D. taken

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

19.A. has B. gets C. finds D. needs

20.A. stay B. get C. keep D. Put

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.D

6.C

7.D

8.A

9.C

10.B

11.A

12.B

13.D

14.C

15.C

16.D

17.A

18.A

19.A

20.C

【解析】

試題分析：文章講述的是作者通過和司機(jī)的談話，意識到了自己以往對待別人的錯誤看法。我只是一個存在于別人世界中的一個人，甚至可能微不足道。我不應(yīng)該這么自私，自利和以自我為中心。了解他人也是一門藝術(shù)。

1.考查名詞辨析A. determination決心；B. decision決定；C. attempt試圖；D. anxiety焦慮；根據(jù)上下文，我坐在公共汽車的最前面，因?yàn)槲覒n慮回到家。此處指的是作者想回家的急切，焦急的心情。選D

2.考查動詞辨析A. make制作；B. give 給；C. stand站；D. find發(fā)現(xiàn)；根據(jù)like a shiny coin in a pile of dull pennies可知，坐在汽車前面讓他很突出，就像一堆陰暗的便士里面一個閃亮的硬幣stand out 意為突出，選C

3.考查動詞辨析A. hold抓��；B. break打碎；C. take拿走；D. control控制；根據(jù)下方提到的her conversation was worth listening to.可知司機(jī)珍妮，試圖打破不快的氣氛，提出引人注目的比賽的話題（conversation）。選B

4.考查副詞辨析A. devotedly投入地；B. carelessly粗心地；C. sincerely真誠地；D. politely禮貌地；根據(jù)mind my manners可知，作者想言行方面表現(xiàn)好點(diǎn)，因此想禮貌地傾聽。選D

5.考查副詞辨析A. therefore因此；B. instead反而；C. otherwise 否則；D. however然而；前面的I am too busy thinking about my day.我忙著想自己的一天，和后面的her conversation was worth listening to.她的談話值得聽，是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，用however，選D

6.考查形容詞辨析A. common普通的；B. silence平靜；C. particular特別的；D. surprise吃驚；“我父親病了,”她沒有特別跟誰說。選C

7.考查動詞辨析A. sense感覺；B. change改變；C. wonder想知道；D. choice 選擇；從前面的句子：I asked, “What’s wrong with him?”可知作者問她父親怎么了，后面是司機(jī)珍妮的回答。選D

8.考查動詞辨析A. removing移除；B. clearing 打掃；C. keeping保持；D. fighting打架；根據(jù)語境，因?yàn)樗緳C(jī)很傷心，所以此處講的是她低垂著雙眼，傷心地回憶起了母親，也無法想象失去父親的情景。選A

9.考查動詞辨析A. lowered降低；B. closed關(guān)上；C. widened擴(kuò)大；D. Opened打開；根據(jù)情境：我已經(jīng)失去了我母親，但我認(rèn)為我不能容忍再失去他。選C

10.考查名詞辨析A. mind思想；B. regret后悔；C. bear忍受；D. escape逃跑；上下文，我不能回答，我震驚（shocked）。我為她心疼�？芍�作者得知這些以后感到很震驚，出乎了作者意料，選B

11.考查動詞辨析A. hurt傷害；B. ached疼痛；C. struck打擊；D. impressed使印象深刻；根據(jù)語境，當(dāng)父親去世的時候，母親陷入了多大的痛苦之中。選A

12.考查名詞辨析A. pain痛苦；B. pity遺憾；C. disappointment失望；D. mercy仁慈；我看見她是多么難，和仍然是她，是并列關(guān)系，選B

13.考查連詞辨析A. yet 然而；B. and并且；C. or否則；D. but但是；從前文的I saw how hard it was, 22   still is, for her.可知作者不愿讓任何人經(jīng)歷這樣的事情，選C

14.考查形容詞辨析A. dark 黑暗的；B. narrow狹窄的；C. whole 整個的；D. bright明亮的；從前面的句子：Suddenly I realized Janie wasn’t only a bus driver. That was just her job. 可知珍妮不僅是司機(jī)，也有整個家庭和關(guān)心的事情，選C

15.考查形容詞辨析A. confused困惑；B. selfish自私的；C. worried焦慮的；D. sad悲傷的；根據(jù)下文的I paid no attention to Janie because she was a bus driver和I should not have been so selfish可知，作者認(rèn)為自己沒有注意到別人，感到自己以前很自私。選B

16.考查形容詞短語辨析 A.as  long as只要， B. as soon as一…就， C. as well as不但，而且，和…一樣好，D.as far as據(jù)…，就…，作者以前只想到別人的目的,沒有想到別人的生活，as far as 就……而言，故選D

17.考查動詞辨析A. regarded認(rèn)為；B. served服務(wù)；C. made制作；D. taken帶走；從前面的句子：I had judged her by her job 可知作者一度認(rèn)為珍妮是不重要的，選D

18.考查不定代詞A. someone某人；B. anyone任何人；C. no one沒有人；D. everyone每人；這句話表示：在其他人的世界中我只是另一個人。選A

19.考查動詞辨析A. has有；B. gets 得到；C. finds發(fā)現(xiàn)；D. needs需要；我不應(yīng)該這么自私，自利和以自我為中心。這里表示：按道理講應(yīng)該有，故選D

20.考查動詞辨析A. stay呆；B. get得到； C. keep保持；D. Put放；keep an appointment固定短語搭配：守約，踐行約定，每個人都有地方可去，有人要看，要守約。選C。

考點(diǎn)：人生百味類短文。