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閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給各題的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。

Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One early morning, I received a call for a taxi. When I arrived at the building, it was 2:30 am and only one room gave off light. Many   31  

would just shout once or twice and then drive away. But I thought this passenger might need my

  32  . So I walked to the door and   33  . “Just a minute,” answered a weak, elderly   34  . After a long time, the door opened. A small old woman   35   before me, carrying a small suitcase. I took her suitcase and we walked slowly to the car. She kept thanking me for my kindness.

When we got in the car, she gave me a (n)   36  , and then asked to drive through the city center. But it wasn’t the   37   way. “Oh, I’m in no hurry,” she said. “I’m on my way to Westhill Old People’s Home. The doctor says I don’t have much time   38  .

We drove through the city center. She   39   me the building where she once worked. We drove past the church where she got married. Sometimes she’d ask me to slow down in front of a building or at a corner and   40   sit looking at the darkness, saying nothing. When the sun began to   41  , we drove in silence to the old people’s home. When we arrived, almost   42   a second thought, I gave her a big hug (擁抱). “You gave an old woman a little moment of   43  . Thank you!” she said tearfully.

I was totally lost in thought for the rest of the day. I can’t imagine what would happen if I   44  

to do what I did? We always think that there are no great moments in our lives, but great moments are just in what others may consider a   45   one.

31. A. drivers  B. workers      C. guests D. passengers

32. A. advice  B. help    C. suggestion  D. attention

33. A. stopped B. breathed     C. worked      D. knocked

34. A. sound   B. noise   C. voice  D. shout

35. A. turned up     B. set up  C. got up D. put up

36. A. order    B. address       C. idea    D. reason

37. A. busiest  B. longest       C. narrowest   D. shortest

38. A. left       B. saved  C. lost     D. spared

39. A. gave     B. passed C. showed      D. made

40. A. could    B. would C. should D. must

41. A. move    B. set      C. rise     D. burn

42. A. after     B. with    C. except D. without

43. A. patience       B. courage      C. joy     D. sadness

44. A. refused B. offered       C. planned      D. regretted

45. A. difficult       B. small  C. strange       D. interesting

You don’t have to ask Barack Obama what it is like to be a president-elect. Chances are you can be one, too, and it won’t take more than 30 years’ efforts to achieve that.

A new computer game, Commander in Chief, offers the chance to step into the president’s shoes and see whether you can do a better job running the country than he can.

The video game will be available on January 20, the day Obama is sworn in (宣誓就職) as president.

So what will you do in the game?

Like Obama, your early task is to select members of the Cabinet（內(nèi)閣）from 250 personality types. Then you immediately face internal（國內(nèi)的）and external challenges. Every decision you make has an in-game consequence. 

“You can put your own political theories into action and see the domestic（國內(nèi)的）and international effect,” said the lead designer Louis-Marie Rocques.

Internal decisions involve managing budgets, security, education, health care and discussion over many proposed laws. You also have to respond to critics. Every decision has a consequence, which changes the political environment. For example, raising taxes will raise criticisms and protests while lowering taxes means you will have less money to play with.

What about external decisions? Well, you have to deal with military issues, global economics, trade agreements, and spending time lobbying（游說）other presidents. You can determine the course of world events by invading（侵略）a neutral country, or toppling（推翻）an unfriendly country but then you must face the economic, political, and military consequences.

Don’t want to be president of the US? The game also lets you become virtual（虛擬的）leader of other countries including France, Germany, Spain and Russia.

53. The purpose of writing this passage is mainly to     .

   A. show you how hard it is to be the newly-elected president, Barack Obama

   B. explain why the video game is so popular among American citizens

   C. introduce to you one special computer game, Commander in Chief

   D. inform how designers developed the interesting computer game

54. Which of the following items belongs to internal affairs in the game? 

A. Managing budgets, responding to critics and military issues.

   B. Managing budgets, raising taxes and trade agreements.

   C. Health care, discussing proposed laws and lowering taxes.

   D. Education, security and lobbying other countries.

55. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

   A. Those who want to be a president one day will get a taste of their private life.

   B. The first task in the game is to form the Cabinet consisting of 250 members.

   C. The video game has hit the stores in America and enjoys sales success.

   D. Like a real president, the players will face challenges at home and abroad

When it was his turn to deliver his speech,        , he walked towards the microphone.

A. nervously and embarrassingly                B. nervous and embarrassedly

C. nervously and embarrassing                 D. nervous and embarrassed

  Tom looked at Jessica, tears ____ his eyes, and shouted out the words ___ in his heart for years.

A. filling; hiding      B. filled; hidden      C. filling; hidden             D. filled; hiding

28 it was__________back home from work.

A. not until midnight did he go      B. until midnight  that he didn’t go

C. not until midnight that he went    D. until midnight when he didn’t go

_____telephones, tell him I’m out.

         A．No matter whoever  B．Who                    C．Whoever                 D．Anyone

“Why can’t you do it now?” “_____I’m too busy.”

         A．Since                   B．As                                   C．Because                       D．For

I have not seen him_____ he went to college.

         A．when                      B．before                      C．a(chǎn)s                              D．since

Mary failed the driving test again. If she ______ harder, she ______ the test easily.

    A. practiced; would pass                            B. had practiced; would pass

C. had practiced; would have passed     D. should practice; should have passed

C

The outstretched(伸出的) hand caught my eyes immediately. I’d fallen on the sidewalk, having tripped on the curb(路邊). A hand was there, ready to help me. Then, warm smile and, “ Are you OK?”

I’d fallen on my hands and knees, and I was fine. But I loved seeing that hand reaching toward me. The woman helped me up, made sure I was all right, and we both went our way.

As I remembered this incident during the next few days, it became a symbol of the significance of helping another one. In the grand scheme of things, such help may often seem small, but at the moment it’s needed, it can feel very significant.

One of my most meaningful lessons on how to help others came at the end of a week-long music workshop. At that final gathering, we each had the opportunity to perform for the other participants. A woman who was  much more experienced and accomplished(技藝高超的)than I ---- a piano teacher who attended the workshop in order to learn new teaching techniques- invited me to play the piano with her. I'd actually been quite happy as part of the audience, watching the other students perform. My piano skills were elementary, and my confidence was low.

When she asked, though, it was almost as if she’d taken me by the hand and led me to the piano. As I plunked out a melody(旋律), she played a lovely accompaniment. Hearing that accompaniment to my melody moved me to tears. She was helping my music be beautiful—helping me play my song. But the lasting impact of that experience related to much more. I took away with me the lesson that we are each here to help one another “ play our songs” --- live our lives to the fullest, be the individuals whom we are.

63. What is the main idea of the passage?

   A. The significance of helping one another.

   B. My experience of playing the piano.

   C. The people who helped me out.

   D. The incident I remembered on the street.

64. Why did the author just want to be part of the audience?

   A. She couldn’t play the piano quite well.

   B. There was no time left for her to perform.

   C. Nobody invited her to play the piano.

   D. She was too shy to perform in public.

65. We can infer from the passage that the melody played by the author was ____.

   A. moving  B. lovely  C. so-so  D. beautiful

66. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

   A. The author appreciated the two women’s help.

   B. Small help is also important when it is needed.

   C. A piano teacher invited the author to play the piano together.

   D. The author was moved to tears because of the beautiful music.