Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One time in the middle of the night, an old lady in her 80s   36    my taxi. She gave me an address, and then asked: “Could you drive through downtown?”

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

“Oh, I don’t    37  ,” she said. “I’m in no hurry. I’m on my way to a hospice (临终关怀医院). I don’t have any family left. The doctor says I don’t have very long.”

I    38     shut off the meter(里程表).

For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She   39   me the building where she had worked, the neighborhood where she and her husband had once lived, the place where she danced as a girl. As the sun was rising, we got to the hospice.

“How much should I pay you?” she asked, reaching into her purse.

“   40   ,” I said.

“You have to make a living,” she answered.

“There are other    41   .”

“You gave an old woman a little moment of    42   ,” she said. “Thank you.”

I drove into the fine    43    light. Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the 44      of a life. I drove aimlessly, lost in thought. For the rest of the day, I could hardly talk. What if that woman had got a(n)  45  driver, or one who was impatient to end his shift(换班)? What if I had refused to take the run?

36. A. found            B. took         C. called           D. chose

37. A. count            B. know         C. mind         D. worry

38. A. quietly          B. gladly           C. angrily          D. usually

39. A. reminded     B. introduced       C. explained        D. showed

40. A. Anything     B. Something        C. Nothing      D. Everything

41. A. passengers       B. drivers          C. patients     D. strangers

42. A. pity         B. pain         C. joy          D. anger

43. A. morning          B. afternoon        C. evening      D. night

44. A. opening          B. closing      C. beginning    D. changing

45. A. careful          B. polite           C. kind         D. unfriendly

—Someone is knocking at the door, dad!

—Go and see ________.

A. who is it　　 B. who it is　　　 C. who was it　　　 D. who it was

—The paper says Iron Man 3 is on this evening. Let’s go and see it.

—But I ________it.

A. see　　　　　　　 B. saw　　　　 C. have seen　 　 D. will see

 Teenagers with working experiences know more clearly ________ they will be in the future.

   A. who           B. why          C. where            D. what

 People who eat breakfast are always in ________ spirits than those who don’t.

   A. good          B. nice           C. better         D. best

 Don’t come into the lab ________ you are asked to.

   A. unless            B. until            C. because      D. since

 Hi, guy! You ________ not park your car here. It’s for our customers only.

   A. need          B. may          C. will         D. can

 They ________ a notice to tell the students about the changed meeting time.

   A. put up            B. put on           C. put away     D. put out

 Claude didn’t do much homework, ________ he still passed the exam.

   A. for               B. or           C. and          D. but

—Why didn’t you answer my phone call, Jack?

—I’m sorry, but I ________ then.

A. drove　　　　 B. drives　　　　　 C. was driving　　 D. have driven