Question

三、完形填空

School was over and I was both mentally and physically tired. I sat at the very front of the bus because of my   36  to get home. Sitting at the front makes you   37   out like a shiny coin in a pile of dull pennies.

    Janie, the driver, tries to break the   38   atmosphere by striking the match of  39  . I try to mind my manners and   40   listen, but usually I am too busy thinking about my day. On this day,  41  , her conversation was worth listening to.

    “My father’s sick,” she said to no one in   42   .I could see the anxiety and fear in her eyes. With a sudden change of attitude and interest, I asked, “What’s wrong with him?”

    With her eyes wet and her voice tight from  43   the tears, she responded, “Heart trouble.” Her eyes lowered as she   44   “I’ve already lost my mum, so I don’t think I can stand losing him.”

     I couldn’t respond. I was  45  . My heart ached for her. I sat on the old, smelly seat thinking of the great   46   my own mother was thrown into when her father died. I saw how hard it was,  47   still is, for her. I wouldn’t like anyone to go   48  that.

    Suddenly I realized Janie wasn’t only a bus driver. That was   49   her job. She had a whole world of family and concerns too. I had never thought of her as   50  but a driver.

    I suddenly felt very   51 . I realized I had only thought of people as   52   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 brushed her off as   53  .

   For all I know, I’m just another person in   54  else’s world and many not even be important. I   55   not have been so selfish and self-centered. Everyone has places to go, people to see and appointments（约会）to keep. Understanding people is an art.

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

37．A．find                B．make                     C．think        D．stand

38．A．unpopular           B．uncomfortable       C．unusual         D．unforgettable

39．A．fire                 B．topic               C．conversation D．discussion

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

41．A．however             B．therefore     C．thus           D．otherwise

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

43．A．fighting             B．avoiding             C．clearing            D．keeping

44．A．told                 B．lasted                     C．repeated   D．continued

45．A．for sure          B．at ease                   C．in shock   D．in despair

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

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

48．A．over                B．round                    C．through    D．without

49．A．almost                  B．nearly                    C．ever         D．just

50．A．something              B．anything         C．nothing           D．everything

51．A．sad                       B．embarrassed    C．selfish             D．worried

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

53．A．unfit                      B．unselfish         C．unnecessary      D．unimportant

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

55．A．must                      B．may                C．can          D．should

Answer 1

36-40 ADBCA   41-45 ADADC   46-50 BCCDB   51-55 CADBD