School was over and I was both mentally and physically tired. I sat at the very front of the bus because of my
16 to get home. Sitting at the front makes you
17 out like a shiny coin in a pile of dull pennies.
Janie, the driver, tries to break the
18 atmosphere by striking the match of
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I try to mind my manners and
20 listen, but usually I am too busy thinking about my day. On this day,
21 , her conversation was worth listening to.
“My father's sick,” she said to no one in
22 . 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
23 the tears, she responded,“Heart trouble.”Her eyes lowered as she
24 . “I've already lost my mum, so I don't think I can stand losing him.”
I couldn't respond. I was
25 . My heart ached for her. I sat on the old, smelly seat thinking of the great
26 my own mother was thrown into when her father died. I saw how hard it was,
27 still is, for her. I wouldn't like anyone to go
28 that.
Suddenly I realized Janie wasn't only a bus driver. That was
29 her job. She had a whole world of family and concerns too. I had never thought of her as
30 but a driver.
I suddenly felt very
31 . I realized I had only thought of people as
32 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
33 .
For all I know, I'm just another person in
34 else's world, and may not even be important. I
35 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.
小题1: | A.anxiety | B.determination | C.decision | D.attempt |
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小题2: | A.find | B.make | C.think | D.stand |
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小题3: | A.unpopular | B.uncomfortable | C.unusual | D.unforgettable |
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小题4: | A.fire | B.topic | C.conversation | D.discussion |
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小题5: | A.politely | B.devotedly | C.carelessly | D.sincerely |
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小题6: | A.however | B.therefore | C.thus | D.otherwise |
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小题7: | A.surprise | B.common | C.silence | D.particular |
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小题8: | A.fighting | B.avoiding | C.clearing | D.keeping |
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小题9: | A.told | B.lasted | C.repeated | D.continued |
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小题10: | A.for sure | B.at ease | C.in shock | D.in despair |
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小题11: | A.mercy | B.pain | C.pity | D.disappointment |
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小题13: | A.over | B.round | C.through | D.without |
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小题14: | A.almost | B.nearly | C.ever | D.just |
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小题15: | A.something | B.anything | C.nothing | D.everything |
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小题16: | A.sad | B.embarrassed | C.selfish | D.worried |
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小题18: | A.unfit | B.unselfish | C.unnecessary | D.unimportant |
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小题19: | A.everyone | B.someone | C.anyone | D.no one |
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