Question

20 years ago, I drove a cab for a living. One time I arrived in the middle of the night for a ___1__ up at a building that was dark ___2___ a single light in a ground floor window. After a long pause, a small woman in her 80’s stood before me.

   “Would you carry my bag out to the car?” she said. I took her small suitcase to the cab, and then returned to ___3____ the woman. She kept thanking me for my kindness. “ It’s nothing.” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the ___4___ I would want my mother treated.”

“Riverside Street, please. But could you drive through downtown?”

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

“Oh, I don’t mind,” She said.“ I’m in no ____5__. I am on my way to a hospice.” I looked in the back view mirror. Her eyes were full of ___6___. “ I don’t have any family __7___.” She continued. “The __8___ says I don’t have very long.” While we were driving through the city, she showed me the building where she had once worked. Sometimes she asked me to slow in front of a particular building or corner and would ___9___into the darkness, saying ___10___. Not until the first ray of the sun ___11___up the sky did we get to the address she had given me.

“How much do I ___12___you?’ she asked.

“Nothing,” I said. Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She ___13____ onto me tightly, saying “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.” Then she walked into the hospice.

 Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the ___14__ of a life. I don’t pick up any more passengers for the rest of the day. I drove ___15____, lost in thought.  ___16___ I had refused to take the run?  On a quick ___17___, I don’t think I have done anything more __18___ in my life. We are conditioned to think that our lives ___19__ on great moments. But great moments often catch us _20___ ----beautifully hidden in what others may consider a small one.

1．A．visit              B．pick              C．business         D．appointment

1,3,5

2．A．except for         B．but for            C．far from           D．instead of

3．A．take              B．bring              C．accompany     D．assist

4．A．attitude           B．manner            C．way           D．means

5．A．trouble             B．hurry             C．time            D．danger

6. A．puzzlement         B．excitement         C．eagerness        D．sadness

7．A．gone             B．stayed             C．left             D．remained

8．A．lawyer            B．doctor            C．neighbor         D．relative

9．A．stare             B．wander           C．disappeared      D．step

10．A．much           B．nothing           C．anything         D．none

11．A came              B．appeared         C．showed          D．lit

12．A．charge          B．owe             C．give             D．cost

13．A．kept             B．held              C．caught          D．seized

14．A．beginning        B．symbol           C．sign             D．closing

15．A．aimlessly         B．deliberately        C．intentionally      D．carefully

16．A．How come       B．So what          C．What if        D．How about

17．A．review          B．pause           C．rest             D．memory

18．A．troublesome      B．important         C．enthusiastic      D．worthless

19．A．depend          B．rely             C．look           D．center

20．A．sudden              B．unaware            C．conscious         D．expected

Answer 1

1—5  BADCB  6—10  DCBAB  11—15  DBBDA  16—20  CABDB