I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large  21  across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-age children. At the end of the day, he would  22  his taxi on the road. I  23  why he did not park it in the garage.

Then one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home  24  work, leave his taxi and go out for his  25  affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was  26 . 

I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I  27  to be outside one evening two weeks  28  ,when the garage door was  29   and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce（劳斯莱斯）! It shook me completely  30  I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But 31   inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a（n）32  . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and  33   him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a（n）34  . 

We go to bed every night and  35   every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a  36   as close friends or go for a vacation as a  37 . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we  38   the social ladder—how much bigger and better a  39 we have. And we ignore our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on  40  we are than what we do! 

I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large  31  across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-aged children. At the end of the day, he would  32   his taxi on the road. I  33   why he did not park it in the garage.

Then one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home  34   work, leave his taxi and go out for his  35   affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was a 36  .

I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I  37   to be outside one evening two weeks  38  , when the garage door was  39  and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce（劳斯莱斯）! It shook me completely  40  I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But  41  inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a（n）  42  . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and 43  him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a (n）  44  .

We go to bed every night and   45  every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a  46  as close friends or go for a vacation as a  47  . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how much bigger and better a 48  we have. And we ignore our Rolls-Royce, by  49  it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on  50  we are than what we do!

1. A. window            B. garage           C. door         D. yard

2. A. park              B. stop         C. check            D. repair

3. A. knew              B. understood       C. asked            D. wondered

4. A. for               B. out of           C. without      D. from

5. A. business          B. national     C. personal     D. public

6. A. waste             B. gift        C. wonder       D. must

7. A. appeared          B. intended     C. expected     D. happened

8. A. later             B. more         C. ago          D. before

9. A. broken            B. fine         C. shut         D. open

10. A. once             B. before           C. when         D. until

11.A. far               B. deep         C. long         D. little

12.A. driver            B. engineer     C. father           D. son

13. A. called           B. made         C. elected          D. turned

14.A. experience            B. earning      C. life         D. work

15.A. stay up           B. wake up      C. stay home        D. go home

16.A. competition       B. performance  C. debate           D. party

17.A. family            B. company      C. team         D. whole

18. A. garden           B. garage           C. car          D. taxi

19. A. giving           B. keeping      C. driving      D. parking

20. A. who              B. what         C. which            D. where

完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分） 

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large  1  across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-aged children. At the end of the day, he would  2  his taxi on the road. I  3  why he did not park it in the garage.

Then one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home  4  work, leave his taxi and go out for his  5  affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was 6  .

I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I 7  to be outside one evening two weeks  8 , when the garage door was 9 and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce（劳斯莱斯）! It shook me completely  10  I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But  11 inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a（n）  12  . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and  13  him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a (n）14.

We go to bed every night and  15  every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a  16 as close friends or go for a vacation as a 17  . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we  18  the social ladder—how much bigger and better a  19  we have. And we ignore our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on  20 we are than what we do!

1.                A．window        B．garage          C．door D．yard

2.                A．park           B．stop           C．check    D．repair

3.                A．knew          B．understood      C．asked    D．wondered

4.                A．for            B．out of          C．without   D．from

5.                A．business        B．national         C．personal  D．public

6.                A．wasteful        B．useful          C．wonderful D．plentiful

7.                A．appeared       B．intended        C．expected D．happened

8.                A．later           B．more           C．ago  D．before

9.                A．broken         B．fine            C．shut D．open

10.               A．once          B．before         C．when D．until

11.               A．far            B．deep          C．long  D．little

12.               A．driver          B．engineer       C．father D．son

13.               A．called          B．made          C．elected   D．turned

14.               A．experience     B．earning         C．life   D．position

15.               A．stay up         B．wake up        C．stay home D．go home

16.               A．competition     B．performance    C．debate    D．party

17.               A．family          B．company       C．team D．whole

18.               A．build          B．climb          C．stand D．lay

19.               A．garden         B．garage         C．car   D．taxi

20.               A．who           B．what           C．which D．where

I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large  21  across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-age children. At the end of the day, he would  22  his taxi on the road. I  23  why he did not park it in the garage.
Then one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home  24  work, leave his taxi and go out for his  25  affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was  26 . 
I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I  27  to be outside one evening two weeks  28  ,when the garage door was  29   and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce（劳斯莱斯）! It shook me completely  30  I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But 31   inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a（n）32  . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and  33   him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a（n）34  . 
We go to bed every night and  35   every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a  36   as close friends or go for a vacation as a  37 . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we  38   the social ladder—how much bigger and better a  39 we have. And we ignore our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on  40  we are than what we do! 

I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large   16  across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-age children. At the end of the day, he would   17  his taxi on the road. I  18  why he did not park it in the garage.
Then, one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home  19  work, leave his taxi and go out for his   20 affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was    21  .
I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I  22 to be outside one evening two weeks  23 , when the garage door was   24 and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce（劳斯莱斯）! It shook me completely   25  I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But  26 inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a（n）  27 . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and   28  him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a（n）  29 .
We go to bed every night and   30  every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a   31  as close friends or go for a vacation as a   32 . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we  33 the social ladder(阶梯)—how much bigger and better a  34 we have. And we ignore(忽视)our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on   35  we are than what we do!