Question

Twenty years ago I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 AM. When I­­­­­­­­­­­­   21  -，I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor    22 

I walked to the door and knocked “Just a minute” answered a weak elderly      23

After a long pause the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood    24    me by her side was a small suitcase. I took the suitcase to the car and then  25to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked   26 toward the car.

She kept thanking me for my kindness. “It’s nothing” I told her. “I just try to   27  my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.” “Oh you’re such a good man.” She said. When we got into the taxi she gave me an address and then asked“Could you drive   28 downtown”

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

“Oh I’m   29 ” she said. “I’m on my way to a hospice臨終醫院. I don’t have any   30  left. The doctor says I don’t have very long.”

I quietly reached over and   31  the meter計價器.

For the next two hours we drove through the city. She   32  me the building where she had once worked the neighborhood where she had lived and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone  33  as a girl.

Sometimes she’d ask me to slow down in front of a   34 building and would sit staring into the darkness saying nothing.

At  35  she suddenly said” I’m tired. Let’s go now.”

We drove in silence to the   36 she had given me. “How much do I   37 you” she asked. “Nothing.” I said. “You have to make a living” she answered. “Oh there are other   38 ” I answered. Almost without thinking I   39  and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly. Our hug ended with her remark“You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.”

I walked into the  40 morning light. Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the closing of a life.

1.	A．waited B．stopped C．arrived D．wandered

 

2.	A．window B．house C．door D．glass

 

3.	A．sound B．whisper C．sign D．voice

 

4.	A．beneath B．before C．behind D．over

 

5.	A．walked B．left C．returned D．stepped

 

6.	A．calmly B．hurriedly C．quietly D．slowly

 

7.	A．receive B．collect C．treat D．drive

 

8.	A．through B．from C．to D．towards

 

9.	A．out of work B．in no hurry C．on no purpose D．out of danger

 

10.	A．hope B．money C．time D．family

 

11.	A．turned on B．shut off C．switched over D．covered up

 

12.	A．showed B．pointed C．indicated D．forgot

 

13.	A．working B．growing C．playing D．dancing

 

14.	A．memorial B．significant C．particular D．similar

 

15.	A．dawn B．sunset C．noon D．night

 

16.	A．house B．address C．direction D．destination

 

17.	A．pay B．owe C．promise D．save

 

18.	A．cars B．buildings C．passengers D．chances

 

19.	A．nodded B．landed C．swung D．bent

 

20.	A．dim B．colorful C．bright D．black

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.C

6.D

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.D

11.B

12.A

13.D

14.C

15.A

16.B

17.B

18.C

19.D

20.A

【解析】文章講述的是作者去接了一個即將即開這個世界的老人去醫院，路上對老人非常友善，并免費帶老人去市中心轉了一圈。

1.上下文，根據上文的One night I went to pick up a passenger可知，作者去接一個乘客，當他到達的時候，他發現整個建筑物一篇漆黑，除了一樓窗戶露出來的一絲光亮。

2.同上

3.名詞辨析，sound是聲響，whisper是耳語 sign標志 voice是人發出的聲音

4.句意理解，一個八十多歲的小女人站在了我面前。

5.句意理解，我把她的行李箱拿到車上，然后再回來幫助她。

6.上下文，根據上文可知，該乘客是八十多歲的高齡，因此作者是幫助這個老人慢慢往車上走去

7.上下文，根據后文的I would want my mother treated可知，作者感到只是想用對待自己母親的方式來對待乘客。

8.上下文，老人說能不能穿過市中心啊。根據后面的For the next two hours we drove through the city可知

9.句意理解，作者說，這不是最近的路，老人回答，我不著急，不需要走近的路。

10.上下文，老人沒有多少時間剩下來了，但是還是孤單一個，所以是沒有其他的家人了。

11.上下文，根據后文作者沒有收老人的錢可知，作者把計價器關掉了，決定不收老人的車費。turned on打開 switched over轉換 cover  up掩蓋

12.句意理解，此處意為她在車上指給我看很多她以前呆過的地方，point sb無詞用法，show sb sth意為向某人展示，出示

13.上下文，根據前文的 ballroom舞廳，可知是她年輕的時候跳舞的地方

14.句意理解，有時候她會在一個特殊的建筑物那讓我放慢速度，就坐在那里看著黑暗的地方，一句話也不說。

15.上下文，根據上文的One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 AM可知，過來幾個小時之后就是dawn黎明了

16.上下文，根據上文的She said. When we got into the taxi she gave me an address 可知，到達了她給我的地址

17.句意理解，老人說我欠你多少錢，owe sb some money欠某人多少錢

18.句意理解，老人說你還要謀生呢，作者答，沒關系，還有其他的乘客呢

19.上下文，根據上文的a small woman可知，作者要跟她擁抱就要彎下腰

20.上下文，根據上文可知，此時是黎明，所以是昏暗的早上