Question

Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One early morning, I ______ a call for a taxi. When I arrived at the building, it was 2:30 a.m. and I found the building was dark except for the only light in a first floor window.

Many drivers would just shout once or twice and then drove away, but I thought this ______ might need my help. So I walked to the door and knocked, “Just a minute,” answered a _______, elderly voice. After a long time, the door opened. A small old man showed up before me, ______a small bag. He kept thanking me for my ______. “It’s nothing,” I told him.

“Oh, you’re such a good man.” He said. When we got into the taxi, he gave me a (an) _______, and then asked, “Could you drive through the city center?”

“But it wasn’t the ______way.” I answered quickly. “Oh, I’m in no hurry.” He said. “I’m on my way to a hospital. I don’t have any family left. The ______ says I don’t have much time left.

I ______ started the taxi and shut off the meter(计程器). For the next two hours, we drove through the city center. He showed me the building where he once worked. We drove ______ the church where he got married. He would never forget that happy moment. Sometimes he’d ask me to slow down in front of a building and would sit ______the darkness for a long time, saying nothing. When the sun began to rise, we drove in silence to the address he had given me. When we arrived, ________ without thinking, I gave him a big hug. “You gave an old man a little moment of ______. Thank you!” He said with tears in his eyes.

I was completely lost in thought for the rest of the day. What would happen if I had refused to do ________ I did? We always think that there are no ______ moments in our lives, but great moments are just in what others may think small and unimportant ones!

1.A. made    B. received    C. accepted    D. gave

2.A. driver    B. policeman    C. guide    D. passenger

3.A. strong    B. loud    C. weak    D. sweet

4.A. carrying    B. taking    C. wearing    D. fetching

5.A. difference    B. kindness    C. happiness    D. surprise

6.A. order    B. address    C. idea    D. promise

7.A. busiest    B. longest    C. quietest    D. shortest

8.A. teacher    B. policeman    C. doctor    D. neighbor

9.A. easily    B. noisily    C. luckily    D. quietly

10.A. from    B. through    C. in    D. past

11.A. looking up    B. looking through    C. looking after    D. looking into

12.A. hardly    B. almost    C. ever    D. usually

13.A. pleasure    B. disappointment    C. sadness    D. pain

14.A. how    B. what    C. why    D. when

15.A. awful    B. bad    C. great    D. peaceful

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.B

6.B

7.D

8.C

9.D

10.D

11.D

12.B

13.A

14.B

15.C

【解析】这篇文章主要讲了，二十年前，作者以开出租车为生，有一天他接到一个电话，那是一个虚弱的老人，他告诉作者自己的时间不长了，作者免费带他去了有回忆的地方。这个故事告诉人们：人的生命中有一些重大的时刻，有些重大时刻会在不经意间降临到人们身上--也许在别人眼中是小事。

1.句意：一天清晨，我接到一个叫出租车的电话。 A. made制作；B. received 接收；C. accepted接受；D. gave给。根据前文I drove a taxi for a living可知，“我”是出租车司机，应该“接到”叫出租车的电话。 故选：B。

2.句意：许多司机只会喊一两次然后开走，但我想这个乘客可能需要我的帮助。A. driver名词，司机；B. policeman名词，警察；C. guide名词，向导；D. passenger名词，乘客。根据语境可知是“乘客”之意。故选：D。

3.句意：于是我走到门口敲了敲门，“等一下，”一个虚弱而苍老的声音回答。A. strong形容词，强壮的；B. loud形容词，大声的；C. weak形容词，弱的；D. sweet形容词，甜的。根据后文的描述The ___8___ says I don’t have much time left. 可知，这位老人是个时日不多的病人，声音应是“虚弱的”。故选：C。

4.句意：一个小老头提着一个小袋子出现在我面前。A. carrying现在分词，提着、拿着； B. taking现在分词，携带；C. wearing现在分词，穿着；D. fetching现在分词，拿回。此处是现在分词在句中作伴随状语，掌握基本的语法知识。故选：A。

5.句意：他不停地感谢我的好意。A. difference名词，不同；B. kindness名词，善良； C. happiness名词，幸福；D. surprise名词，惊奇。根据后文“Oh, you’re such a good man.”可知，老人感谢作者的“善良”。故选：B。

6.句意：当我们坐进出租车，他给了我一个地址，然后问，“你能开车穿过城市中心？”。A. order名词，命令、订单；B. address名词，地址；C. idea名词，主意；D. promise名词，承若。根据后文“But it wasn’t the ___7___way.” I answered quickly可知，此处意为“地址”。故选：B。

7.句意：但那不是最短的路。四个选项都是形容词的最高级形式。 A. busiest最忙的；B. longest最长的；C. quietest最安静的；D. shortest最短的。根据后文“Oh, I’m in no hurry.”可推知，这不是最短的路线。故选：D。

8.句意：医生说我剩下的时间不多了 A. teacher名词，教师；B. policeman名词，警察；C. doctor名词，医生；D. neighbor名词，邻居。老人是病人，所以应是“医生”告诉他时日不多了。故选：C。

9.句意：我静静地启动了出租车并关闭了计程器。A. easily副词，容易地；B. noisily副词，吵闹地；C. luckily副词，幸运地；D. quietly副词，静静地。听到老人的生病不久于人世的话，作者有所触动，因而“静静地”启动车子。故选：D。

10.句意：接下来的两个小时，我们开车穿过市中心。A. from介词，从；B. through介词，穿过，指从内部穿过；C. by介词，靠...、被；D. past经过。故选：B。

11.句意：有时他会让我在一座建筑物前放慢脚步，坐在黑暗中看了很久，什么也没说。A. looking up向上看、查找；B.looking through 浏览；C. looking after照看； D.looking into看向...里面；此处意为“看向黑暗里”。辨析近义动词短语的含义，区别使用。故选：D。

12.句意：当我们到达时，几乎没有想，我给了他一个大大的拥抱。A. hardly副词，几乎不； B. almost副词，几乎；C. ever副词，曾经；D. usually副词，通常。故选：B。

13.句意：你给了一个老人片刻的快乐。谢谢您!A. pleasure名词，高兴、快乐；B. chance名词，机会；C. sadness名词，悲伤；D. pain名词，疼痛。根据上文内容可知作者载着老人穿行在城市中，让老人又重温了美好的回忆，所以判断作者带给老人的是快乐。故选：A。

14.句意：如果我拒绝做我刚做过的事情，会发生什么呢？ A. how副词，怎样；B. what代词，什么；C. why副词，为什么；D. when副词，什么时候。此处缺少did的宾语，what代词可作宾语。故选：B。

15.句意：我们总是认为生活中没有重大的时刻，但重大的时刻只是在别人可能认为的小而不重要的时刻。A. awful形容词，可怕的；B. bad形容词，糟糕的；C. great形容词，好的、伟大的；D. peaceful形容词，和平的。故选：C。