Many years ago I drove a taxi for extra money mainly from the downtown to the
36 , beside the Greenwood Racetrack..
Each time a taxi drove up to the station, many kids would run along the
37 . One
38 kid would open the passenger door and say, “
39 , sir.” The passenger would always say thanks and give the kid a
40 . It was a routine that everybody knew.
One day I noticed a boy, who was
41 than most of them but was pushed away by even the smallest kid. He never pushed back.
42 , he would even step aside when others pushed forward. But he never
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Then as I was
44 to the sidewalk, all the other kids were running after a taxi
45 mine. They didn’t notice mine.
The boy saw me and walked toward my taxi. As I pulled up I made sure that I stopped in a
46 with the passenger door right beside him. He
47 the passenger door and said, “Good luck at the track, sir.”
48 , the man did not tip him a quarter. Instead he
49 , “Get out of my way!” He pushed him aside so
50 that the boy fell down and was badly hurt. I got out of my car quickly,
51 find that the man disappeared in the crowd.
So I looked for the kid. I decided to give him $20 for all his
52 . But he was far up ahead, walking out of the station
53 .
54 , I never saw him again. I’d like to find him and tell him that if only he had stuck around a little longer I would have given him a whole $20.
I learned an important lesson from the boy. When things seem so
55 that you are ready to give up, that is the time when things are most likely to turn around for you.
| 小题1: | | A．school | B．station | C．office | D．hospital |
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| 小题2: | | A．sidewalk | B．way | C．track | D．step |
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| 小题3: | | A．strong | B．tall | C．lucky | D．active |
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| 小题4: | | A．Stop | B．Welcome | C．Help | D．Good luck |
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| 小题6: | | A．short | B．bigger | C．weaker | D．smarter |
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| 小题7: | | A．Instead | B．In general | C．In total | D．In case |
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| 小题8: | | A．gave in | B．gave away | C．gave up | D．gave off |
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| 小题9: | | A．pushing up | B．speeding up | C．keeping up | D．pulling up |
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| 小题10: | | A．above | B．beside | C．in front of | D．over |
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| 小题11: | | A．position | B．car | C．tree | D．situation |
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| 小题12: | | A．closed | B．opened | C．kicked | D．knocked |
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| 小题13: | | A．Therefore | B．So | C．However | D．Then |
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| 小题14: | | A．smiled | B．wept | C．advised | D．shouted |
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| 小题15: | | A．hard | B．softly | C．sweetly | D．slowly |
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| 小题16: | | A．and to | B．but to | C．only to | D．so as to |
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| 小题17: | | A．strength | B．efforts | C．courage | D．work |
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| 小题18: | | A．nervously | B．anxiously | C．madly | D．silently |
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| 小题19: | | A．So far | B．From then on | C．Once more | D．Just then |
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| 小题20: | | A．unavoidable | B．poor | C．hopeless | D．challenging |
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