完型填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
School was over and I felt quite tired. I sat at the very
1 of the crowded bus because of my anxiety to get home. Sitting there makes me
2 out like a shiny coin in a pile of dull pennies.
Janie, the driver , tries to break the uncomfortable atmosphere by striking the match of conversation . I tried to mind my manners and
3 listen, but usually I am too busy thinking about my day. On this day,
4 , her conversation was worth listening to.
“My father’s sick,” she said to no one in
5 ,I could see the anxiety and fear in her eyes. “What’s wrong with him?” I asked. With her eyes wet and her voice tight from
6 the tears, she answered, “Heart trouble.” Her eyes
7 as she continued. “I have already lost my mum, so I don’t think I can stand losing him.”
I was
8 . My heart ached for her. And this reminded me of the great
9 that my own mother was thrown into when her father died. I saw how hard it was, and still is, for her. I wouldn’t like anyone to
10 that.
Suddenly I realized Janie wasn’t only a bus driver. That was just her job. She had a whole world of
11 and concerns, too. I suddenly felt very selfish. I realized I had only thought of people as
12 as what their purposes were in my life. I paid no attention to Janie
13 she was a bus driver. I had
14 her by her job and brushed her off as unimportant.
For all I know, I’m just another person in someone else’s world, and may not even be
15 . I should not have been so selfish and self-centered. Everyone has places to go, people to see and appointment to keep. Understanding people is an art.
| 小题1: | | A．front | B．end | C．side | D．middle |
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| 小题2: | | A．find | B．take | C．stand | D．think |
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| 小题3: | | A．politely | B．slightly | C．carelessly | D．partly |
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| 小题4: | | A．however | B．therefore | C．instead | D．otherwise |
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| 小题5: | | A．surprise | B．particular | C．silence | D．purpose |
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| 小题6: | | A．fighting | B．turning | C．clearing | D．protecting |
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| 小题7: | | A．opened | B．shone | C．closed | D．lowered |
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| 小题8: | | A．recognized | B．worried | C．shocked | D．excited |
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| 小题9: | | A．victory | B．pain | C．respect | D．disappointment |
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| 小题10: | | A．pick up | B．work out | C．go through | D．get down |
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| 小题11: | | A．family | B．factory | C．school | D．friend |
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| 小题13: | | A．while | B．because | C．though | D．until |
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小题14:.
| A．criticized | B．received | C．considered | D．judged |
| 小题15: | | A．happy | B．wise | C．useful | D．important |
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