III. Cloze   (20 points)
School was over and I was both mentally and physically tired. I sat in the very front of the   36 because of my anxiety to get home. Sitting at the front makes you   37  out like a shiny coin in a pile of dull pennies.
Janie, the driver, tries to break the   38 atmosphere by striking the match of conversation. I try to mind my manners and   39  listen, but usually I am too busy thinking about my day. On this day,   40  , her conversation was worth listening to.
“My father’s sick,” she said to no one in   41 . I could see the   42  and fear in her eyes. With a sudden change of attitude and interest, I asked, “What’s wrong with him?”
With her eyes wet and her voice tight from   43 the tears, she responded, “Heart trouble,” her eyes lowered as she   44  , “I’ve already lost my mum, so I don’t think I can stand losing him.”
I couldn’t respond. I was   45 . My heart   46  for her. I sat on the old, smelly seat thinking of the great   47  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 go   48 that. Suddenly I realized Janie wasn’t   49  a bus driver. That was just her job. She had a whole world of family and concerns too. I had never thought of her as   50  but a driver.
I suddenly felt very   51 . I realized I had only thought of people as   52  as what their purposes were in my life. I paid no attention to Janie because she was a bus driver. I had judged her by her job and brushed her off as   53  .
For all I know, I’m just another person in   54 else’s world, and may not even be important. I   55  not have been so selfish and self-centred. Everyone has places to go, people to see and appointments to keep. Understanding people is an art.
36．A．bus      B．train         C．plane     D．classroom
37．A．find     B．make         C．think     D．stand
38．A．unpopular B．uncomfortable  C．unusual     D．unforgettable
39．A．politely    B．devotedly     C．carelessly  D．sincerely
40．A．however   B．therefore      C．thus      D．otherwise
41．A．surprise    B．common      C．silence      D．particular
42．A．anxiety     B．curiosity      C．decision    D．attempt
43．A．fighting    B．avoiding      C．clearing    D．keeping
44．A．told      B．lasted          C．repeated    D．continued
45．A．for sure    B．at ease         C．in shock    D．in danger
46．A．loved          B．ached              C．beat      D．broke
47．A．mercy      B．pain         C．pity      D．disappointment
48．A．over     B．round          C．through    D．without
49．A．ever     B．at all         C．even     D．only
50．A．something B．anything      C．nothing     D．everything
51．A．sad       B．embarrassed     C．selfish      D．worried
52．A．far       B．long         C．much     D．well
53．A．unfit     B．unselfish      C．unnecessary      D．unimportant
54．A．everyone  B．someone      C．anyone     D．no one
55．A．must     B．may         C．can       D．Should