Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One time I arrived in the middle of the night for a pickup at a building that was except for a single light in a ground floor window. I walked to the door and knocked.
A small woman in her 80’s opened the door. I took her suitcase to the cab then returned to her into the cab. She thanked me for my kindness. When we got in the taxi, she gave me a(n) , then asked, “Could you drive through downtown ?”
“It’s not the way,” I answered.
“Oh, I don’t mind,” she said. “I’m in no hurry. I’m on my way to a hospice (临终关怀医院).”
I looked in the rear view mirror. Her eyes were glistening.
“The doctor says I don’t have very long.”
I quietly reached over and the meter (计程器). “What would you like me to take?” I asked.
For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked as an elevator operator. We drove through the neighborhood where she and her husband had lived. Sometimes she’d ask me to in front of a particular building or corner and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.
As the sun was , she suddenly said: “I’m tired. Let’s go now.”
We drove in to the address she had given me. There were people waiting for her and they put her in a wheelchair.
“How much do I have to pay you?” she asked, reaching into her purse.
“Nothing,” I said.
Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly.
“You gave an old woman a little moment of ,” she said.
I squeezed her hand, then walked into the dim morning light. Behind me, a door shut.
I didn’t any more passengers that shift. I drove aimlessly, lost in thought. We tend to think that our lives revolve around great moments. But great moments often 47 us unconsciously.
A．ancient B．dark C．dirty D．remote
A．invite B．watch C．help D．receive
A．address B．letter C．speech D．present
A．wrong B．funniest C．safest D．shortest
A．cut out B．showed off C．switched off D．turned on
A．direction B．order C．role D．route
A．break down B．get off C．speed up D．slow down
A．changing B．moving C．rising D．Setting
A．darkness B．noise C．silence D．sadness
A．joy B．interest C．trouble D．surprise
A．talk with B．call up C．pick up D．take away
A．catch B．drive C．improve D．puzzle
When my father died, one of the tasks that fell to me was to sort through and decide which objects to save and which to throw away. Now I look at the 51 of my life as if I were dead, 52 what my children will do with the human skull(骷髅) that 53 on the bookcase next to my desk. I couldn’t 54 them if they threw it out. They’ve been wanting to do that for some years, 55 will they know how much can be learned from 56 with a skull? And what about my books? 57 they can find some place in their 58 for ten thousand books. However, I know they will look at the white, plastic head of a horse on my desk and 59 it into a Glad trash bag without any 60 , never knowing that it is the only place 61 from the first chess set (棋子)I owned.
How many boxes of mine will my children 62 ? Can I trust my children with my 63 ? Every object of our lives is a 64 , and emotion swirls(旋动) around it like fog, hiding and 65 a tiny truth of the heart.
I look at these objects that are mine and know, too, that they are 66 of how alone I am, how alone each of us is, 67 no one knows what any object means except he or she who 68 it. I have the memory of taking it home 69 one of my newly-born children from the hospital; only I have the memory of what it looked like when I lived in that apartment and where it sat in that house. I look at the objects that are mine, and the memories are 70 and permeated（渗透着）with love. I look at the objects that are mine and know that I’m going to miss me very much.
A．tasks B．objects C．books D．pictures
A．wondering B．designing C．concluding D．weaving
A．cries B．sleeps C．sits D．smiles
A．educate B．understand C．blame D．strike
A．and B．so C．or D．but
A．helping B．living C．playing D．speaking
A．Honestly B．Luckily C．Naturally D．Surely
A．desks B．bags C．apartments D．hearts
A．drag B．take C．move D．throw
A．hesitation B．love C．care D．worry
A．casting B．expanding C．remaining D．shining
A．enjoy B．reserve C．find D．prepare
A．life B．passion C．respect D．heart
A．mark B．pleasure C．belief D．memory
A．preventing B．spreading C．protecting D．encouraging
A．symbols B．phenomena C．measures D．tracks
A．when B．once C．unless D．as
A．prefers B．repairs C．owns D．remembers
A．like B．for C．with D．to
A．strange B．warm C．new D．bitter
The three youths leaned over the metal rails along the sea-wall and watched a few fishermen pull in their nets. About thirty metres away, a boat pulled alongside the slippery steps leading 36_____ to the sea.
“Hey, look!” exclaimed Rahim. “Those two men are 37_____ heavy rocks. I thought we no longer do muscle labour in this technological 38_____. ”
“You don’t 39_____ a crane (起重机) to unload less than a dozen rocks, do you?” smiled Joshua.
“But those men don’t 40_____ to have muscles at all,” said Michael, rather surprised. Joshua smiled.
“They are 41_____ laborers who know how to spread the weight of the rocks they 42_____. See how the man positions the rock just at the slope of his 43 . Some of the rock’s weight is set 44_____ his head, some on the right hand and some on the left hand. His body isn’t bent. His legs are well 45_____ .”
“You’re right, Josh. He may have a small build. 46_____ he certainly well knows his job. Dear me! And to think we have been studying 47_____! ” Rahim thought about all that was happening. Suddenly, he said, “Technology won’t 48_____ the human being completely, it appears.”
“I don’t think it will. ” 49_____ Joshua. “You can harvest a crop of potatoes or wheat with one of those large, multi-purpose tractors, but you 50_____ use that equipment to harvest tea leaves and tomatoes, will you?”
“You can get a computer to 51_____ multiple-choice assessments, but you cannot get the computer to produce of assess essays, can you?” asked Michael.
“Well, the washing machine leaves my shirt collar quite as 52_____ as ever --- that’s domestic technology for you! ” said Rahim.
“One day, perhaps, there won’t be anybody 53______ who can carry a large rock the way those men do. It’s not going to be a very 54______ world, I’m afraid.” Sighed Michael.
“You’re too much of a pessimist (悲观主义者)，Mike.” Said Joshua. “ 55_____ will always be other things that will make the world exciting. ”
A．through B．across C．down D．up
A．loading B．unloading C．covering D．uncovering
A．way B．revolution C．process D．era
A．ask B．expect C．attempt D．hope
A．happen B．fail C．have D．seem
A．ambitious B．experienced C．potential D．energetic
A．take B．fetch C．carry D．bring
A．shoulder B．back C．chest D．arms
A．on B．against C．toward D．under
A．supported B．grasped C．placed D．strengthened
A．but B．however C．so D．therefore
A．chemistry B．physics C．biology D．psychology
A．control B．affect C．remove D．replace
A．agreed B．proposed C．refused D．denied
A．can’t B．mustn’t C．won’t D．needn’t
A．point out B．take out C．hand out D．print out
A．dirty B．clean C．old D．new
A．caught B．arranged C．left D．convinced
A．exciting B．mysterious C．technological D．modern
A．That B．This C．They D．There
In 1977, a dead author of detective stories saved the life of a 19-month-old baby in a most unusual way. The author was Agatha Christie, one of the most successful writers of detective stories in the world.
In June 1977, a baby girl became seriously ill in Qatar, near Saudi Arabia. Doctors were unable to _31_the cause of her illness, so she _32_ to London and admitted to Hammersmith Hospital, where specialist help was _33 _. She was then only half-conscious（半昏迷） and on the “Dangerously Ill” list. A team of doctors hurried to _34_the baby only to discover that they, 35_, were puzzled by the very unusual symptoms. While they were discussing the baby’s case, a nurse asked to __36 to them.
“Excuse me,” said nurse Marsha Maitland, “_37_ I think the baby is __38_ from thallium poisoning.”
“_39 _ makes you think that?” Dr. Brown asked. “Thallium poisoning is extremely _40_.”
“A few days ago, I was reading a novel called A Pale Horse __41__ Agatha Christie,” Nurse Maitland explained. “In the book, somebody uses thallium poison, and _42_ the symptoms are _43_. They are exactly the same as the baby’s.”
“You’re very observant and you may be right,” another doctor said. “We’ll _44_some tests and find out _45_ it’s thallium or not.”
The _46_ showed that the baby had 47_ been poisoned by thallium, a rare metal used in making optical（光学的） glass. _48_ they knew the cause of illness, the doctors were able to give the correct treatment. The baby soon _49_ and was sent back to Qatar. Inquiries（调查）showed that the poison __50_ from an insecticide（杀虫剂）used in Qatar.
A．describe B．diagnose C．discover D．discuss
A．flew B．sent C．went D．was flown
A．inexpensive B．important C．available D．impossible
A．examine B．see C．look after D．cure
A．too B．either C．often D．never
A．refer B．turn C．speak D．belong
A．and B．so C．as D．but
A．coming B．suffering C．tired D．dying
A．Who B．How C．What D．Which
A．rare B．serious C．clear D．dangerous
A．in B．on C．by D．about
A．all B．some of C．one of D．both
A．drawn B．broadcast C．announced D．described
A．make up B．carry out C．get through D．deal with
A．that B．how C．what D．whether
A．words B．tests C．examination D．book
A．indeed B．actually C．probably D．never
A．As long as B．As for as C．Once D．If
A．died B．got injured C．recovered D．got ill
A．must come B．should come C．might have come D．can’t have come
I used to live selfishly, I should admit. But one moment changed me.
I was on my lunch break and had 44___the office to get something to eat .
On the way, I ___45__a busker(街头艺人)，with a hat in front of him. I had some ____46___ in my pocket, but I would not give them to him, thinking to myself he would ___47___ use the money to feed his addiction to drugs or alcohol. He___48__like that type-young and ragged. ____49__what was I going to spend the money on? Only to feed my addiction to Coca-Cola or chocolate! I then ____50__I had no right to place myself above ____51__just because he was busking.
I ____52__ and dropped all the coins into his ___53___and he smiled at me, I watched for a while. As ____54__as it sounds, I expected something more to come from that moment—a feeling of ___55___or satisfaction, for example. But nothing happened ___56____, I walked off. “It proved to be a waste of ____57____,”I thought.
On my way home at the end of the___58__, I saw the busker again and he was __59___ . I watched him pick up the hat and walk___60__ a cafe counter. There he poured the _61____contents into a tin collecting __62____ an earthquake fund-raising(募捐) event. He was busking for charity(慈善)！
Now I donate any ____63__ I have to charity tins and enjoy the feeling of giving.
A．left B．cleaned C．prepared D．searched
A．led B．chose C．saw D．fooled
A．chocolates B．coins C．tins D．drugs
A．almost B．only C．rather D．still
A．acted B．looked C．sounded D．smelt
A．Though B．For C．Therefor D．But
A．declared B．realized C．expected D．guessed
A．it B．all C．him D．them
A．waited B．followed C．stopped D．arrived
A．rag B．hat C．pocket D．counter
A．selfish B．awkward C．innocent D．special
A．happiness B．sadness C．love D．hate
A．Disappointedly B．Unfortunately C．Coincidentally D．Comfortably
A．words B．effort C．space D．money
A．moment B．day C．break D．event
A．walking around B．passing by C．packing up D．running off
A．around B．in C．behind D．to
A．chief B．basic C．actual D．total
A．by B．for C．on D．with
A．work B．time C．energy D．change
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The art of giving gifts is to give something that others cannot buy for themselves.
------A.A. Milne
I have spent most of my career as a traveling salesman. There’s 36 lonelier than having meals myself in a coffee shop. One year, my five-year-old daughter Jeanine gave me a 37 . It was a soft toy penguin with a hand –painted 38 saying “I love My Dad!” Tears came into my eyes and immediately, I gave it a 39 place on my desk.
Soon I had to leave on another business 40 . This time when I was 41 , I put the penguin in my suitcase. After that day, Jeanine always helped me pack with the penguin. Many years 42 by and that little penguin has traveled with me hundreds of thousands of miles all across America and over to Europe. We have also made many friends 43 the way.
44 one afternoon after leaving my hotel, I discovered that the penguin was 45 . Frantically, I phoned the hotel. The clerk 46 , saying it hadn’t been reported. But half an hour later, he called back to say that my penguin had been found. It was late, 47 I drove several hours to get my little 48 , arriving near midnight.
When I rushed to the hotel, I found that it was waiting at the front desk. In the lobby(大厅), some 49 business travelers looked at us, I think, with some 50 and envy(羡慕). Someone came out to shake my hand. One man told me that he had even volunteered to 51 it to me the very next day.
Jeannie is in college now and I don’t travel 52 much anymore. The penguin spends most of its time 53 on my dresser--- a reminder that 54 is the best traveling companion. All those years on the road, it was the one thing I never left home 55 .
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