Twenty year ago, I drove a cab for a living. I met people whose lives amazed me made me ___(1)___ and weep. But none touched me more than a woman I ___(2)___ up late one August night.
I was responding to a call in a quiet part of town. When I arrived at 2: 30 am, the building was ___(3)____ except for a single light in a ground floor window. I walked to the door and ___(4)____.
The door opened. A small, woman in her eighties ___(5)____ before me. By her side was a small suitcase. I took the suitcase to the ___(6)___, and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked ___(7)____ toward the cab. She kept ____(8)____ me for my kindness.
When we got in the cab, she gave me a(n) __(9)____ and, asked,“Can you drive through downtown?”
For the next two hours, we drove _____(10)____ the city. She showed me the building where she had ____(11)___ worked as an elevator operator. We drove through the neighborhood where she and her husband had lived ___(12)____ they were newlyweds. She ____(13)___ me pull up in front of a house that had once been a ballroom where she had gone ____(14)____ as a girl. Sometimes she'd ask me to slow in front of a particular building and would sit _____(15)____ into the darkness, saying nothing.
As the day ___(16)____, we got to the address she had given me. It was a hospice（临终关怀医院）. Two orderlies came out to the cab as ___(17)___ as we pulled up. They must have been ____(18)___ her. I took the small suitcase to the door.
“You gave an old woman a little moment of __(19)______,”she said.“Thank you.”I squeezed her hand, then walked into the dim morning light. Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the ___(20)____ of a life. I didn't pick up any more passengers that shift. I drove aimlessly, lost in thought.
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(1) 与后面的weep相对照。(2)pick sb. up “开车去接某人”。(3) 由于是在凌晨两点半，大楼内应该是一片“漆黑”。(4) 走到门口“敲门”。(5) 老太太开门后“站”在“我”的面前。(6) 作者是出租车司机，所以先把行李拿到“出租车”上。(7) 搀扶着80多岁的老太太行走，走得应该很“慢”。(8) 根据文章的意思，老太太对他的善意表示“感谢”。(9) 根据常识，上了出租车后应该告诉司机目的地，此处应为“地址”。(10) 此处意为开车“穿过”城市。(11) 老太太“曾经”在大楼里面当过电梯员。(12)when 引导时间状语从句。(13) 根据后面的pull up前面没有to判断，应选择had。(14)ballroom 表示“舞厅”，所以此处应该是“跳舞”。(15)stare into... “盯着……”，此处表示老太太在沉思。(16)day broke “破晓”。(17)as soon as “一……就……”。(18) 作者一停下车就出来两个人迎接他们，说明他们一直在“等”她。(19) 在短暂的旅程中老太太感到短暂的“快乐”，所以很高兴。(20) 作者明白老太太将在此处度过余生，所以关上大门对作者来说也就意味着老太太的一生在此“终结”。 |
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A farmer, Mr. C.Y. Tab said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour.
“I was in the kitchen with my wife and children,” he said, “when we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We managed to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was missing. I went back inside and found him, safe but very frightened.”
Mrs. Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she noticed that her house was shaking. She rushed outside immediately with her children. “There was no time to take anything,” she said. “A few minutes later, the roof came down.”
Soldiers helped to bring people out of the flooded area and the Welfare(福利)Department provided food, clothes and shelters.
1．How many houses could no longer be lived in after the storm?
A. Fourteen B. Seven C. Twenty-one D. Fifteen.
2．When the storm first began, Mr. Tan .
A. was in bed
B. was inside his house
C. had just gone to work
D. had just gone outside
3．Mrs. Fong and her family were not inured because .
A. her husband had gone to work before the storm came
B. they were all outside the house when the storm began
C. she heard the loud noise the moment the house began to shake
D. she found the house shaking and rushed out with her children at once
4．Which of the following is the nearest in meaning to “shelter” as it is used in the last line of the passage?
A. safety B. somewhere to stay
C. furniture and things or the house D. warmth
5．Which of these would be the best title for the passage?
A. A Terrible Storm
B. Mr. Tan’s Bravery
C. The Work of the Welfare Department
D. A Luck Escape
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A farmer, Mr. C.Y. Tab said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour.
“I was in the kitchen with my wife and children,” he said, “when we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We managed to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was missing. I went back inside and found him, safe but very frightened.”
Mrs. Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she noticed that her house was shaking. She rushed outside immediately with her children. “There was no time to take anything,” she said. “A few minutes later, the roof came down.”
Soldiers helped to bring people out of the flooded area and the Welfare(福利)Department provided food, clothes and shelters.
1．How many houses could no longer be lived in after the storm?
A. Fourteen B. Seven C. Twenty-one D. Fifteen.
2．When the storm first began, Mr. Tan .
A. was in bed
B. was inside his house
C. had just gone to work
D. had just gone outside
3．Mrs. Fong and her family were not inured because .
A. her husband had gone to work before the storm came
B. they were all outside the house when the storm began
C. she heard the loud noise the moment the house began to shake
D. she found the house shaking and rushed out with her children at once
4．Which of the following is the nearest in meaning to “shelter” as it is used in the last line of the passage?
A. safety B. somewhere to stay
C. furniture and things or the house D. warmth
5．Which of these would be the best title for the passage?
A. A Terrible Storm
B. Mr. Tan’s Bravery
C. The Work of the Welfare Department
D. A Luck Escape
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Last Friday a storm tore through two villages and destroyed fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged(损坏)that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or torn roofs. One person was killed, seven were badly injured and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller injuries. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless as a result of the storm.
A farmer, Mr. C.Y. Tan said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour. “ I was in the kitchen with my wife and children ,”he said, “when we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We managed to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was missing. I went back inside and found him, safe but very frightened.”
Mrs. Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she noticed that her house was shaking. She rushed outside immediately with her children. “ There was no time to take anything, ” she said. “ A few minutes later, the roof came down. ”
Soldiers helped to bring people out of the flooded area and the Welfare(福利)Department provided food, clothes and shelter.
60 .How many houses could no longer be lived in after the storm?
A. Seven.. B. Fourteen C. Fifteen. D. Twenty-one
61. Mrs Fong and her family were not injured because_______ .
A. her husband had gone to work before the storm came
B. they were all outside the house when the storm began
C. she found the house shaking and rushed out with her children at once
D. she heard the loud noise the moment the house began to shake
62. Which of the following is the nearest in meaning to “ shelter” as it is used in the last line of the passage?
A. “ safety”. B. “ somewhere to stay”.C. “ furniture and things or the house”.D. “ warmth”.
63. Which of these would be the best title for the passage?
A. Mr Tan's Bravery B. A Terrible Storm
C. The Work of the Welfare Department D.A Lucky Escape
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