I was feeling a little blue because my mother had lost her job.

One day, while I was    on the street, I heard the piano music and singing rising above the noise of the people. I walked more slowly to      where it was coming from. Then I saw a young lady sitting at a piano.

She was singing songs about love,      yourself and keeping on trying. The way she was singing made me a little comfortable. I stood there     ，watching her playing on such a crowded New York square. I thought that she must be     enough to perform in front of so many people.

She noticed me. I walked over and told her how good her       sounded. “Thank you.” she said.

“I have been going through a hard time recently,     you’ve made me hopeful again.” I said to her.

“I’m glad that I could help,” she replied, “Why are you so    ?”

“Well, my mom has lost her job, and I’m not sure what to do …”

“Did you noticed the    you were walking? Your head was down.” she said. “Don’t be upset, because      comes in different ways and if your head is down, you might not see it. You should       more… lift your head up.”

I looked      her, amazed at how she was encouraging me. “    are you playing the piano here?” I asked her with a smile.

She     that she saw a lot of unhappy people in the world and she tried to cheer       up by playing music.

I smiled a little wilder, realizing that no difficulties could stop me from going on.

1.A. driving            B. riding                         C. running     D. walking

2.A. find out           B. send out                     C. take out     D. get out

3.A. dressing          B. believing                     C. hurting      D. losing

4.A. nervously         B. rudely                        C. angrily      D. quietly

5.A. brave             B. shy                          C. bored       D. honest

6.A. advice             B. idea                         C. music       D. interest

7.A. or                B. but                           C. so          D. and

8.A. dirty              B. busy                  C. sad         D. lazy

9.A. way               B. time              C. reason       D. station

10.A. opportunity     B. health            C. pain         D. life

11.A. complain       B. rest              C. smile        D. pay

12.A. like           B. after             C. for          D. at

13.A. How          B. Why              C. When       D. Where

14.A. dreamed       B. hoped             C. guessed     D. explained

15.A. us            B. them               C. me        D. her

 

　

　　Sam is a bus driver in a big city. All day he drives a bus through busy streets. Driving a big bus is very __(1)___ work. It makes the drivers unhappy. But not Sam!

　　Sam is always happy. And the people who ride in his bus seem to be happy, too. This story shows __(2)___.

　　Early one morning, Sam started his big green and yellow bus. He went off on __(3)___ work.“Oh, what a beautiful morning!”he sang.“Oh, what a beautiful day!”

　　At the first bus stop, a man was __(4)___.“Good morning, Mr James,”said Sam with a big smile.“How are you?”

　　“Fine, thank you, Sam,”said Mr James.“How are you?”

　　“Wonderful!”Sam answered.“Just WONDERFUL! This is a fine day.”

　　Mr James smiled. He took a seat. As he looked __(5)___ the window, he still smiled.

　　__(6)___ stop a man came running up. He was puffing（气喘吁吁）.“I have to--puff--catch a train at seven,”he said.“Can you--puff--get me to the station?”

　　“Now, just sit down and rest,”said Sam.“I'll drive a little __(7)___. We will be there in time. Then you __(8)___ run again.”“Thank you,”said the man. He sat down.

　　Sam did drive just a little faster. He got to the station before seven!

　　“Thank you,”said the man, as he got off the bus.“You are the best bus driver in the city!”

　　As he drove on, Sam __(9)___ talking again. By this time, many people were on the bus. They were all going to work. But Sam made the ride seem like fun.

　　“It is now ten minutes after seven,”Sam called out.

　　“The sky is blue. It will not rain today. We all like sunshine, don't we?”

　　He began to sing,“I love you, Mr Sunshine. I love you, Mr Sun. In all the world I love you best. You are the only one.”

　　“What is that song, Sam?”a girl asked.

　　“It's my song,”he said.“I made it up. I tike to sing. It makes __(10)___ people want to sing, too.”

　　Sam was right! The man behind him started to sing!

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(1)A．easy			B．great
C．interesting			D．hard
(2)A．what	B．why		C．when		D．who
(3)A．today's			B．day's
C．the day's			D．the days
(4)A．waiting			B．talking
C．laughing			D．riding
(5)A．into		B．out of	C．at	D．up
(6)A．The first			B．The last
C．The other			D．The next
(7)A．faster			B．slower
C．quicker			D．farther
(8)A．don't			B．won't
C．won't have to			D．have to
(9)A．liked			B．started
C．enjoyed			D．finished
(10)A．another			B．the others
C．others			D．other