This is a talk by a London taxi driver.

     "I've been a taxi driver for nearly ten years. Most London taxi drivers have their own taxis."

    "It's a nice job most of time. you meet a lot of people. I always work at night, because there is too much traffic during the day. I live twenty miles (???) outside London and I go to work at 5:30 in the afternoon."

    "I usually go home between 2 and 3 in the morning."

    "Some very strange things happened late at night .The other day I was taking a woman home from a party .She had her little dog with her. When we got to her house, she found that she had lost her key. So I waited in the car with the dog while she climbed in through the windows."

    "I waited and waited. After half an hour of ringing the bell I decided to find out what was going on . I tied the dog to a tree and started to climb in through the window. The next thing I knew was that the police came. They thought I was a thief(С?).

    Luckily the woman came downstairs. She must have gone to sleep and forgotten about me and the dog!"

1..The driver always worked at night because it was easier to _____.

A. drive      B. make money     C. climb in through the window    D. meet a lot of people

2.The woman climbed in through the window because _____.

    A. she wanted to have a sleep      B. her husband didn't open the door for her

    C. she didn't want to pay the driver  D. she couldn't find her key

3..The story happened _____.

A. early in the morning         B. late at night

C. 20 miles outside London    D. near the police station

4.Which of the following is wrong?

A. The driver worked until between 2 and 3 in the morning. 

B. The police made a mistake.

  C. The woman had no money to pay the driver.

  D. The woman had forgotten about the driver and the dog.

5..The driver climbed in through the window to

  A. get money from the woman          B. return the dog to the woman

  C. see what was happening in the house   D. phone the police

Years ago, I lived in a house in a large city.  The house next door was only a few meters away from   【小题1】 .  Through the window, I could often see a woman who I  【小题2】never met doing some reading in the house every afternoon.
Several months went by, I began to notice that her window was dirty.  Everything
was not very clear   【小题3】 the dirty window.  I wondered   【小题4】 the woman didn’t wash
her window, it really looked terrible.
One bright morning, I decided to clean my house,   【小题5】  washing the window
inside.   Late in the afternoon when 1 finished all the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest.  How surprising! I found that the  【小题6】 window was actually so clean that she could be   【小题7】  clearly sitting by the window. That was quite an important lesson for me.  How often had I looked at  【小题8】   through my own shortcomings  (缺点) !
Since then, I have been used to  【小题9】  myself whether I am looking through my own dirty window.  Before I want to judge someone, I always think more than before
and try to clean the dirty window so that I may see the world around me more   【小题10】 .

My life is always filled with sadness and little joy. However, no matter what happens, I can always ______it bravely.

         Last year, I couldn’t believe the ______that I was allowed to enter the only key high school in my hometown. Then I rushed to my home and told my ______. But my father didn’t seem as ______as I was. He just kept smoking without saying a word and my mother put her head down and couldn’t help ______.

         I knew very well what my family was ______. My mum had been ill in bed for 2 years. We lived a ______ life and I couldn’t continue my schooling. I felt so upset but I could say ______to my parents. I decided to help my father with his work ______my family.

         To my surprise, things completely changed ______the beginning of the new term. My head teacher came to my family with some money, which had been ______by my schoolmates. He encouraged me, “Always have a dream.” ______tears in my eyes, I stepped into the key high school.

         I have been studying hard since I entered the high school. Whenever I meet difficulties, I always ______ my teacher and schoolmates. I have a college dream and I must work hard for it, no matter ______ hard life is. Just as a great man says, “When one door shuts, ______opens in life.”

1.A. solve              B. meet                     C. face              D. make

2.A. idea                               B. news                                 C. story                                 D. thought

3.A. teachers             B. parents                   C. grandparents             D. brothers

4.A. nervous                                 B. interested                        C. excited                    D. worried

5.A. laughing                            B. crying                                 C. saying                               D. shouting

6.A. about                                      B. before                              C. like                                    D. against

7.A. hard                 B. happy                C. nice                      D. rich

8.A. everything                   B. something                        C. anything                           D. nothing   

9.A. to leave                                  B. to stop                              C. to support                        D. to fire

10.A. after                                     B. since                                 C. before                              D. on

11.A. spent                                    B. raised                               C. planned                            D. saved

12.A. From               B. Between                C. With              D. Without

13.A. think of                                B. dream of                          C. hear of                             D. talk of

14.A. what                                     B. which                                C. how                                   D. that

15.A. other              B. others                   C. the other                    D. another