Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 a.m. When I arrived to collect, I found the building was dark exvept for a single light in a ground floor window.
I walked to the door and knocked, “Just a minute,” answered a weak, elderly voice.
After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase.
I took the suitcase to the car, and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the car.
She kept thanking me for my kindness. “It’s nothing,” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated. ”
“Oh, you’re such a good man.” She said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, “ Could you drive through downtown?”
“It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.
“ Oh, I’m in no hurry.” She said, “I’m on my way to a hospice (臨終醫(yī)院)。 I don’t have any family left. The doctor says I don’t have very long.”
I quietly reached over and shut off the meter(計價器)
For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.
Sometimes she’d ask me to slow down in front of a particular building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.
At down, she suddenly said, “I’m tired. Let’s go now.”
We drove in silence to the address she had given me.
“How much do I owe you?” She asked.
“Nothing.” I said.
“You have to make a living,” she answered. “Oh, there are other passengers,” I answered.
Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly. Our hug ended with her remark, “You gave an old woman a little moment joy.”
1.The old woman chose to ride through the city in order to .
A. Show she was familiar with the city
B. reach the destination on time
C. let the driver earn more money
D. see some places for the last time.
2.The taxi driver did not charge the old woman because he
A. wanted to do her a favor
B. shut off the meter by mistake
C. had received her payment in advance
D. was in a hurry to take other passenhers
3.What can we learn from the story?
A. Giving is always a pleasure
B. People should respect each other
C. An act of kindness can bring people great joy.
D. People should learn to appreciate others’ concern.
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聽力(共兩節(jié),滿分30分)
第一節(jié)(共5小題;每小題1.5分,滿分7.5分)
聽下面5段對話。每段對話后有一個小題,從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳選項。聽完每段對話后,你都有10秒鐘的時間來回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對話僅讀一遍。
1.What are the two speakers doing?
A.Enjoying meeting each other.
B.Saying good-bye to each other.
C.Planning to see each other.
2.What can you guess about the woman?
A.He is a hard working boy.
B.He is as dull as Jack.
C.He’d like to go with Lisa.
3.What is the woman?
A.A waiter.
B.A conductor.
C.A book clerk.
4.What’s the relationship between the two speakers?
A.A boss and a salesgirl.
B.A teacher and his pupil.
C.A professor and his assistant.
5.What do you guess about the man?
A.He didn’t sleep well last night.
B.He is going to play a game.
C.He is lying in bed.
聽力原文:(Text 1)
M:Well, I’d better be getting home now.It’s been great seeing you again.
W:Oh, It was nice seeing you too.
(Text 2)
M:Sorry, Lisa.I can’t go to the party with you tonight.
W:Have you heard that all work and no play make Jack a dull boy?
(Text 3)
M:I want a ticket to London, please.Second-class.
W:Single or return?
(Text 4)
W:Excuse me, Professor Smith.I was wondering if I could leave 15 minutes early this afternoon.
M:Sure, go ahead, Jane.Do give your lovely child a loud kiss.
(Text 5)
W:What’s the matter?You look tired.
M:I tried to sleep last night but I lay there awake, thinking about the game.
第二節(jié)(共15小題;每小題1.5分,滿分22.5分)
聽下面5段對話或獨白。每段對話或獨白后有幾個小題,從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳選項。聽每段對話或獨白前,你將有時間閱讀各個小題,每小題5秒鐘;聽完后,各小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時間。每段對話或獨白讀兩遍。
聽第6段材料,回答第6~7題。
6.What’s the woman going to do?
A.Attend her friend’s wedding party.
B.Attend Lan’s party.
C.Do some shopping with her friends.
7.What does the man suggest to the woman?
A.Wear her new dress.
B.Wear the light blue dress.
C.Wear a more formal one.
聽力原文:(Text 6)
W:How do you like my new dress?
M:It looks very fashionable.
W:I’m going to wear it at my friend’s wedding party tomorrow.What do you think?
M:Not a bad idea.But I think I prefer the light blue dress you wore at Lan’s party last time.
聽第7段材料,回答第8~9題。
8.What time is it when the dialogue happens?
A.At 8∶00.
B.At 7∶30.
C.At 7∶47.
9.What’s the result of the dialogue?
A.The man will drop the woman at a nearby underground station.
B.The man will drive the woman to Park.
C.The woman will not meet her friend on time.
聽力原文:(Text 7)
W:It’s only thirty minutes left.I’ve got an appointment-I’m meeting a friend in London at eight.I’ll never make it.
M:I’m going into London.I’ll give you a lift if you like.
W:Could you really?That would be kind.
M:Where are you meeting your friend?
W:Near park-but if you can drop me at an underground station.That’ll be fine.
M:No, it’s all right.Park’s not far out of my way.I’ll take you there.
W:That’s very kind of you.
聽第8段材料,回答第10~12題。
10.Where does the dialogue take place?
A.In a restaurant.
B.In a bookstore.
C.At home.
11.What does the man order?
A.A hamburger and coffee.
B.A Coke and a cake.
C.A hamburger and a Coke.
12.How much does it cost?
A.$1.70.
B.$1.17.
C.$17.
聽力原文:(Text 8)
W:Can I get you something?
M:Yes, a hamburger, please.
W:Anything to drink?
M:Oh, yea.I’m thirsty.A Coke, please.
W:Here you are.That’s $1.70.
M:I think that’s wrong.It can’t be $1.70.It’s $1.17.
W:Oh, you are right.Sorry.
聽第9段材料,回答第13~16題。
13.What is Sally?
A.A famous singer.
B.A film star.
C.A famous swimmer.
14.Where is Sally now?
A.In a competition.
B.In a swimming pool.
C.In California.
15.What did she do at the last Olympics?
A.She broke all the records.
B.She won many cups.
C.She swam thirty-five miles.
16.Why has she given up swimming?
A.She is too old to swim.
B.She prefers visiting other countries.
C.She can’t win any international competitions.
聽力原文:
(Text 9)?
Do you remember Sally Green, the swimming star?She was the girl who broke all the records at last Olympics.Where is she now?Last week our reporter, Tom Parker, went to see Sally in her Californian home.
M:It is true that you don’t swim at all now?
W:I’m afraid so.I’m too old.
M:But you are only twenty.
W:That’s too old for a swimmer.If I swim in an international competition now, I wouldn’t win.So I’d rather not swim at all.
M:But don’t you enjoy swimming?
W:I used to, when I was still small.But if you enter for big competitions you have to work very hard.I used to get up at 6 a.m.to go to the pool.I had to train before school.After school and at weekends, I swam thirty-five miles every week!
M:But you were famous at fifteen.And look at these cups.
W:It’s true that I have some wonderful memories.I enjoyed visiting other countries, and the Olympics were very exciting.But I missed more important things.While other girls were growing up, I was swimming.What can I do?
聽第10段材料,回答第17~20題。
17.When did the story take place?
A.In the morning.
B.In the afternoon.
C.In the evening.
18.What was Harry’s problem?
A.Everyone at his school liked him.
B.No one at his school liked him.
C.Some people at his school dislike him.
19.Why didn’t Harry want to accept his mother’s advice?
A.He thought he was too weak.
B.He thought he was the headmaster.
C.He thought he was too old to change.
20.What have you learned from the text?
A.Harry is a bus-driver.
B.Harry is a student.
C.Harry is the headmaster.
聽力原文:(Text 10)?
Harry came to his mother one morning while she was having her breakfast, and said to her, “No one at my school likes me, mother.The teachers don’t, and the children don’t.Even the cleaners and the bus drivers hate me.”
“Well, Harry, ” his mother answered, “perhaps you aren’t very nice to them.If a few people don’t like a person, he or she may not be responsible for that;but if a lot of people don’t, there is usually something wrong, and that person really needs to change.”
“I’m too old to change, ”Harry said.“I don’t want to go to school.”
“Don’t be silly, Harry, ”his mother said, going to the garage to get the car out.“You have to go.You’re quite well, and you still have a lot of things to learn.And besides that, you’re the headmaster of the school.”
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