閱讀下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選擇最佳選項(xiàng)。

Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One time in the middle of the night, an old lady in her 80s   1  my 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 don’t    2  ,” she said. “I’m in no hurry. I’m on my way to a hospice (臨終關(guān)懷醫(yī)院). I don’t have any family left. The doctor says I don’t have very long.”

I   3    shut off the meter(里程表).

For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She   4   me the building where she had worked, the neighborhood where she and her husband had once lived, the place where she danced as a girl. As the sun was rising, we got to the hospice.

“How much should I pay you?” she asked, reaching into her purse.

“   5  ,” I said.

“You have to make a living,” she answered.

“There are other   6   .”

“You gave an old woman a little moment of    7   ,” she said. “Thank you.”

I drove into the fine   8   light. Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the 9     of a life. I drove aimlessly, lost in thought. For the rest of the day, I could hardly talk. What if that woman had got a(n)  10  driver, or one who was impatient to end his shift(換班)? What if I had refused to take the run?

1  A. found               B. took                 C. called                   D. chose

2  A. count               B. know               C. mind               D. worry

3  A. quietly                     B. gladly                    C. angrily                   D. usually

4  A. reminded         B. introduced            C. explained             D. showed

5  A. Anything          B. Something             C. Nothing          D. Everything

6  A. passengers              B. drivers                    C. patients         D. strangers

7  A. pity                   B. pain                C. joy                  D. anger

8  A. morning          B. afternoon             C. evening         D. night

9  A. opening                  B. closing            C. beginning    D. changing

10 A. careful                     B. polite                     C. kind                D. unfriendly

1B   2C   3A    4D   5C   6A   7C   8A   9B   10D   

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