School was over and I was both mentally and physically tired. I sat at the very front of the bus because of
11 to get home. Sitting at the front makes you
12 out like a shiny coin in a pile of dull pennies.
Janie, the driver, tries to break the uncomfortable atmosphere by striking the match of
13 .
I try to mind my manners and
14 listen, but usually I am too busy thinking about my day. On this day,
15, her conversation was worth listening to.
“My father’s sick, ”she said to no one in
16 . 1 could see the anxiety and fear in her eyes. With a sudden change of attitude and interest, I asked, “What’s wrong with him?”
With her eyes wet and her voice tight fighting against the tears, she
17, “Heart trouble.” Her eyes
18 as she continued. “I’ve already lost my mum, so I don’t think I can
19 losing him.”
I couldn’t react. I was
20 . My heart ached for her. I sat on the old, smelly seat thinking of the great
21 my own mother was thrown into when my father died.
I saw how hard it was,
22 still is, for her. I wouldn’t like anyone to go
23 that.
Suddenly I realized Janie wasn’t only a bus driver. That was just her job. She had a
24 world of family and concerns too. I had never thought of her as anything but a driver.
I suddenly felt very
25. I realized I had only thought of people as
26 as what their purposes were in my life. I paid no attention to Janie because she was a bus driver. I had judged her by her job and just considered her
27.
For all I know, I’m just another person in
28 else’s world, and may not even be important. I
29 not have been so selfish and self-centred. Everyone has places to go to, people to see and appointments to
30 . Understanding people is an art.
小題1: | A.determination | B.decision | C.a(chǎn)ttempt | D.a(chǎn)nxiety |
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小題2: | A.make | B.think | C.stand | D.find |
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小題3: | A.topic | B.conversation | C.discussion | D.message |
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小題4: | A.devotedly | B.carelessly | C.sincerely | D.politely |
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小題5: | A.therefore | B.thus | C.otherwise | D.however |
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小題6: | A.common | B.silence | C.particular | D.surprise |
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小題7: | A.informed | B.reminded | C.a(chǎn)nnounced | D.responded |
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小題8: | A.lowered | B.closed | C.widened | D.opened |
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小題9: | A.mind | B.regret | C.bear | D.miss |
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小題10: | A.a(chǎn)ngry | B.shocked | C.curious | D.interested |
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小題11: | A.pain | B.pity | C.disappointment | D.mercy |
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小題12: | A.yet | B.a(chǎn)nd | C.or | D.but |
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小題13: | A.over | B.round | C.through | D.without |
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小題14: | A.dark | B.narrow | C.whole | D.bright |
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小題15: | A.confused | B.selfish | C.worried | D.sad |
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小題17: | A.unfit | B.unselfish | C.unnecessary | D.unimportant |
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小題18: | A.someone | B.a(chǎn)nyone | C.no one | D.everyone |
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小題19: | A.might | B.must | C.need | D.should |
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小題20: | A.stay | B.remain | C.keep | D.put |
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