Twenty year ago, I drove a cab for a living. I met people whose lives amazed me

Twenty year ago, I drove a cab for a living. I met people whose lives amazed me made me ___(1)___ and weep. But none touched me more than a woman I ___(2)___ up late one August night.

I was responding to a call in a quiet part of town. When I arrived at 2: 30 am, the building was ___(3)____ except for a single light in a ground floor window. I walked to the door and ___(4)____.

The door opened. A small, woman in her eighties ___(5)____ before me. By her side was a small suitcase. I took the suitcase to the ___(6)___, and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked ___(7)____ toward the cab. She kept ____(8)____ me for my kindness.

When we got in the cab, she gave me a(n) __(9)____ and, asked,“Can you drive through downtown?”

For the next two hours, we drove _____(10)____ the city. She showed me the building where she had ____(11)___ worked as an elevator operator. We drove through the neighborhood where she and her husband had lived ___(12)____ they were newlyweds. She ____(13)___ me pull up in front of a house that had once been a ballroom where she had gone ____(14)____ as a girl. Sometimes she'd ask me to slow in front of a particular building and would sit _____(15)____ into the darkness, saying nothing.

As the day ___(16)____, we got to the address she had given me. It was a hospice（临终关怀医院）. Two orderlies came out to the cab as ___(17)___ as we pulled up. They must have been ____(18)___ her. I took the small suitcase to the door.

“You gave an old woman a little moment of __(19)______,”she said.“Thank you.”I squeezed her hand, then walked into the dim morning light. Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the ___(20)____ of a life. I didn't pick up any more passengers that shift. I drove aimlessly, lost in thought.

(1)A．cryB．laughC．shoutD．speak(2)A．putB．tookC．heldD．picked(3)A．brightB．lightC．darkD．tall(4)A．askedB．knockedC．struckD．beat(5)A．stoodB．satC．layD．smiled(6)A．cabB．houseC．buildingD．street(7)A．slowlyB．fastC．hurriedlyD．quickly(8)A．askingB．lookingC．thankingD．taking(9)A．addressB．letterC．bookD．money(10)A．overB．aboveC．throughD．towards(11)A．alwaysB．neverC．hardlyD．once(12)A．thenB．whenC．becauseD．although(13)A．askedB．wantedC．promisedD．had(14)A．dancingB．sangC．drewD．playing(15)A．staringB．glaringC．seeingD．watching(16)A．roseB．raisedC．brokeD．caught(17)A．longB．farC．wellD．soon(18)A．waitingB．expectingC．lookingD．inspecting(19)A．joyB．restC．sadnessD．sorrow(20)A．welcomingB．openingC．beginningD．closing

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答案：B;D;C;B;A;A;A;C;A;C;D;B;D;A;A;C;D;B;A;D