Many years ago I drove a taxi for extra money. I drove mainly from the downtown to the
16 , beside the Greenwood Racetrack which was in operation at that time.
Each time a taxi drove up to the station, many kids would run along the
17 to the passenger door. One
18 kid would open the passenger door and say, “
19 , sir.” The passenger would always say thanks and give the kid a
20 on his way from the taxi to the entrance of the track. It was a routine that everybody knew.
One day I noticed a boy, who was
21 than most of them but was pushed away by even the smallest kid. He never pushed back.
22 , he would even step aside when others pushed forward. But he never
23 .
Then one morning as I was
24 to the sidewalk, all the other kids were running after a taxi
25 mine. They didn’t notice mine.
The boy saw me and walked toward my taxi. As I pulled up I made sure that I stopped in a
26 with the passenger door right beside him. He
27 the passenger door with a flourish(夸张动作) and said, “Good luck at the track, sir.”
28 , the man did not tip him a quarter. Instead he
29 , “Get out of my way!” He pushed him aside so
30 that the boy fell on the sidewalk and I knew he was badly hurt. I got out of my car quickly
31 find that the man disappeared in the crowd.
So I looked for the kid. I decided to give him $20 for all his
32 . But he was far up ahead, walking out of the station
33 . The traffic policeman waved at me to get my car going.
34 , I never saw him again. I’d like to find him one day and tell him that if only he had stuck around a little longer I would have given him a whole $20.
I learned an important lesson from the boy. When things seem so
35 that you are ready to give up, that is the time when things are most likely to turn around for you.
小题1:
| A．school | B．station | C．office | D．hospital |
小题2:
| A．sidewalk | B．way | C．track | D．step |
小题3:
| A．strong | B．tall | C．lucky | D．active |
小题4:
| A．Stop | B．Welcome | C．Help | D．Good luck |
小题5:
小题6:
| A．short | B．bigger | C．weaker | D．smarter |
小题7:
| A．In fact | B．In general | C．In total | D．In case |
小题8:
| A．gave in | B．gave away | C．gave up | D．gave off |
小题9:
| A．pushing up | B．speeding up | C．keeping up | D．pulling up |
小题10:
| A．above | B．beside | C．in front of | D．over |
小题11:
| A．position | B．car | C．tree | D．situation |
小题12:
| A．closed | B．opened | C．kicked | D．knocked |
小题13:
| A．Therefore | B．So | C．However | D．Then |
小题14:
| A．smiled | B．wept | C．advised | D．shouted |
| 小题15: | | A．hard | B．softly | C．sweetly | D．slowly |
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小题16:
| A．and to | B．but to | C．only to | D．so as to |
小题17:
| A．strength | B．efforts | C．courage | D．work |
小题18:
| A．nervously | B．anxiously | C．madly | D．silently |
小题19:
| A．So far | B．From then on | C．Once more | D．Just then |
小题20:
| A．unavoidable | B．poor | C．hopeless | D．challenging |
