School was over and I was both mentally and physically tired. I sat at the very front of the bus because of my
16 to get home. Sitting at the front makes you
17 out like a shiny coin in a pile of dull pennies.
Janie, the driver, tries to break the
18 atmosphere by striking the match of
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I try to mind my manners and
20 listen, but usually I am too busy thinking about my day. On this day,
21 , her conversation was worth listening to.
“My father's sick,” she said to no one in
22 . I 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 from
23 the tears, she responded,“Heart trouble.”Her eyes lowered as she
24 . “I've already lost my mum, so I don't think I can stand losing him.”
I couldn't respond. I was
25 . My heart ached for her. I sat on the old, smelly seat thinking of the great
26 my own mother was thrown into when her father died. I saw how hard it was,
27 still is, for her. I wouldn't like anyone to go
28 that.
Suddenly I realized Janie wasn't only a bus driver. That was
29 her job. She had a whole world of family and concerns too. I had never thought of her as
30 but a driver.
I suddenly felt very
31 . I realized I had only thought of people as
32 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 brushed her off as
33 .
For all I know, I'm just another person in
34 else's world, and may not even be important. I
35 not have been so selfish and self-centered. Everyone has places to go, people to see and appointments (约会) to keep. Understanding people is an art.
| 小题1: | | A．anxiety | B．determination | C．decision | D．attempt |
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| 小题2: | | A．find | B．make | C．think | D．stand |
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| 小题3: | | A．unpopular | B．uncomfortable | C．unusual | D．unforgettable |
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| 小题4: | | A．fire | B．topic | C．conversation | D．discussion |
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| 小题5: | | A．politely | B．devotedly | C．carelessly | D．sincerely |
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| 小题6: | | A．however | B．therefore | C．thus | D．otherwise |
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| 小题7: | | A．surprise | B．common | C．silence | D．particular |
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| 小题8: | | A．fighting | B．avoiding | C．clearing | D．keeping |
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| 小题9: | | A．told | B．lasted | C．repeated | D．continued |
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| 小题10: | | A．for sure | B．at ease | C．in shock | D．in despair |
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| 小题11: | | A．mercy | B．pain | C．pity | D．disappointment |
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| 小题13: | | A．over | B．round | C．through | D．without |
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| 小题14: | | A．almost | B．nearly | C．ever | D．just |
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| 小题15: | | A．something | B．anything | C．nothing | D．everything |
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| 小题16: | | A．sad | B．embarrassed | C．selfish | D．worried |
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| 小题18: | | A．unfit | B．unselfish | C．unnecessary | D．unimportant |
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| 小题19: | | A．everyone | B．someone | C．anyone | D．no one |
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