20 years ago, I drove a cab for a living. One time I arrived in the middle of the night for a ___1__ up at a building that was dark ___2___ a single light in a ground floor window. After a long pause, a small woman in her 80’s stood before me.

   “Would you carry my bag out to the car?” she said. I took her small suitcase to the cab, and then returned to ___3____ the woman. She kept thanking me for my kindness. “ It’s nothing.” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the ___4___ I would want my mother treated.”

“Riverside Street, please. But could you drive through downtown?”

“ It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.

“Oh, I don’t mind,” She said.“ I’m in no ____5__. I am on my way to a hospice.” I looked in the back view mirror. Her eyes were full of ___6___. “ I don’t have any family __7___.” She continued. “The __8___ says I don’t have very long.” While we were driving through the city, she showed me the building where she had once worked. Sometimes she asked me to slow in front of a particular building or corner and would ___9___into the darkness, saying ___10___. Not until the first ray of the sun ___11___up the sky did we get to the address she had given me.

“How much do I ___12___you?’ she asked.

“Nothing,” I said. Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She ___13____ onto me tightly, saying “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.” Then she walked into the hospice.

 Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the ___14__ of a life. I don’t pick up any more passengers for the rest of the day. I drove ___15____, lost in thought.  ___16___ I had refused to take the run?  On a quick ___17___, I don’t think I have done anything more __18___ in my life. We are conditioned to think that our lives ___19__ on great moments. But great moments often catch us _20___ ----beautifully hidden in what others may consider a small one.

1．A．visit              B．pick              C．business         D．a(chǎn)ppointment

3．A．take              B．bring              C．a(chǎn)ccompany     D．a(chǎn)ssist

4．A．a(chǎn)ttitude           B．manner            C．way           D．means

5．A．trouble             B．hurry             C．time            D．danger

6. A．puzzlement         B．excitement         C．eagerness        D．sadness

7．A．gone             B．stayed             C．left             D．remained

8．A．lawyer            B．doctor            C．neighbor         D．relative

9．A．stare             B．wander           C．disappeared      D．step

10．A．much           B．nothing           C．a(chǎn)nything         D．none

11．A came              B．a(chǎn)ppeared         C．showed          D．lit

12．A．charge          B．owe             C．give             D．cost

13．A．kept             B．held              C．caught          D．seized

14．A．beginning        B．symbol           C．sign             D．closing

15．A．a(chǎn)imlessly         B．deliberately        C．intentionally      D．carefully

16．A．How come       B．So what          C．What if        D．How about

17．A．review          B．pause           C．rest             D．memory

18．A．troublesome      B．important         C．enthusiastic      D．worthless

19．A．depend          B．rely             C．look           D．center

20．A．sudden              B．unaware            C．conscious         D．expected

It was 20 years ago. I was driving home with my 4-year-old son. Traffic was light. I was singing quietly along   36   the song playing on the radio. I   37   at the intersection and looked both ways. The road was   38  . I slowly started to make a right turn when suddenly a car rounded the curve at high speed and came   39   at me. I stomped (猛踩) on the brakes of my car killing the engine in the process. The speeder zoomed (疾馳) past my dead car   40   me by inches without even slowing down.

  41   I knew it, a stream of rude words was flying from my lips,   42   after the car and its driver. I then saw my son who was staring up at me   43  . With a red face and a(an)   44   smile I started the car, pulled back onto the road, and headed home.

Later that evening I was reading a book when I heard certain    45   words coming from my son’s bedroom. He was replaying the   46   over and over in his mind. Too   47   I realized the   48   of those words that had flown from my lips in that moment of   49  . It took a lot of talks about good language and bad language with my son to undo (消除)the   50   of that incident.

That   51   , however, did teach me just how strong words   52   be. It helped me to decide to stop swearing (咒罵) in my own life and to start using words that uplift and inspire instead. I slowly realized that language is a   53   from God and should be used to make our world better but not worse. I learned    54   that a few loving words can help a hurting heart, strengthen a   55   spirit, and lighten a heavy load. I pray then that all of your words today are full of love, joy, happiness, and light.

1.A. to                B. by                   C. through             D. over

2.A. pushed up      B. pulled up           C. put up             D. forced up

3.A. clean            B. light                 C. clear               D. busy

4.A. hard             B. straight              C. far                  D. high

5.A. leaving           B. missing              C. knocking            D. approaching

6.A. When           B. After                C. Before              D. Until

7.A. chasing          B. pursuing            C. looking              D. seeking

8.A. awfully           B. innocently          C. bravely              D. typically

9.A. pleased         B. embarrassed        C. surprised           D. worried

10.A. acute                    B. unpleasant     C. dynamic       D. marvelous

11.A. music          B. story                C. language            D. incident

12.A. sorry          B. badly               C. soon                D. late

13.A. power       B. importance         C. nature             D. potential

14.A. fear           B. worry               C. anger               D. regret

15.A. damage      B. lesson               C. image               D. process

16.A. mistake                B. leisure               C. nonsense       D. mystery

17.A. should         B. can                     C. need                   D. would

18.A. evidence               B. donation            C. gift                 D. talent

19.A. or                                B. otherwise               C. too                          D. whereas

20.A. challenging     B. struggling            C. rising               D. caring

It was 20 years ago. I was driving home with my 4-year-old son. Traffic was light. I was singing quietly along 1 the song playing on the radio. I2at the intersection(交叉路口) and looked both ways. The road was 3. I slowly started to make a right turn when suddenly a car rounded the curve at high speed and came 4 at me. I stomped (猛踩) on the brakes of my car killing the engine in the process. The speeder zoomed (疾馳) past my dead car 5 me by inches without even slowing down.
6 I knew it, a stream of rude words was flying from my lips, 7 after the car and its driver. I then saw my son who was staring up at me 8. With a red face and a(an) 9 smile I started the car, pulled back onto the road, and headed home.
Later that evening I was reading a book when I heard certain 10 words coming from my son’s bedroom. He was replaying the 11 over and over in his mind. Too 12 I realized the 13 of those words that had flown from my lips in that moment of 14. It took a lot of talks about good language and bad language with my son to undo (消除)the 15 of that incident.
That 16, however, did teach me just how strong words 17 be. It helped me to decide to stop swearing (咒罵) in my own life and to start using words uplifting and inspire instead. I slowly realized that language is a 18 from God and should be used to make our world better but not worse. I learned 19 that a few loving words can help a hurting heart, strengthen a 20 spirit, and lighten a heavy load. I pray then that all of your words today are full of love, joy, happiness, and light.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      through
   2. B.
      by
   3. C.
      to
   4. D.
      over
2. 2.
   1. A.
      pushed up
   2. B.
      forced up
   3. C.
      put up
   4. D.
      pulled up
3. 3.
   1. A.
      clean
   2. B.
      clear
   3. C.
      light
   4. D.
      busy
4. 4.
   1. A.
      straight
   2. B.
      hard
   3. C.
      far
   4. D.
      high
5. 5.
   1. A.
      leaving
   2. B.
      knocking
   3. C.
      missing
   4. D.
      approaching
6. 6.
   1. A.
      Before
   2. B.
      When
   3. C.
      After
   4. D.
      Until
7. 7.
   1. A.
      seeking
   2. B.
      chasing
   3. C.
      hunting
   4. D.
      looking
8. 8.
   1. A.
      awfully
   2. B.
      bravely
   3. C.
      typically
   4. D.
      innocently
9. 9.
   1. A.
      embarrassed
   2. B.
      pleased
   3. C.
      surprised
   4. D.
      worried
10. 10.
    1. A.
       acute
    2. B.
       accurate
    3. C.
       unpleasant
    4. D.
       marvelous
11. 11.
    1. A.
       music
    2. B.
       story
    3. C.
       language
    4. D.
       incident
12. 12.
    1. A.
       sorry
    2. B.
       badly
    3. C.
       late
    4. D.
       soon
13. 13.
    1. A.
       power
    2. B.
       strength
    3. C.
       nature
    4. D.
       potential
14. 14.
    1. A.
       regret
    2. B.
       anger
    3. C.
       worry
    4. D.
       fear
15. 15.
    1. A.
       process
    2. B.
       lesson
    3. C.
       image
    4. D.
       damage
16. 16.
    1. A.
       accident
    2. B.
       mistake
    3. C.
       crash
    4. D.
       phenomenon
17. 17.
    1. A.
       should
    2. B.
       need
    3. C.
       can
    4. D.
       would
18. 18.
    1. A.
       talent
    2. B.
       evidence
    3. C.
       donation
    4. D.
       gift
19. 19.
    1. A.
       too
    2. B.
       otherwise
    3. C.
       or
    4. D.
       however
20. 20.
    1. A.
       challenging
    2. B.
       struggling
    3. C.
       rising
    4. D.
       caring