第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）。阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。It was a warm

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）。
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
It was a warm March evening, and I’d just taken a seat on the bus that would take me home. It was nearly 6:00 PM, but the bus was not yet full and the driver gave no     21     that he intended to start the bus.
A middle-aged woman took a seat opposite me. She was crying. Not speaking to anyone in particular, she     22     narrated her story.
She had e to the city to visit her daughter. On the way to the terminal, a thief had     23     one of her bags. It had contained half of the money she’d brought with her. The other half was hidden under her blouse, so she     24     still had some money left. The bus conductor, driver, and other passengers listened to her tale.
At this time, an old man     25     got on the bus. He sat in the seat directly in front of the woman.
After a few minutes, all seats were     26    . The driver got behind the wheel and started the engine. The bus conductor collected tickets and began asking us where we were     27    . When he came to the old man’s seat, he became     28     and asked the old man whether he had any money. The old man    29     that he did not. He explained that he     30     all his money this morning when he’d accidentally got on the wrong bus and now he was trying to go home.
Upon hearing this, the bus conductor     31     the old man to get off the bus. The old man was almost in tears as he begged the bus conductor to let him take that bus     32     he could get home before dark. The bus driver approached the old man, and repeated the conductor’s     33     to get off the bus.
“Stop troubling him! Can’t you see he’s only trying to get home?” she interfered. “He doesn’t
have any money! ” the driver shouted. “Well, that’s no     34_ to throw him off the bus,” she insisted.
Then she said, “How much is his fare?”  The bus conductor mumbled the amount. “Fine,” said the woman. She     35     inside her blouse, took out her     36     money, and handed the fares to the bus conductor. “Here’s his fare and mine. Just stop giving him a hard time.”
All eyes turned     37    the woman, who, just minutes before, had been crying over the money she’d lost. “It’s only money,” she shrugged.
By the time the bus rolled out of the terminal, she had given the old man bread and a dollar.  She rode the rest of the way home     38     a Mona Lisa smile of peace and grace, and the money she’d lost     39     was forgotten.
On the road of life, the politeness and smiles of     40     can lighten our loads and lift our spirits. How much sweeter the journey when we make it a little smoother and richer for others!
21. A. answer                B. agreement                C. indication                 D. talk
22. A. tearfully             B. excitedly                  C. helplessly                 D. proudly
23. A. got                            B. snatched                   C. pulled                      D. caught
24. A. surprisingly         B. peacefully                C. naturally                  D. fortunately
25. A. in rags                B. shyly                       C. happily                    D. in disorder
26. A. had                    B. taken                       C. full                          D. crowded
27. A. getting on           B. getting down            C. getting off                D. getting in
28. A. conscious            B. suspicious                 C. curious                     D. anxious
29. A. realized                     B. pretended                 C. admitted                   D. remembered
30. A. spend                 B. has spent                  C. had spent                  D. was spent
31. A. asked                  B. ordered                    C. led                           D. begged
32. A. so                      B. until                        C. if                             D. when
33. A. arrangement        B. mand                 C. advice                      D. decision
34. A. good                  B. sense                        C. reason                      D. doubt
35. A. picked                B. removed                   C. touched                    D. reached
36. A. left                            B. saving                      C. borrowed                 D. remaining
37. A. in                       B. to                                  C. down                       D. on
38. A. owning               B. wearing                    C. hating                      D. losing
39. A. earlier                B. sooner                      C. later                         D. former
40. A. customers           B. friends                            C. strangers                  D. conductors21-25CABDA        26-30BCBCC     31-35 BABCD   36-40 DBBAC