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 194 .
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．anxietyB．determinationC．decisionD．attempt【小题2】A．findB．makeC．thinkD．stand【小题3】A．unpopularB．unfortableC．unusualD．unforgettable【小题4】A．fireB．topicC．conversation D．discussion【小题5】A．politelyB．devotedlyC．carelesslyD．sincerely【小题6】A．howeverB．thereforeC．thusD．otherwise【小题7】A．surpriseB．monC．silenceD．particular【小题8】A．fightingB．avoidingC．clearingD．keeping【小题9】A．toldB．lastedC．repeatedD．continued【小题10】A．for sureB．at easeC．in shockD．in despair【小题11】A．mercyB．painC．pityD．disappointment【小题12】A．butB．yetC．andD．or【小题13】A．overB．roundC．throughD．without【小题14】A．almostB．nearlyC．everD．just【小题15】A．somethingB．anythingC．nothingD．everything【小题16】A．sadB．embarrassedC．selfishD．worried【小题17】A．farB．longC．muchD．well【小题18】A．unfitB．unselfishC．unnecessaryD．unimportant【小题19】A．everyoneB．someoneC．anyoneD．no one【小题20】A．mustB．mayC．canD．shouldA
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解析：本文讲述的是我在公交车上与司机的一番对话，让我意识到自己以前一直用别人的职业或者别人对自己作用来看待自己，看到了自己的自私之处。
【小题1】A 名词辨析。A焦虑，着急B决心C决定D尝试；根据文章第一句可知下课了，我着急着要回家。
【小题2】D 短语辨析。Find out发现；,make out辨认出，理解；think out想出；stand out突出，显眼；坐在公交车的最前面，我就像是一堆灰色的硬币指的很亮的那枚显得很突出。
【小题3】B 形容词辨析。A不流行B不舒服C不一般D难忘；司机想打破车里的不舒服的气氛。
【小题4】C 上下文串联。根据21空后的her conversation可知司机和我开始了对话。
【小题5】A 副词辨析。A礼貌地B专心地C粗心地D真诚地；我努力地注意自己的谈话方式，听地很礼貌。
【小题6】A 副词辨析。A然而B因此C结果是D否则，要不然；通常我都在考虑自己的事情，然而，这次我根据她的对话是值得思考的。
【小题7】D 固定搭配。In surprise惊讶地；in mon普通，常见；in silence安静地；In particular尤其，特别；她没有特别对谁说。
【小题8】A 动词辨析。A战斗B避免C清除D保持；因为她在努力地克制自己的眼泪，fight与…斗争。
【小题9】D 动词辨析。A告诉B持续C重复D继续；当她继续讲述的时候，她垂下眼。
【小题10】C 短语辨析。A确定B安逸，自在C震惊D绝望；我很震惊所以没有回应他。
【小题11】B 名词辨析。A怜悯B痛苦C遗憾D失望；我想起了当我的妈妈在她的母亲去世的时候的痛苦。
【小题12】C 连词辨析。我已经知道这是多么的困难，而且现在的情况对她来说更加困难。
【小题13】C 固定搭配。Go through经历，经受；我不想任何人去经历这样的痛苦。
【小题14】D 副词辨析。A/B几乎C曾经D仅仅；司机只是她的一份工作而已。
【小题15】B 固定搭配。Anything but…绝不…；我一直都认为她只不过是一个司机而已。
【小题16】C 上下文串联。A难受的B尴尬的C自私的D担忧的；35空后的not have been so selfish说明我突然感觉自己很自私，只是把根据对方的职业来判断对方。
【小题17】A 固定搭配。As far as…据…；就…；我只是就对方在我生活里的目的来判断对方。
【小题18】D 形容词辨析。A不合适的B不自私的C不必要的D不重要的。我就是按照她的职业把她归为不重要的人的那一类。
【小题19】B 名词辨析。A所有人B某个人C任何人D没有人；在别人的世界里我也只是某一个人而已，甚至也是一种不重要的人。
【小题20】D 情态动词用法。Shouldn’t have done本不应该做某事，实际上却做了。我本不应该如此自私，如此以自我为中心的。