完型填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
School was over and I felt quite tired. I sat at the very 1 of the crowded bus because of my anxiety to get home. Sitting there makes me 2 out like a shiny coin in a pile of dull pennies.
Janie, the driver , tries to break the unfortable atmosphere by striking the match of conversation . I tried to mind my manners and 3 listen, but usually I am too busy thinking about my day. On this day, 4 , her conversation was worth listening to.
“My father’s sick,” she said to no one in 5 ,I could see the anxiety and fear in her eyes. “What’s wrong with him?” I asked. With her eyes wet and her voice tight from 6 the tears, she answered, “Heart trouble.” Her eyes 7 as she continued. “I have already lost my mum, so I don’t think I can stand losing him.”
I was 8 . My heart ached for her. And this reminded me of the great 9 that my own mother was thrown into when her father died. I saw how hard it was, and still is, for her. I wouldn’t like anyone to 10 that.
Suddenly I realized Janie wasn’t only a bus driver. That was just her job. She had a whole world of 11 and concerns, too. I suddenly felt very selfish. I realized I had only thought of people as 12 as what their purposes were in my life. I paid no attention to Janie 13 she was a bus driver. I had 14 her by her job and brushed her off as unimportant.
For all I know, I’m just another person in someone else’s world, and may not even be 15 . I should not have been so selfish and self-centered. Everyone has places to go, people to see and appointment to keep. Understanding people is an art.
【小题1】A．front B．endC．sideD．middle【小题2】A．findB．takeC．standD．think【小题3】A．politelyB．slightlyC．carelesslyD．partly【小题4】A．howeverB．thereforeC．insteadD．otherwise【小题5】A．surpriseB．particularC．silenceD．purpose【小题6】A．fightingB．turningC．clearingD．protecting【小题7】A．openedB．shoneC．closedD．lowered【小题8】A．recognizedB．worriedC．shockedD．excited【小题9】A．victoryB．painC．respectD．disappointment【小题10】A．pick upB．work outC．go throughD．get down【小题11】A．familyB．factoryC．schoolD．friend【小题12】A．far B．longC．muchD．well【小题13】A．whileB．becauseC．thoughD．until【小题14】.A．criticizedB．receivedC．consideredD．judged【小题15】A．happyB．wiseC．usefulD．importantA
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(答案→)A
解析：文章是通过我在回家途中听司机讲述自身故事，引发对自己自私，自我的性格的反思。告知人们不要根据别人的职业等作出判断，要善于理解别人。
【小题1】A 本题考查形容词。结合下文我迫切想回家，我应该是坐在车子的前部。
【小题2】C 本题考查动词词组。Stand out意为：突出，显眼；结合下文的like a shiny coin in a pile of dull pennies.可知答案为stand out.
【小题3】A 本题考查副词。结合前文mind my manners，可知我注意了自己的礼貌，那么应该是礼貌的听司机讲话。
【小题4】A 结合上下文。上文提及我经常在司机说话的时候想自己的事情，下文提及her conversation was worth listening to.可知存在着转折的关系。
【小题5】B 本题考查固定词组和上下文联系。in particular意为：尤其，特别；根据上下文可知司机并没有一个特定的谈话对象。
【小题6】A 本题考查上下文联系，由文章内容可以知道司机非常痛苦，但是又不能当众哭泣，只能强忍着泪水。
【小题7】D 本题考查动词语义辨析。由上下文可知她父亲得了重病，她情绪低沉，当说出父亲所患的病的时候应该是低下眼帘，表示痛苦之情。
【小题8】C 听到她父亲患重病，母亲又已经去世，我很震惊。
【小题9】B 根据下文可知，我母亲的爸爸去世给我母亲带来的应该是痛苦。
【小题10】C 本题考查动词短语辨析。go through意为：经历。作者是不想看到任何人经历同样的痛苦。
【小题11】A 本题考查名词辨析。根据上下文可知她应该有自己的家庭和自己的忧虑。
【小题12】A 本题考查as far as….这一结构。意为：根据…..
【小题13】B 本题考查状语从句的连词。我没有注意到她是因为她只是一个司机。
【小题14】D 本题考查上下文串联。我不注意她是因为她只是一个司机，反应作者是根据职业来判断一个人的。
【小题15】D 考查上下文联系，也许在别人的眼里我也并不重要。点出主题：做人不要自我，每个人都有自己的位置，要学会理解别人。