完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large 1 across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-aged children. At the end of the day, he would 2 his taxi on the road. I 3 why he did not park it in the garage.
Then one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would e home 4 work, leave his taxi and go out for his 5 affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was 6 .
I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I 7 to be outside one evening two weeks 8 , when the garage door was 9 and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce（劳斯莱斯）! It shook me pletely 10 I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But 11 inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a（n） 12 . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and 13 him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a (n）14.
We go to bed every night and 15 every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a 16 as close friends or go for a vacation as a 17 . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we 18 the social ladder—how much bigger and better a 19 we have. And we ignore our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on 20 we are than what we do!
【小题1】A．windowB．garageC．doorD．yard【小题2】A．parkB．stopC．checkD．repair【小题3】A．knewB．understoodC．askedD．wondered【小题4】A．forB．out ofC．withoutD．from【小题5】A．businessB．nationalC．personalD．public【小题6】A．wastefulB．usefulC．wonderfulD．plentiful【小题7】A．appearedB．intendedC．expectedD．happened【小题8】A．laterB．moreC．agoD．before【小题9】A．brokenB．fineC．shutD．open【小题10】A．onceB．beforeC．whenD．until【小题11】A．farB．deepC．longD．little【小题12】A．driverB．engineerC．fatherD．son【小题13】A．calledB．madeC．electedD．turned【小题14】A．experienceB．earningC．lifeD．position【小题15】A．stay upB．wake upC．stay homeD．go home【小题16】A．petitionB．performanceC．debateD．party【小题17】A．familyB．panyC．teamD．whole【小题18】A．buildB．climbC．standD．lay【小题19】A．gardenB．garageC．carD．taxi【小题20】A．whoB．whatC．whichD．whereB
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(答案→)B
解析：本文通过我对邻居的描写，他是一个出租车司机但是自己的车库里还有一辆劳斯莱斯的私家车，每次下班都会开着私家车出去办事或休闲，从而作者告诉我们要知道享受生活，不要忽视了我们自己的劳斯莱斯，要更注重我们是谁，而不是我们所做的。
【小题1】从后文why he did not park it in the garage.可知那个房子有一个大的车库，故选 B
【小题2】A. park 停车B. stop 停止 C. check检查 D. repair修理，通过句意，可知这里应该是他每次都把出租车停在马路上，故选A
【小题3】A. knew知道 B. understood懂得 C. asked询问 D. wondered想知道，句意，我想知道为什么他不停在车库里面，故选 D
【小题4】e home from work下班回家，固定表达，故选D
【小题5】A. business 商业B. national国家的C. personal私人的 D. public公共的，句意：他不开他的车租车而是开自己的私人的车出去办事，故选 C
【小题6】A. wasteful 浪费的B. useful 有用的 C. wonderful极好的 D. plentiful丰饶的，句意：我认为这是很浪费的，故选A
【小题7】A. appeared出现B. intended打算 C. expected期望 D. happened发生，happen to be outside碰巧在外面，固定结构，故选 D
【小题8】one evening two weeks later两周以后的一个晚上，later后来，稍后，故选A
【小题9】A. broken打破B. fine好的 C. shut关闭 D. open 打开，句意：碰巧他的出库们是开着的，故选D
【小题10】when当…时候，引导时间状语从句，句意：当我意识到怎么回事时我很震惊，故选C
【小题11】deep inside在内心深处，固定表达，句意：在他内心的深处，他将自己看成别的人，故选 B
【小题12】从后文He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. 可知他将自己看成是劳斯莱斯车的车主，是孩子们的父亲，故选C
【小题13】A. called 叫，称呼B. made 制作 C. elected选举 D. turned转变，句意：世人都称他为出租车司机，故选A
【小题14】A. experience经验B. earning挣钱C. life生活D. position职位，句意：他开出租车是为了生计，而开劳斯莱斯是为了生活。故选 C
【小题15】A. stay up熬夜B. wake up 醒来 C. stay home呆在家里 D. go home回家，句意：我们每天晚上都上床睡觉，早晨起来自己或是父母亲或是孩子，而并不是银行家，执行总裁或是教授。故选B
【小题16】A. petition竞赛 B. performance表现 C. debate争论 D. party聚会，句意：我们和我们亲密的朋友参加聚会，故选D
【小题17】A. family家庭 B. pany公司C. team队伍 D. whole整个的，句意：我们和我们的家庭一起去度假，故选 A
【小题18】climb the social ladder 攀爬社会的阶梯，句意：我们将攀登了多高的社会阶梯来衡量我们整个的幸福和成功，故选B
【小题19】A. garden 花园B. garage车库 C. car 汽车 D. taxi出租车；句意：我们同时也将我们拥有多大多好的出租车来衡量我们整个的幸福和成功，故选D
【小题20】通过句意，我们应该更加注重于我们是谁，而不是注重于我们做什么，故选A