【2017年整理】浙江与高考生物理综卷五.docVIP

浙江省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（42） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。 A Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. When I arrived at 2:30 a.m, the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window. Under these circumstances, many drivers would just honk（按喇叭）once or twice, wait a minute, then drive away. But I had seen too many poor people who depended on taxis as their only means of transportation. This passenger might be someone who needed my assistance, I reasoned to myself. So I walked to the door and knocked. After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her 80s stood before me. When we got in the taxi, she gave me an address, then asked, “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 hurry. I’m on my way to a hospice（晚期病人收容所）.” I looked in the rearview mirror. Her eyes were glistening. “I don’t have any family left,” She continued. “The doctor says I don’t have very long time.” I quietly reached over and shut off the meter. “What route would you like me to take?” I asked. For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked as an elevator operator. We drove through the neighborhood where she and her husband had lived when they were newlyweds. She had me pull up in front of a furniture warehouse that had once been a ballroom where she’d gone dancing as a girl. As the first hint of sun rose from the horizon, she suddenly said, “I’m tired. Let’s go now. ” We drove in silence to the hospice. When I was leaving, she insisted on paying me, but I refused. Instead, I bent down and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly. “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy,” she said. “Thank you.” I squeezed her hand, and then walked into the dim morning light. Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the closing of a life. I didn’t pick up any more passengers that shift. I drove aimlessly, lost in thought. W