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大连24中学2016届高三英语试题 第二部分 阅读理解 (共两节，满分40分) 第一节 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A Last weekend, I was blessed with an opportunity to serve as a volunteer in Maryland. I don’t have a car and the closest Amtrak station is about 30 minutes away from the actual site, so I wasn’t sure how I would get there. I started thinking that maybe it wouldn’t be possible and after a really long week, I thought that maybe I shouldn’t volunteer at all. But I went ahead and posted a request for a ride on the ride-share board. A few days later, an individual I had never met replied that he would be able to pick me up and drop me off at the station. He was also planning on serving and said he would wait until my train arrived before driving out there. How kind of this person whom I’ve never even met, I thought to myself. My heart warmed and the stress I had been feeling from my week melted away. When my new friend drove me to the train station, he noticed that it was in a deserted kind of area. There was no one else around, it was cold outside, and I still had 30 minutes to wait. So he parked his car and said, “We will wait for the train to come together.” I couldn’t believe his compassion and kindness. I knew that he had to be at work the next day just like me, and that his wife and son were waiting for his return. But he just waited there with me so patiently, generously serving with his time. With five minutes left before the train arrived, he shared with me stories from his childhood. As a young boy, he used to sit near the edge of the train tracks, excitedly waiting for the trains to rush by with all their force. That night, before returning home to his family, he waited with me as my train approached. It didn’t rush by at full force but I left that station feeling the full force of his compassion and generosity. 21. How did the author feel when he found it might be impossible for him to g