高中英语真题-2013年高考英语二轮专题训练：阅读理解60天6.pdfVIP

高中英语真题:2013 年高考英语二轮专题训练： 阅读理解 60 天 6 阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A 、B、C 和 D ）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living ．One night I went t o pick up a passenger at 2:30 AM ．When I arrived to collect, I f ound the building was dark except for a single light in a ground f loor window ． I walked to the door and knocked, “Just a minute,” answered a weak, elderly voice ． After a long pause, the door opened ．A small woman in her eig hties stood before me ．By her side was a small suitcase ． I took the suitcase to the car, and then returned to help the wo man ．She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the car ． She kept thanking me for my kindness ．“It’snothing,” I told her ．“I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mo ther treated ．” “Oh, you’re such a good man ．” She said ．When we got into th e taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, “Could you dri ve through downtown?” “It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly ． “Oh, I’m in no hurry,” she said ．“I’m on my way to a hospice( 临 终医 院) ．I don’t have any family left ．The doctor says I don’t have v ery long ．” I quietly reached over and shut off the meter(计价器) ． For the next two hours, we drove through the city ．She showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop that had once bee n a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl ． Sometimes she’d ask me to slow down in front of a particular b uilding and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing ． At dawn, she suddenly said,” I’m tired ．Let’s go now ．” We drove in silence to the address she had given me ． “How much do I owe you?” she asked ． “Nothing．” I said ． “You have to make a living,” she answered ．“Oh, there are oth er passengers,” I answered ． Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug ．She held o nto me tightly ．Our hug ended with her remark, “You