I finished my last work of the week and could hardly wait to get home, take off my nursing shoes, and relax.
As I _41_ my car, I saw one of my _42_ standing by the bus stop. I thought it would only take a couple of extra minutes to give her a ride home, and _43_, it was too cold to be standing outside on the coldest _44_ in January. I didn’t know where she lived, but I was _45_ I would be able to find my way back.
We _46_ about our work as I drove and _47_ we knew it, we arrived at her house. I started driving back. _48_ looked familiar, but at first that didn’t _49_ me. But soon I _50_ something wrong. I recognized nothing. But I told myself to stay _51_.
I was _52_ neighborhoods, streets and even streetlights. I no longer knew where I was now. How could I be so stupid! I looked down at my _53_. It was now 2:30 a.m. My gas was slowly running out. I _54_ the car and turned off the engine. In total defeat, I put my head down on the wheel, _55_. Then I raised my head and saw a(n) _56_ down the road in front of me. I turned my headlights on. A car! I drove a little _57_, got out of my car and knocked on the window of that car. An elderly man _58_ rolled his window down.
I said that I didn’t know how to get back into town. In silence, he started driving. I ran back to my car and drove behind him. Finally I _59_ a familiar street. As I turned to head home, the car disappeared. Then I _60_ my driveway (车道) when the warning light for my gas tank (汽油箱) turned on.
Though so many years have passed, I still thank the old man from my deepest heart.
41. A. discovered | B. approached | C. compared | D. searched |
42. A. patients | B. classmates | C. students | D. workmates |
43. A. yet | B. still | C. but | D. besides |
44. A. night | B. morning | C. afternoon | D. noon |
45. A. afraid | B. happy | C. confident | D. sorry |
46. A. worried | B. cared | C. talked | D. explored |
47. A. before | B. if | C. as | D. though |
48.A. Everything | B. Nothing | C. Anything | D. Something |
49. A. attract | B. delight | C. bother | D. enjoy |
50. A. escaped | B. existed | C. imagined | D. realized |
51. A. quiet | B. calm | C. silent | D. brave |
52. A. across | B. over | C. out | D. beyond |
53. A. wheel | B. engine | C. watch | D. seat |
54. A. drove | B. spotted | C. washed | D. stopped |
55. A. helpless | B. excited | C. satisfied | D. delighted |
56. A. shadow | B. truck | C. lady | D. animal |
57. A. faster | B. nervously | C. closer | D. back |
58. A. unlikely | B. slowly | C. carefully | D. equally |
59. A. came | B. mistook | C. recognized | D. missed |
60. A. pulled into | B. drove away | C. ran across | D. took over |
B D D A C C A B C D B D C D A A C B C A
I first went to hear a live rock concert when I was eight years old. My brother and his friends were all ___36____ of a heavy metal group called Black Wednesday. When they ___37____ that Black Wednesday were going to perform at our local theatre, they all bought ____38___ for performance. However, at the last minute, one of the friends couldn’t go, so my brother __39_____ me the ticket. I was really ___40____!
I remember the buzz (嘈杂声) of excitement inside the theatre as we all found our __41____ . After a few minutes, the lights went down and everybody became ___42____. I could barely make out the stage in the ___43____. We waited. Then there was a roar from the crowd, like an explosion, as the first members of the band ___44____ the stage. My brother leaned over and shouted something in my ear, but I couldn’t ____45___ what he was saying. The first song was already starting and the music was as ____46___ a jet engine. I could ___47____ the drum beats and bass notes in my stomach.
I can’t recall any of the songs that the band played. I just __48_ that I really enjoyed the show and didn’t want it to _ 49_. But in the end, after three encores (加演), the show finished. We left the 50_ and walked unsteadily out onto the pavement. I felt a little dizzy, as if I had just 51_from a long sleep. My ears were still 52_with the beat of the last song.
After the 53 , I became a Black Wednesday fan too for a few years before getting into other kinds of music. Once in a while, 54_, I listen to one of their songs and 55_I’m back at that first show.
40. A. relaxed B. embarrassed C. excited D. encouraged
41. A. seats B. entrance C. spots D. space
42. A. comfortable B. quite C. serious D. nervous
43. A. silence B. noise C. darkness D. smoke
44. A. fell upon B. got through C. broke into D. stepped onto
45. A. forget B. hear C. repeat D. bear
46. A. loud B. heard C. sweet D. fast
47. A. feel B. touch C. enjoy D. digest
48. A. realize B. understand C. believe D. remember
49. A. continue B. delay C. finish D. change
50. A. party B. theatre C. opera D. stage
51. A. escaped B. traveled C. benefited D. woken
52. A. aching B. burning C. ringing D. rolling
53. A. competition B. performance C. interview D. celebration
54. A. though B. otherwise C. instead D. besides
55. A. decide B. regret C. conclude D. imagine