第二部分 閱讀理解(共兩節,滿分40分)第一節(共15小題;每小題2分,滿分30分)
閱讀下列短文,從每題所給出的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中,選出最佳選項,并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
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A man, who sometimes takes my bus, is in rags. His life seems different from that of theothers. He looks exhausted and carries nothing. He appears along a downtown street, seemingly outof nowhere. We sometimes want to know where he sleeps at night.
A few weeks ago he boarded the bus. A few stops later, a young woman boarded. She swiped (刷)her bus-card, only to find the machine would not accept it. The driver told her to pay the $2.25fare. “I just bought this card,” she said. “I paid the money...”
The driver said she could take the card back to the sales office and explain the problem. Inthe meantime she would have to pay the fare for that day. The woman became confused and distressed.The rest of us just watched, wondering how the problem would be solved. Suddenly the man rose fromhis seat, dropped a few coins into the fare box.
“You’re lucky,” the bus driver said quietly. “He paid for you.” Silence fell over the bus. Therest of us had watched the woman’s discomfort, but he felt it. We lawyers, journalists and businesspeople headed downtown to&nbs
n. 沉默,寂靜
vt. 使安靜,使沉默