阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
One day I was sitting on my bike outside of a little store. A ______ with an old man and three kids pulled up. This old man was about ______ his late 70s. The ______ got out and went into the store. A minute later, the old man got out and came over and started a ______.
I asked what he was doing here and he said that his wife had just passed away(去世). I saw that he was getting sad. I put my hand on his shoulder and asked ______ he was OK.
The whole time we talked, I ______ he was looking up into the sky. I thought he was looking into his past as he talked. He said when he and his wife got ______ they bought a bike and at that time he worked ______ an airline(航空公司). They would fly to different countries with the bike. He also said that he and his wife ______ around the world over the years together by plane or by bike.
By this time I had tears running ______ my face. He then said that the last word his wife said to him was that she lived a(n) ______ life with him. He looked at me and suddenly he turned and ______ to his car and showed a box of his wife’s ashes(骨灰) through the window and walked back to me.
He told me that he asked his grandsons to take ______ to his home village, a beach village. He would like to live there ______. Now he was taking his wife on the last ride. He looked at me for a second and then he reached over my bike to shake my hand and said, “My name is Leon. Thanks for ______ an old man.”
“Listening is a good way to help others.” That is what I want to tell you.
【小题1】【小题2】【小题3】A.adults | B.kids | C.women | D.girls |
【小题4】A.story | B.game | C.celebration | D.conversation |
【小题5】【小题6】A.wondered | B.noticed | C.forgot | D.heard |
【小题7】A.surprised | B.worried | C.excited | D.married |
【小题8】【小题9】A.rode | B.travelled | C.flew | D.dreamed |
【小题10】【小题11】A.careful | B.difficult | C.happy | D.empty |
【小题12】A.swam | B.drove | C.flew | D.walked |
【小题13】【小题14】A.alone | B.happily | C.asleep | D.carefully |
【小题15】A.listening to | B.talking to | C.looking after | D.helping |