I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large  31  across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-aged children. At the end of the day, he would  32  his taxi on the road. I  33  why he did not park it in the garage.
Then one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home  34  work, leave his taxi and go out for his  35  affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was a 36  .
I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I 37  to be outside one evening two weeks  38 , when the garage door was 39  and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce（劳斯莱斯）! It shook me completely  40  I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But  41  inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a（n）  42  . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and 43  him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a (n）  44  .
We go to bed every night and  45  every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a  46  as close friends or go for a vacation as a 47  . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how much bigger and better a 48  we have. And we ignore our Rolls-Royce, by  49  it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on  50 we are than what we do!

【小题7】

A．appeared B．intended C．expected D．happened

I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large  21  across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-age children. At the end of the day, he would  22  his taxi on the road. I  23  why he did not park it in the garage.
Then one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home  24  work, leave his taxi and go out for his  25  affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was  26 . 
I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I  27  to be outside one evening two weeks  28  ,when the garage door was  29   and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce（劳斯莱斯）! It shook me completely  30  I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But 31   inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a（n）32  . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and  33   him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a（n）34  . 
We go to bed every night and  35   every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a  36   as close friends or go for a vacation as a  37 . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we  38   the social ladder—how much bigger and better a  39 we have. And we ignore our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on  40  we are than what we do! 

I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large   16  across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-age children. At the end of the day, he would   17  his taxi on the road. I  18  why he did not park it in the garage.
Then, one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home  19  work, leave his taxi and go out for his   20 affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was    21  .
I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I  22 to be outside one evening two weeks  23 , when the garage door was   24 and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce（劳斯莱斯）! It shook me completely   25  I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But  26 inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a（n）  27 . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and   28  him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a（n）  29 .
We go to bed every night and   30  every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a   31  as close friends or go for a vacation as a   32 . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we  33 the social ladder(阶梯)—how much bigger and better a  34 we have. And we ignore(忽视)our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on   35  we are than what we do!

I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large  21  across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-age children. At the end of the day, he would  22  his taxi on the road. I  23  why he did not park it in the garage.

Then one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home  24  work, leave his taxi and go out for his  25  affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was  26 . 

I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I  27  to be outside one evening two weeks  28  ,when the garage door was  29   and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce（劳斯莱斯）! It shook me completely  30  I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But 31   inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a（n）32  . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and  33   him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a（n）34  . 

We go to bed every night and  35   every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a  36   as close friends or go for a vacation as a  37 . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we  38   the social ladder—how much bigger and better a  39 we have. And we ignore our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on  40  we are than what we do! 

I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large  31  across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-aged children. At the end of the day, he would  32   his taxi on the road. I  33   why he did not park it in the garage.

Then one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home  34   work, leave his taxi and go out for his  35   affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was a 36  .

I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I  37   to be outside one evening two weeks  38  , when the garage door was  39  and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce（劳斯莱斯）! It shook me completely  40  I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But  41  inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a（n）  42  . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and 43  him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a (n）  44  .

We go to bed every night and   45  every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a  46  as close friends or go for a vacation as a  47  . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how much bigger and better a 48  we have. And we ignore our Rolls-Royce, by  49  it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on  50  we are than what we do!

1. A. window            B. garage           C. door         D. yard

2. A. park              B. stop         C. check            D. repair

3. A. knew              B. understood       C. asked            D. wondered

4. A. for               B. out of           C. without      D. from

5. A. business          B. national     C. personal     D. public

6. A. waste             B. gift        C. wonder       D. must

7. A. appeared          B. intended     C. expected     D. happened

8. A. later             B. more         C. ago          D. before

9. A. broken            B. fine         C. shut         D. open

10. A. once             B. before           C. when         D. until

11.A. far               B. deep         C. long         D. little

12.A. driver            B. engineer     C. father           D. son

13. A. called           B. made         C. elected          D. turned

14.A. experience            B. earning      C. life         D. work

15.A. stay up           B. wake up      C. stay home        D. go home

16.A. competition       B. performance  C. debate           D. party

17.A. family            B. company      C. team         D. whole

18. A. garden           B. garage           C. car          D. taxi

19. A. giving           B. keeping      C. driving      D. parking

20. A. who              B. what         C. which            D. where

I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large  36 across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-age children. At the end of the day, he would 37 his taxi on the road. I 38 why he did not park it in the garage.

Then one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home 39  work, leave his taxi and go out for his  40 affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was  41 .

I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I 42 to be outside one evening two weeks 43 , when the garage door was  44 and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce（劳斯莱斯）! It shook me completely 45 I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But 46 inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a（n） 47 . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and 48 him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a（n） 49 .

We go to bed every night and  50 every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a 51 as close friends or go for a vacation as a 52 . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we 53 the social ladder―how much bigger and better a 54 we have. And we ignore our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on 55 we are than what we do!

I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large   36  across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-age children. At the end of the day, he would  37  his taxi on the road. I  38  why he did not park it in the garage.  

Then one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home  39   work, leave his taxi and go out for his   40  affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was   41  .  

I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I  42  to be outside one evening two weeks  43  , when the garage door was   44  and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce（劳斯莱斯）! It shook me completely  45  I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But  46  inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a（n）  47  . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and  48  him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a（n）  49  .  

We go to bed every night and   50  every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a  51  as close friends or go for a vacation as a  52  . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we  53  the social ladder―how much bigger and better a  54  we have. And we ignore our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on  55  we are than what we do!  

I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large    36    across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-age children. At the end of the day, he would    37    his taxi on the road. I    38    why he did not park it in the garage.

Then one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home from    39   , leave his taxi and go out for his    40    affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was    41   .

I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I    42    to be outside one evening two weeks    43   , when the garage door was    44    and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce （劳斯莱斯）! It shook me completely    45    I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But    46    inside, he saw himself as something else: A Rolls-Royce owner and a （an）   47   . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and    48    him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove or a （an）    49   .

We go to bed every night and wake up every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a    50    as close friends or go for a vacation as a    51   . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we    52   the social ladder―how much bigger and better a    53    we have. And we    54  our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on    55    we are than what we do!

I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large  36  across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-age children. At the end of the day, he would   37   his taxi on the road. I   38   why he did not park it in the garage.

Then one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home   39   work, leave his taxi and go out for his   40   affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was   41  .

I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I   42   to be outside one evening two weeks   43  , when the garage door was  44   and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce（劳斯莱斯）! It shook me completely   45   I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But  46    inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a（an）47  . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and   48   him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a（an） 49  .

We go to bed every night and  50    every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a   51    as close friends or go for a vacation as a   52  . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we    53   the social ladder―how much bigger and better a   54   we have. And we ignore our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on  55    we are than what we do!

I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large  21  across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-age children. At the end of the day, he would  22  his taxi on the road. I  23  why he did not park it in the garage. 

Then one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home  24  work, leave his taxi and go out for his  25  affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was  26  . 

I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I  27  to be outside one evening two weeks  28   ,when the garage door was  29   and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce（劳斯莱斯）! It shook me completely  30  I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But  31   inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a（n） 32  . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and  33   him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a（n） 34  . 

We go to bed every night and  35   every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a  36   as close friends or go for a vacation as a  37  . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we  38   the social ladder—how much bigger and better a  39  we have. And we ignore our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on  40  we are than what we do! 

21. A. window          B. garage            C. door           D. yard

22. A. park             B. stop                        C. check                      D. repair

23. A. knew            B. understood               C. asked                      D. wondered

24. A. for                     B. out of                      C. without            D. from

25. A. business             B. national                    C. personal           D. public

26. A. wasteful             B. meaningful               C. wonderful         D. plentiful

27. A. appeared            B. intended                   C. expected           D. happened

28. A. later                   B. more                    C. ago                  D. before

29. A. broken                      B. fine                         C. shut                 D. open

30. A. once                  B. before                     C. when                      D. until

31. A. far                     B. deep                     C. long                 D. little

32. A. driver                 B. engineer                   C. father                      D. son

33. A. called                 B. made                    C. elected             D. turned

34. A. experience          B. earning                    C. life                   D. position

35. A. stay up               B. wake up                  C. stay home         D. go home

36. A. competition               B. performance            C. debate              D. party

37. A. family                B. company              C. team                D. whole

38. A. build                  B. climb                    C. stand                D. lay

39. A. house                 B. garage                     C. car                   D. taxi

40. A. who                   B. what                    C. which              D. where