题型：短文填空 题类：常考题 难易度：普通
广东省云浮市云安区2018-2019学年度九年级上学期英语期末考试试卷（含听力音频）
One day, Tom went out to look for work. He went from place. place, he could not find a job. In the afternoon, he came to a factory. He went into the office building and the door of a big room. There he saw a fat man at a desk.
"What do you want?" The man asked. "I am looking for work." answered Tom. "Any kind of work?" the man asked. "Any kind of , please. I am strong, you see." Tom said.
The man looked at Tom for a long time and then he said, "We have got enough workers. We want no more. Get out."
Tom turned around. When he was going to the door, the man said, "Look, do you see the man over there?" He pointed to a man outside the window. "I give him five dollars a day. I will only give you four dollars a day. Do you want his job? He is getting old. Of course, I won't give you five dollars a day. I can give you four dollars a day."
For a long time, Tom said nothing. He thought of his wife children. But that worker had his wife and children, . Finally Tom said, "， I won't want the job." Tom was right. He didn't want to take the bread out of another worker's mouth.
A. show me the building, B. was rising , C. make a living, D. could hardly sleep E. took my taxi F. pay you |
Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One time in the middle of the night, an old lady in her 80s {#blank#}1{#/blank#} . She gave me an address, and then asked, “Could you {#blank#}2{#/blank#}?”
“It's not the shortest way,” I answered quietly .
“Oh, I don't mind,” she said. “I'm in no hurry. I'm on my way to a hospice(临终医院). I {#blank#}3{#/blank#} The doctor says I don't have very long.”
I quickly reached over and shut off the meter(计价器). For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She{#blank#}4{#/blank#}where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, the place where she danced as a girl. As sun {#blank#}5{#/blank#}, we got to the hospice.
“How much should I {#blank#}6{#/blank#}?” she asked, reaching into her purse.
“Nothing ” I said.
“You have to{#blank#}7{#/blank#} ” she answered.
“Oh, there are other passengers,” I answered.
“You gave an old woman some moment of happiness”. She said: “Thank you.”
I drove into the fine morning light. Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of closing of a life. I drove aimlessly, lost in thought. For the rest of the day, I {#blank#}8{#/blank#}. What if that woman had got an unfriendly drive, or one who was impatient to his shift? What if I had refused to take the run?
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