题型：完形填空 题类： 难易度：普通
四川省眉山市仁寿县2024年1月九年级上学期英语试题
Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One time in the middle of the night, an old lady in her 80s1 my taxi. She gave me an address, and then asked: "Could you drive through downtown?"
"It's not the shortest way," I answered quickly.
"Oh, I don't2 ," she said. "I'm in no hurry. I'm on my way to a hospice (临终关怀医院).
I don't have any family left. The doctor says I don't have very long."
I 3 shut off the meter (里程表).
For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She 4 me the building where she had worked, the neighborhood where she and her husband had once lived, the place where she danced as
a girl. As the sun was rising, we got to the hospice.
"How much should I pay you?" she asked, reaching into her purse (钱包).
"5 ," I said.
"You have to make a living," she answered.
"There are other6 ."
"You gave an old woman a little moment of7 ," she said. "Thank you."
I drove into the fine morning light. 8 me, a door shut. It was the sound of the9 of a life. I drove aimlessly (漫无目的地), lost in thought. For the rest of the day, I could hardly talk. What if that woman had got a(n) 10 driver, or one who was impatient to end his shift (换班)? What if I had refused to take the run?
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The Incredibles is a cartoon movie about superheroes with huge power. However, it still feels like a film about ordinary people. The movie is about a superhero called Mr Incredible. He is very strong, and he can save people from danger.
However, 15 years later, Mr Incredible and other superheroes have to give up their"Hero work" and live a common life. Then Mr Incredible becomes " Bob Parr" and starts working for a company.
Just before he becomes "Bob Parr", Mr Incredible marries another superhero "Elastigirl", and later she becomes " Helen Parr". Together they create a family and have three children—Violet(daughter), Dash(son)and Jack(baby). They also have super power. The parents ask their children not to use their super power.
Bob finds it very difficult to live the life of common person. He misses being a superhero and helping other people. One day a secret government department asks him to do some hero work. Bob is happy to do so. Unluckily, Bob soon finds himself in deep trouble. However, with the help of his superhero wife and children, he is able to fight back and again, the good beats the bad.
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