阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

    Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One early morning, I 1 a call for a taxi. When I arrived at the building, it was 2:30 a.m. and I found the building was dark except for the only light in a first floor window.

    Many drivers would just shout once or twice and then drove away, but I thought this 2 might need my help. So I walked to the door and knocked, “Just a minute,” answered a 3, elderly voice. After a long time, the door opened. A small old man showed up before me, 4a small bag. He kept thanking me for my 5. “It's nothing,” I told him.

     “Oh, you're such a good man.” He said. When we got into the taxi, he gave me a (an) 6, and then asked, “Could you drive through the city center?”

     “But it wasn't the 7way.” I answered quickly. “Oh, I'm in no hurry.” He said. “I'm on my way to a hospital. I don't have any family left. The 8 says I don't have much time left.

    I 9 started the taxi and shut off the meter(计程器). For the next two hours, we drove through the city center. He showed me the building where he once worked. We drove 10 the church where he got married. He would never forget that happy moment. Sometimes he'd ask me to slow down in front of a building and would sit 11the darkness for a long time, saying nothing. When the sun began to rise, we drove in silence to the address he had given me. When we arrived,12 without thinking, I gave him a big hug. “You gave an old man a little moment of 13. Thank you!” He said with tears in his eyes.

    I was completely lost in thought for the rest of the day. What would happen if I had refused to do14 I did? We always think that there are no 15 moments in our lives, but great moments are just in what others may think small and unimportant ones!

There was a bridge crossing a big river from west to east. It1a man five minutes 2 it. There was a pavilion(凉亭)3the middle of the bridge with a soldier4. He came out5three minutes.6he saw somebody crossing the bridge, he would tell him to go7, not permitting(限制)him to cross. A clever man thought of a8idea, and crossed the9at last. What10did the clever man think of to cross the bridge?

    Most people like to make some new year's plans at the beginning of the year. Jack is a student of a middle school in Longwan, Wenzhou. He usually makes his new year's 1 on January 1st .He wants to have a(an) 2 start. This year he wants to keep 3,because he is too heavy and he likes 4lots of fast food . So he is going to 5 and eat healthy food . He likes football and he is good at it , he is going to join the school 6 team . He wants to be captain of the football team . He also wants to be able to speak English well, so he is going to  7 English aloud every morning, and he is going to listen to English music after school every day. He says he is going to be an English teacher 8  10 years.

    9are your new year's plans? Are you going to look after yourself well? Are you going to do something for 10 parents? Are you going to make more friends? Work hard for it every day and I'm sure your dream will come true one day.

    Different things usually stand for different feelings. Red, for example, is the colour of fire, heat, blood and life. It is used for signs of 1 , such as STOP signs and fire engines. Orange is the colour of brightness, warmth and 2in autumn. People say orange is a 3colour. They associate orange with happiness. 4 is the colour of grass in spring. People say it is a refreshing colour. In general, people 5 about two groups of colours: warm colours and cool colours. The warm colours are red, orange and yellow .When there are warm colours, people usually want to be 6. The cool colours are black and blue. When there are these colours, people are usually worried. Some scientists say that time seems to 7 more slowly in a room with warm colours. They suggest that a warm colour is a good 8for a living room or a restaurant. People who are having a rest or are 9do not want time to pass quickly. However, 10 colours are better for some offices if people working there want time to pass quickly.

    One morning Mr. Green is driving around the county and1a small bookshop. When he sees an old man2the side of the road, he stops his car and says to the old man, "Excuse me. I want3to the Sun Bookshop. Do you know it? "

    "Yes," the old man answers, "I4you the way." He5Mr. Green's car, and they drive about twelve miles. 6they come to a small house, the old man says, "Stop here. "Mr. Green stops and7the house." But this isn't the8,"he says to the old man. "Right, "the old man answers, "this is my house, and now I'll show you the9to the bookshop. Turn around and go back nine miles. 10you'll see the bookshop. "

    Playing a musical instrument is a great hobby. I started playing the piano when I was five years old and I still 1 it now: it is a perfect way to relax and can cheer me up when I'm feeling 2. When 1 lived at home with my parents, we had a brown piano in the 3 and I had piano lessons every week. However, when I went to university, I had to 4 my family and my piano behind.

    I enjoyed playing the piano so much that I 5 all the money I got for my birthday on a new electric piano. It was quite 6 to get it from the music shop: I had to ask a friend to help 7 get the piano into a taxi and then move it to the door. I was able to play 8 I wanted, using earphones so that I wouldn't disturb (打扰) my roommates. When I got tired of studying or writing an essay, I would take a 9  by playing something energetic. It really helped me feel relaxed and happy! 10 I was feeling a bit homesick (想家的) , playing music that I learned on my old piano made me feel 11.

    Now I am studying abroad and I don't have a 12 with me. When I'm listening to a tune that I can 13 , I feel nostalgic (怀旧的) about the piano keyboard. I wish that pianos were as portable (轻便的) as guitars 14 I really want to spend time on my hobby. Luckily, there are other activities that I 15 do to relax, like drawing or writing stories.