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!
36. A. window B. garage C. door D. yard
37. A. park B. stop C. check D. repair
38. A. knew B. understood C. asked D. wondered
39. A. for B. out of C. without D. from
40. A. business B. national C. personal D. public
41. A. wasteful B. meaningful C. wonderful D. plentiful
42. A. appeared B. intended C. expected D. happened
43. A. later B. more C. ago D. before
44. A. broken B. fine C. shut D. open
45. A. once B. before C. when D. until
46. A. far B. deep C. long D. little
47. A. driver B. engineer C. father D. son
48. A. called B. made C. elected D. turned
49. A. experience B. earning C. life D. position
50. A. stay up B. wake up C. stay home D. go home
51. A. competition B. performance C. debate D. party
52. A. family B. company C. team D. whole
53. A. build B. climb C. stand D. lay
54. A. house B. garage C. car D. taxi
55. A. who B. what C. which D. where
答案 36.B 37.A 38.D 39.D 40.C 41.A 42.D 43.A 44.D 45.C 46.B 47.C 48.A 49.C 50.B 51.D 52.A 53.B 54.D 55.A
