完形填空。      Last night, I was waiting for a taxi. After 5 minutes, I was 1 . The driver seemed to be angry. I asked him what the   2  was. He said he had just come from the airport without a    3 , which was basically $70 in lost
fare.
     Over the course of that ride, the anger slowly   4 .  He mentioned he had read an article saying the   5   
people are the ones that give, so he hoped he"d have more   6  to give in his life. I was starting to   7   being
with him! We continued talking about why   8   is so beneficial both to the giver and the receiver and different ways to   9  it.
     As we arrived at my destination, I 10  my fare. But I pulled out an extra $20 and said, "Since we"ve been talking about giving this whole time, I wanted to share that    11  with you. I"ve already paid my fare, but here"s an extra little bit. You can   12   it, since you"re already down $70 from the airport. But if you want to
experience the   13  of the gift, then tell the next passenger in this taxi that their ride is a gift from another
and they can   14   their gratitude in whatever way."
     The man turned toward me, tears in his eyes, and said, "Sir, I have a better 15 . You give that $20 to a
  16   person around here and I"ll treat the next passenger with a   17   ride myself."
     Wow. This man was   18   10 minutes ago. I got out and walked around trying to find someone who
needed help   19   heading to my destination.
     It was an honor meeting that driver and    20   the lesson of how everyone is capable of giving.

(     )1. A. gotten off   (     )2. A. question     (     )3. A. friend       (     )4. A. died out     (     )5. A. happiest     (     )6. A. kindness     (     )7. A. mind         (     )8. A. collecting   (     )9. A. practise     (     )10. A. printed     (     )11. A. adventure   (     )12. A. refuse     (     )13. A. direction   (     )14. A. share       (     )15. A. gift       (     )16. A. homeless   (     )17. A. long       (     )18. A. bored       (     )19. A. after       (     )20. A. learning

B. put down     B. time         B. stranger     B. appeared     B. poorest     B. chances     B. stop         B. giving       B. explain     B. recorded     B. information B. raise       B. power       B. earn         B. idea         B. native       B. comfortable B. tired       B. before       B. preparing

C. called up     C. problem       C. driver       C. died down     C. richest       C. suggestions   C. allow         C. receiving     C. watch         C. paid         C. language     C. keep         C. weight       C. forget       C. opinion       C. nice         C. free         C. rude         C. when         C. finishing

D. picked up     D. cost           D. customer       D. died off       D. strongest     D. money         D. enjoy         D. existing       D. consider       D. examined       D. feeling       D. spend       D. size           D. miss           D. ride         D. brave         D. safe           D. angry         D. as             D. providing