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It was a warm March evening, and I’d just taken a seat on the bus that would take me home. It was nearly 6:00 PM, but the bus was not yet full and the driver gave no ___36___ that he intended to start the bus.
A middle-aged woman took a seat opposite me. She was crying. Not speaking to anyone in particular, she ___37____ narrated her story.
She had come to the city to visit her daughter. On the way to the terminal, a thief had ___38____ one of her bags. It had contained half of the money she’d brought with her. The other half was hidden under her blouse, so she ___39___ still had some money left. The bus conductor, driver, and other passengers listened to her tale.
At this time, an old man ___40__ got on the bus. He sat in the seat directly in front of the woman.
After a few minutes, all seats were ___41___. The driver got behind the wheel and started the engine. The bus conductor collected tickets and began asking us where we were ___42___. When he came to the old man’s seat, he became ___43___ and asked the old man whether he had any money. The old man___44___ that he did not. He explained that he ___45___ all his money this morning when he’d accidentally got on the wrong bus and now he was trying to go home.
Upon hearing this, the bus conductor ___46___ the old man to get off the bus. The old man was almost in tears as he begged the bus conductor to let him take that bus __47___ he could get home before dark. The bus driver approached the old man, and repeated the conductor’s ___48___ to get off the bus.
“Stop troubling him! Can’t you see he’s only trying to get home?” she interfered. “He doesn’t
have any money! ” the driver shouted. “Well, that’s no __49_ to throw him off the bus,” she insisted.
Then she said, “How much is his fare?” The bus conductor mumbled the amount. “Fine,” said the woman. She __50___ inside her blouse, took out her ___51___ money, and handed the fares to the bus conductor. “Here’s his fare and mine. Just stop giving him a hard time.”
All eyes turned ___52___the woman, who, just minutes before, had been crying over the money she’d lost. “It’s only money,” she shrugged.
By the time the bus rolled out of the terminal, she had given the old man bread and a dollar. She rode the rest of the way home ___53__ a Mona Lisa smile of peace and grace, and the money she’d lost ___54__ was forgotten.
On the road of life, the politeness and smiles of ___55___ can lighten our loads and lift our spirits. How much sweeter the journey when we make it a little smoother and richer for others!
36.A.answer B. agreement C. indication D. talk
37.A.tearfully B. excitedly C. helplessly D. proudly
38.A.got B. snatched C. pulled D. caught
39.A.surprisingly B. peacefully C. naturally D. fortunately
40.A.in rags B. shyly C. happily D. in disorder
41.A.had B. taken C. full D. crowded
42.A.getting on B. getting down C. getting off D. getting in
43.A.conscious B. suspicious C. curious D. anxious
44.A.realized B. pretended C. admitted D. remembered
45.A.spend B. has spent C. had spent D. was spent
46.A.asked B. ordered C. led D. begged
47.A.so B. until C. if D. when
48.A.arrangement B. command C. advice D. decision
49.A.good B. sense C. reason D. doubt
50.A.picked B. removed C. touched D. reached
51.A.left B. saving C. borrowed D. remaining
52.A.in B.to C. down D. on
53.A.owning B.wearing C. hating D. losing
54.A.earlier B.sooner C. later D. former
55.A.customers B. friends C. strangers D. conductors
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