School was over and I was both mentally and physically tired. I sat at the very front of the bus because of my   16 to get home. Sitting at the front makes you  17 out like a shiny coin in a pile of dull pennies.

Janie, the driver, tries to break the  18 atmosphere by striking the match of   194 .

I try to mind my manners and   20 listen, but usually I am too busy thinking about my day. On this day,   21 , her conversation was worth listening to.

“My father's sick,” she said to no one in  22 . I could see the anxiety and fear in her eyes. With a sudden change of attitude and interest, I asked,“What's wrong with him?"

With her eyes wet and her voice tight from  23 the tears, she responded,“Heart trouble.”Her eyes lowered as she  24 . “I've already lost my mum, so I don't think I can stand losing him.”

I couldn't respond. I was  25 . My heart ached for her. I sat on the old, smelly seat thinking of the great  26 my own mother was thrown into when her father died. I saw how hard it was,   27 still is, for her. I wouldn't like anyone to go  28 that.

Suddenly I realized Janie wasn't only a bus driver. That was  29 her job. She had a whole world of family and concerns too. I had never thought of her as  30 but a driver.

I suddenly felt very  31 . I realized I had only thought of people as  32 as what their purposes were in my life. I paid no attention to Janie because she was a bus driver. I had judged her by her job and brushed her off as  33 .

For all I know, I'm just another person in  34 else's world, and may not even be important. I  35 not have been so selfish and self-centered. Everyone has places to go, people to see and appointments (约会) to keep. Understanding people is an art.

1.                A．anxiety         B．determination    C．decision  D．attempt

2.                A．find           B．make           C．think D．stand

3.                A．unpopular      B．uncomfortable   C．unusual   D．unforgettable

4.                A．fire            B．topic           C．conversation   D．discussion

5.                A．politely         B．devotedly       C．carelessly D．sincerely

6.                A．however        B．therefore       C．thus D．otherwise

7.                A．surprise        B．common        C．silence   D．particular

8.                A．fighting         B．avoiding        C．clearing  D．keeping

9.                A．told           B．lasted          C．repeated D．continued

10.               A．for sure        B．at ease         C．in shock   D．in despair

11.               A．mercy         B．pain           C．pity  D．disappointment

12.               A．but            B．yet            C．and  D．or

13.               A．over           B．round          C．through   D．without

14.               A．almost         B．nearly          C．ever  D．just

15.               A．something      B．anything        C．nothing   D．everything

16.               A．sad            B．embarrassed    C．selfish D．worried

17.               A．far            B．long           C．much D．well

18.               A．unfit           B．unselfish        C．unnecessary    D．unimportant

19.               A．everyone       B．someone       C．anyone    D．no one

20.               A．must           B．may           C．can   D．should