passage 1
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.高考资源网版权所有 ©2005-2010
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