i moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. in the house with a large 21 across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-age children. at the end of the day, he would 22 his taxi on the road. i 23 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 24 work, leave his taxi and go out for his 25 affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. i felt it was 26 . i was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until i 27 to be outside one evening two weeks 28 ,when the garage door was 29 and he drove out in his “own” car: a rolls-royce（劳斯莱斯）! it shook me completely 30 i realized what that meant. you see, he was a taxi driver. but 31 inside, he saw himself as something else: a rolls-royce owner and a（n） 32 . he drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his rolls-royce. the world looked at his taxi and 33 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） 34 . we go to bed every night and 35 every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, ceos or professors. we go for a 36 as close friends or go for a vacation as a 37 . we love life as it is. yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we 38 the social ladder—how much bigger and better a 39 we have. and we ignore our rolls-royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. we should focus more on 40 we are than what we do! 1．a. window b. garage c. door d. yard 2．a. park b. stop c. check d. repair 3．a. knew b. understood c. asked d. wondered 4．a. for b. out of c. without d. from 5．a. business b. national c. personal d. public 6．a. wasteful b. meaningful c. wonderful d. plentiful 7．a. appeared b. intended c. expected d. happened 8．a. later b. more c. ago d. before 9．a. broken b. fine c. shut d. open 10．a. once b. before c. when d. until 11．a. far b. deep c. long d. little 12．a. driver b. engineer c. father d. son 13．a. called b. made c. elected d. turned 14．a. experience b. earning c. life d. position 15．a. stay up b. wake up c. stay home d. go home 16．a. competition b. performance c. debate d. party 17．a. family b. company c. team d. whole 18．a. build b. climb c. stand d. lay 19．a. house b. garage c. car d. taxi 20．a. who b. what c. which d. where 《答案》 1．b 2．a 3．d 4．c 5．c 6．a 7．d 8．a
