Passage 5  (福建省厦门外国语学校2009届高三最后一次模拟)  完形填空

I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large __36__ across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-age children. At the end of the day, he would  __37__ his taxi on the road. I __38__ 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 __39__ work, leave his taxi and go out for his __40__ affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was  __41__ . 

I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I  __42__  to be outside one evening two weeks  __43__, when the garage door was  __44__  and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce（劳斯莱斯）! It shook me completely  __45__  I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But  __46__  inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a（n） __47__. He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and  __48__  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） __49__. 

We go to bed every night and  __50__  every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a  __51__  as close friends or go for a vacation as a  __52__ . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we  __53__  the social ladder—how much bigger and better a  __54__  we have. And we ignore our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on  __55__  we are than what we do! 

36. A. window B. garage C. door D. yard

37. A. park B. stop C. check D. repair

38. A. knew B. understood C. asked D. wondered

39. A. for B. out of C. without D. from

40. A. business B. national C. personal D. public

41. A. wasteful B. meaningful C. wonderful D. plentiful

42. A. appeared B. intended C. expected D. happened

43. A. later B. more C. ago D. before

44. A. broken B. fine C. shut D. open

45. A. once B. before C. when D. until

46. A. far B. deep C. long D. little

47. A. driver B. engineer C. father D. son

48. A. called B. made C. elected D. turned

49. A. experience B. earning C. life D. position

50. A. stay up B. wake up C. stay home D. go home

51. A. competition B. performance C. debate D. party

52. A. family B. company C. team D. whole

53. A. build B. climb C. stand D. lay

54. A. house B. garage C. car D. taxi

55. A. who B. what C. which D. where

答案  36.B   37.A  38.D  39.D  40.C  41.A  42.D  43.A  44.D  45.C  46.B  47.C  48.A  49.C  50.B  51.D  52.A  53.B  54.D  55.A