2014 高考英语阅读理解基础训练二轮精品题（10）及答案<br />阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A.B.C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。<br />A<br />I took the bus to work for many years. No one knew each other; the passengers <br />all sat there sleepily in the morning. The bus was cheerless and silent. <br />One of the passengers was a small grey man who took the bus to the center for <br />senior citizens every morning. No one ever paid very much attention to him. One July <br />morning he said good morning to the driver and smiled. The driver nodded guardedly. <br />The rest of us were silent. <br />The next day, the old man boarded with a big smile and said in a loud voice, <br />“A very good morning to you all!” Some of us looked up, amazed, and murmured “ <br />good morning” in reply. <br />The following weeks, our friend was dressed in a nice old suit and tie. The <br />thin hair had been carefully combed. He said good morning to us every day and we <br />gradually began to nod and talk to each other. <br />One morning he even had a bunch of wild flowers in his hand. The driver turned <br />around smilingly and asked, “Have you got yourself a girlfriend, Charlie?” We never <br />got to know if his name really was “Charlie”, but he nodded shyly and said yes. <br />The other passengers whistled and clapped at him. Charlie waved the flowers before <br />he sat down on his seat. <br />Every morning after that Charlie always brought flowers. Some passengers also <br />brought flowers for him. The bus became a happy place. <br />Then, one morning, as autumn was closing in, Charlie wasn’t waiting at his <br />usual stop. When he wasn’t there the next day and the day after that, we started <br />wondering if he was sick or hopefully---on holiday somewhere. When we came nearer <br />to the center for senior citizens, one of the passengers even asked the driver to <br />wait. <br />We all held our breaths when he went to the door. The old gentleman was fine, <br /> <br />but one of his close friends had died over the weekend. How silent we were the rest <br />of the way to work.<br />The next Monday Charlie was waiting at the stop, and without a tie. Inside the <br />bus was silent. <br />1. The story is mainly developed by ______. <br />A. time B. logic C. comparison D. cause and <br />result <br />2. Greeted with “good morning” from the old man, people aboard the bus at first <br />_____. <br />A. felt tired and sleepy and didn’t want to talk <br />B. greeted him back loudly and politely<br />C. guarded against the conversation from strangers <br />D. felt surprised and became angry with him. <br />3. When the passengers found the old man was not waiting at the bus stop as usual, <br />they did the following things EXCEPT _____. <br />A. buy flowers and wait for him to come B. feel anxious and <br />worried about him <br />C. miss him and expect to see him <br />D. hope he was going on holiday rather than falling ill <br />4. It...
