【正文】 It was a bright spring afternoon when Freda told me she wouldn’t need me any more. I had just finished my fourhour work － ___36___ up and down the stairs of her threestorey home, cleaning the floor and washing the dished. She was___37___ jeans and a sweater. Sitting at the table I had just 38__ a pile of papers spread around her. Her husband’s___39___ was going to be reduced by thirty percent. And they were trying to live as if it had___40___ happened. I felt sorry for her. but I also felt a sense of___41___. I had been cleaning Freda’s house for five years and had___42___ an unexpected relationship with the family. It was not just___43___ I had bee an expert at scraping（刮掉） dirt stuck to their wooden that I had learned exactly how to place toys on the girls’ beds. It was___45___ than that. For I felt I had bee a part of their___46___. Freda stayed at home with the kids,___47___ I would often see her in the morning___48___ them to school. And I’d be there when they___49___ home at lunch for sandwiches and piano practice. I had___50___ them grow up. Now I was fired, but the ___51___thing was that I still wanted to keep scraping away the dirt and dust for the family. I left Freda’s house that day, wondering about the___52___ relationship with my clients（主顧） . Who am I___53___ them? As a matter of fact, I’m ___54___ an employee － the lowest kind of employee. But I’m also a trusted___55___ of the family. I can’t help worrying about what happens around me. 36. A. stepping B. ing C. jumping D. moving 37. A. hanging B. making C. wearing D. changing 38. A. cleaned B. washed C. swept D. brushed 39. A. duty B. money C. work D. pay 40. A. already B. seldom C. never D. yet 41. A. regret B. surprise C. fear D. loss 42. A. started B. developed C. improved D. broken 43. A. why B. what C. that D. which 44. A. but B. and C. or D. for 45. A. less B. least C. more D. most 46. A. life B. story C. activity D. experience 47. A. as B. so C. since D. however 48. A. taking B. bringing C. meeting D. calling 49. A. left B. returned C. went D. marched 50. A. found B. noticed C. watched D. realized 51. A. possible B. great C. proper D. strange 52. A. meaning B. nature C. result D. importance 53. A. for B. to C. with D. at 54. A. hardly B. certainly C. probably D. merely 55. A. member B. person C. relative D. panion 36. D 37. C 38. A 39. D 40. A 41. D 42. B 43. C 44. C 45. C 46. A 47. B 48. A 49. B 50. C 51. D 52. B 53. B 54. D 55. A 10 重慶 第二節(jié) 完型填空（共 20小題；每小題 ，滿分 30分） I was on a bus one March evening. The driver didn’t 36 to start the bus soon because it was not yet 37 . A middleaged woman got on. Tired and sad, she told her story 38 , not to anyone in particular. On her way to the station, half of her 39 was stolen. The other half was hidden under her blouse, so she 40 still had some left. A few minutes later, she stopped crying, but still looked 41 . When all the seats were taken, the driver started the engine. The conductor began to collect fares(車費(fèi) ). When she came to an old man in wornout clothes, he 42 that he had spent all his money when he had accidentally got on a wrong bus and now he was trying to go home. On hearing this, she ordered the old man to 43 the bus. The old man was almost in tears as he 44 her to let him take the bus home. The driver took the conductor’s side and repeated the conductor’s 45 . The woman was watching the incident. 46 the driver and the conductor raised their voices at the old man, she interfered(干預(yù) ). “Stop 47 him! Can’t you see he’s only trying to get home?” “He doesn’t have any money! ” the driver 48 . “Well, that’s no 49 to throw him off the bus,” she insisted. Then she reached inside her blouse, look out her 50 money, and handed it to the conductor. “Here’s his fare and mine. Just stop giving him a 51 time.” All heads turned to the woman. “It’s only money,” she shrugged. She rode the rest of the way home 52 a happy smile, with the money she’d lost earlier 53 . On the road of life, the help of strangers can 54 our loads and lift our spirits. How much sweeter the 55 will be when we make it a little smoother for others! 36. A. try B. care C. decide D. intend 37. A. empty B. full C. crowded D. ready 38. A. tearfully B. seriously C. carefully D. calmly 39. A. fare B. possession C. money D. wealth 40. A. strangely B. happily C. secretly D. fortunately 41. A. unsatisfied B. weak C. unhappy D. excited 42. A. explained B. declared C. admitted D. found 43. A. get off B. start C. get on D. stop 44. A. begged B. scolded C. praised D. thanked 45. A. request B. action C. suggestion D. mand 46. A. Unless B. Although C. Until D. When 47. A. attacking B. bothering C. blaming D. wronging 48. A. warned B. whispered C. shouted D. repeated 49. A. problem B. need C. matter D. reason 50. A. spending B. collected C. remaining D. borrowed 51. A. busy B. cold C. hard D. fearful 52. A. giving B. wearing