根据短文内容，选择适当的单词或短语填空， 使短文意思完整， 每个选项使用一次。
A. show me the building, B. was rising , C. make a living, D. could hardly sleep E. took my taxi F. pay you
G. drive through downtown, H. don't have any family left
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Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One time in the middle of the night, an old lady in her 80s ____ . She gave me an address, and then asked, “Could you ____?”
“It's not the shortest way,” I answered quietly .
“Oh, I don't mind,” she said. “I'm in no hurry. I'm on my way to a hospice(临终医院). I ____ The doctor says I don't have very long.”
I quickly reached over and shut off the meter(计价器). For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She____where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, the place where she danced as a girl. As sun ____, we got to the hospice.
“How much should I ____?” she asked, reaching into her purse.
“Nothing ” I said.
“You have to____ ” she answered.
“Oh, there are other passengers,” I answered.
“You gave an old woman some moment of happiness”. She said: “Thank you.”
I drove into the fine morning light. Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of closing of a life. I drove aimlessly, lost in thought. For the rest of the day, I ____. What if that woman had got an unfriendly drive, or one who was impatient to his shift? What if I had refused to take the run?
