Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night, I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30a.m. When I arrived to collect my passenger, I saw a small woman in her eighties standing before me. I took her suitcase to the car and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we talked slowly toward the car.

She kept thanking me for my kindness. “It’s nothing,” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.”

“Oh, you’ re such a good man,” she said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, “Could you drive me throughout the downtown?”

“It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.

“Oh, I’m in no hurry,” she said, “I’m on my way to hospice. I don’t have any family left. The doctor says I don’t have very long time.” I quietly shut off the meter(计价器). For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, and the neighborhood where she had lived. Sometimes she asked me to slow down in front of a special building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.

As the day broke, she suddenly said, “I’m tired. Let’s go now.”

We drove in silence to the address she had given me.

“How much shall I give you?” she asked.

“Nothing,” I said.

“You have to make a living,” she answered. “Oh, there are other passengers,” I answered.

Almost without thinking, I bent down and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly and said, “You gave an o ld woman a little moment of happiness.”

【小题1】When did the story happen?

A．In an early morning twenty years ago.	B．In a late afternoon twenty years ago.
C．When the driver was twenty.	D．A few days ago.

【小题2】Why did the old woman ask the writer to drive her throughout the downtown?

A．Because she was quite sick and wanted to go to the hospital.

B．Because she got lost in the city and couldn’t find her way home.

C．Because she wanted to find an excuse to ask sympathy from the writer.

D．Because she couldn’t live long and wanted to see the city with the last look.

【小题3】Which is Not true according to the passage?

A．It took them about 2 hours to drive through the city.

B．The writer made a living by driving a taxi.

C．The old woman was a relative of the writer.

D．The old woman was happy because of the writer’s kindness.

【小题4】Why didn’t the taxi driver take any money from the old woman?

A．He wanted to help her.	B．He shut off the meter by mistake.
C．Others had paid for her.	D．He was in a hurry to take other passengers.

【小题5】What can we learn from the story?

A．Giving will always be rewarded.	B．People should respect each other.
C．An act of kindness can bring people pleasure.	D．We should help the old.