第三部分:完形填空:(共 20 小题;每题 1.5 分) 阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的 A 、 B 、 C 和 D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项。 I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large 29 __ across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-aged children. At the end of the day, he would 30 his taxi on the road. I 31 _ 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 32 work, leave his taxi and go out for his 33 affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was 34 . I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I 35 to be outside one evening two weeks 36 , when the garage door was 37 and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce (劳斯莱斯) ! It shook me completely 38 I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But 39 inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a ( n ) 40 . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and 41 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 ) 42 . We go to bed every night and 43 every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a 44 as close friends or go for a vacation as a 45 . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we 46 the social ladder—how much bigger and better a 47 we have. And we ignore our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on 48 we are than what we do! 29. A. window B. garage C. door D. yard 30. A. stop B. park C. check D. repair 31. A. knew B. understood C. wondered D. asked 32. A. for B. from C. without D. out of 33. A. business B. national C. personal D. public 34. A. wasteful B. useful C. wonderful D. plentiful 35. A. appeared B. intended C. happened D. expected 36. A. later B. more C. ago D. before 37. A. broken B. fine C. shut D. open 38. A. once B. before C. when D. until 39. A. far B. deep C. long D. little 40. A. driver B. engineer C. father D. son 41. A. made B. called C. elected D. turned 42. A. experience B. earning C. life D. position 43. A. stay up B. wake up C. stay home D. go home 44. A. competition B. performance C. debate D. party 45. A. family B. company C. team D. whole 46. A. build B. climb C. stand D. lay 47. A. garden B. garage C. car D. taxi 48. A. who B. which C. what D. where