(十四)(中考•孝感)ForyearsIwenttoschoolbybussoImetmany“familiar”strangers.Wetookthesamebusbutdidn'tknoweachother'snames.Iusedtothinkitwasimpossible

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                           (十四) (中考•孝感) 

        For years I went to school by bus so I met many “familiar” strangers. We took the same bus but didn't know each other's names. I used to think it was impossible for us to be true friends. How wrong I was!Smiles from the “nameless”people have changed my thoughts.

        The first time on the bus I saw different faces we met greeted and cold faces turned into smiling faces. As days went on we chatted like old friends.

        But I felt it a pity that I was unable to set up the same friendship with a silent girl in the front of the bus. Her old clothing suggested that she didn9t have much money but she always took a cup of water for the driver. I guessed she was a kind girl. But why did she sit in silence instead of talking with us? Why did she never reply to our friendly greetings? Couldn't she smile?

        Then one evening I got the answer. I walked to a park nearby and found the girl sitting alone under a tree lonely and sad. I greeted her with the same warm smile that I had shown to her all these months but this time her face turned red then a shy smile appeared. As soon as she began her first words I understood why she hadn't spoken to us before. Talking was hard for her.

        I learned her story ： Her parents worked hard somewhere. She lived with her disabled grandparents. She said “I can't express (表达) myself very well. Most of the time I can't say what I want to say. [ have no friends but ...you always smile to me like an angel ... so I also want to smile. ”That evening we exchanged our names and we said goodbye like old friends.

        Smile is the key to opening the door of heart;it can break the cold walls in front of us.

( ) 1. All the following words can describe the girl except____ .

   A. silent   B. kind   C. proud   D. poor

( ) 2. The writer often met the girl ____ .

   A. on the bus   B. in a park

   C. at school   D. under a tree

( ) 3. The girl had difficulty in ____ .

   A. listening   B. singing   C. writing   D. talking

( ) 4. Which of the following is True?

   A. The girl only talked with the driver.

   B. The girl was too shy to talk with others.

   C. The writer knew the name of the girl that eve-ning.

   D. The writer can^ make friends with those nameless people on the bus now.

( ) 5. The main idea of the passage is that ____ .

   A. we should help those silent people

   B. smiles can deal with every difficulty we meet

   C. we should smile to the nameless people on the bus

   D. smiles can help us get closer and understand each other better

Answer 1

1.C 2.A 3.D 4.C 5.D