I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large 36 across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-age children. At the end of the day, he would 37 his taxi on the road. I 38 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 from 39 , leave his taxi and go out for his 40 affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was 41 .
I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I 42 to be outside one evening two weeks 43 , when the garage door was 44 and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce （劳斯莱斯）! It shook me completely 45 I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But 46 inside, he saw himself as something else: A Rolls-Royce owner and a （an） 47 . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and 48 him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove or a （an） 49 .
We go to bed every night and wake up every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a 50 as close friends or go for a vacation as a 51 . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we 52 the social ladder―how much bigger and better a 53 we have. And we 54 our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on 55 we are than what we do!
36. A. window | B. garage | C. door | D. yard |
37. A. park | B. stop | C. check | D. repair |
38. A. knew | B. understood | C. asked | D. wondered |
39. A. park | B. factory | C. road | D. work |
40. A. business | B. national | C. personal | D. public |
41. A. wasteful | B. meaningful | C. wonderful | D. plentiful |
42. A. appeared | B. intended | C. expected | D. happened |
43. A. later | B. more | C. ago | D. before |
44. A. broken | B. fine | C. shut | D. open |
45. A. once | B. before | C. when | D. until |
46. A. far | B. deep | C. long | D. little |
47. A. driver | B. engineer | C. father | D. son |
48. A. called | B. made | C. elected | D. turned |
49. A. experience | B. earning | C. life | D. position |
50. A. competition | B. performance | C. debate | D. party |
51. A. family | B. company | C. team | D. whole |
52. A. build | B. climb | C. stand | D. lay |
53. A. house | B. garage | C. car | D. taxi |
54. A. reject | B. boycott | C. ignore | D. value |
55. A. who | B. what | C. which | D. where |