When passing through an airport one morning, I caught one of those trains that take travelers from the main terminal(终点站) to their __41__ gates. Free and clean, the trains run __42__ all day long. Not many people consider them __43__, but this Saturday I heard laughter.
At the front of the first car, a man and his son were looking out of the window at the __44__. The train had just stopped and the passengers__45__. As the doors closed again, the father said excitedly, “Here we go! Hold on to me __46__! Look!” the father said to his son. “See that pilot? I __47__he’s walking to his plane.” The son craned his neck to look.
As I got off, I saw that man and his son were back at the platform, too.
“Do you want to go home now?” the father asked.
“I want to __48__some more!”
“More?” the father said. “You’re not tired?”
“This is fun!” his son said.
“All right,” the father replied, and when a door opened, we all got on.
I then realized that they had not been __49__ a flight at all, but had just been riding the shuttle for fun.“Where are all these people going, Daddy?” the son asked.
“All over the world,” the father replied. The other people in the airport were leaving for places or arriving at the ends of their journeys. The father and the son, __50__, were just riding this shuttle together, __51__ it exciting. The father and his son shared each other’s __52__.
There are parents who can __53__ to send their children to Europe or Disneyland, yet many of those children turn out rotten and cause social problems. There are parents who live in __54__ and cannot give their children cars or __55__, but their kids grow up to be happy and successful. There are a number of __56__ over possible solutions. Yet, the __57__ these problems is simple: if parents care enough to __58__ time with and pay attention to their kids, these problems will not happen. Here was a father who just cared about spending the day with his son and __59__this plan for a Saturday morning. It costs nothing, yet it is the most __60__ thing in the world.
31. A. front B. boarded C. back D. boarding
32. A. right and left B. in and out C. up and down D. back and forth
33. A. surprise B. interest C. fun D. miracle
34. A. avenue B. street C. track D. road
35. A. went off B. gave off C. took off D. put off
36. A. tight B. light C. right D. fight
37. A. doubt B. convince C. wonder D. bet
38. A. drive B. pilot C. ride D. steer
39. A. going for B. heading for C. looking for D. setting for
40. A. although B. but C. despite D. though
41. A. having made B. making C. made D. being made
42. A. companies B. company C. accompany D. companion
43. A. provide B. affect C. afford D. produce
44. A. horror B. poverty C. surprise D. miracle
45. A. interesting books B. hiking equipment
C. badminton rackets D.swimming pools
46. A. conflict B. debates C. opinions D. books
47. A. aim of B. result of C. process of D. key to
48. A. pay B. cost C. spend D. take
49. A. put up with B. came up with C. made up with D. picked up with
50. A. worthless B. priceless C. penniless D. valueless