问题详情：
As I was taking a walk with my mom, I asked her, “Have you taken the senior bus yet?” I held my breath as I waited for her 41 . “Oh, yes. I have,” she said. “How was it?” I said the words as 42 as I could to show my excitement, even though I sensed the answer was not going to be 43 . She sighed heavily, “No one ever 44 on that bus. They all sit there quietly and look sad. I only see about thirteen 45 old ladies and men.” My 46 for her situation grasped my stomach.
My dad had recently passed away, and his sudden leave made my mother 47 and frightened. For fifty-seven years, my dad had walked by her side. Mom never learned to 48 , so Dad drove her everywhere. Now, her wheels were gone, as one grandchild so properly 49 her situation. I knew she needed great 50 to make the decision to take the senior bus. However, I firmly believed the 51 wouldn’t last too long, for Mom was so outgoing and active that she could chat with almost everybody whom she met in the street.
Several days later, when I came to visit her, I asked, “Do they talk to you now?” She 52 and there was a sparkle (火花) in her eyes. It didn’t take a genius to figure out that the 53 had changed. “It was silly that all of us just sat there 54 saying a word. So one morning when I 55 , I greeted them and then remarked that what a nice day it was. Soon, they began to 56 and we chatted happily. Now we are friends and always have some good 57 on the bus, ” she replied.
My mother held the key to the 58 of the other lonely people on that bus. A smile and some 59 words were all it took. She sowed tiny seeds of 60 for herself and her friends on the bus.
41. A. order B. instruction C. answer D. request
42. A. fluently B. cheerfully C. patiently D. quietly
43. A. typical B. reasonable C. similar D. positive
44. A. talks B. eats C. drinks D. sleeps
45. A. conservative B. depressed C. surprised D. cautious
46. A. anger B. excitement C. sympathy D. forgiveness
47. A. stubborn B. selfish C. acute D. lonely
48. A. drive B. cook C. dance D. paint
49. A. planned B. described C. copied D. handled
50.A. support B. expectation C. patience D. courage
51. A. silence B. friendship C. argument D. impression
52. A. complained B. smiled C. sobbed D. appeared
53. A. situation B. hardship C. decision D. topic
54. A. for B. by C. without D. after
55. A. passed by B. got on C. stood up D. set out
56. A. apologize B. escape C. bother D. respond
57. A. conversations B. suggestions C. examples D. analysis
58. A. fortune B. hearts C. remarks D. relationship
59. A. sensitive B. responsible C. friendly D. official
60. A. honesty B. happiness C. imagination D. freedom
【回答】
41-45 CBDAB 46-50 CDABD 51-55 ABACB 56-60 DABCB
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