It was a warm March evening，and I’d just taken a seat on the bus that would take me home．It was nearly 6：00 PM，but the bus was not yet full and the driver gave no  26   that he intended to start the bus．
A middle-aged woman took a seat opposite me . She was crying．Not speaking to anyone in particular，she   27  told her story．
She had come to the city to visit her daughter．On the way to the terminal(终点站)，a thief had _28_ one of her bags．It had contained half of the money she’d brought with her．The other half was hidden under her blouse, so she _29_ still had some money left．The bus conductor，driver，and other passengers listened to her tale．
At this time, an old man _30_got on the bus．He sat in the seat directly in front of the woman．After a few minutes, all seats were __31__．The driver started the engine．The bus conductor collected tickets and began asking us where we were  _32__．When he came to the old man’s seat，he became __33__  and asked the old man whether he had any money．The old man _34__ that he did not．He explained that he _35_ all his money this morning when he’d accidentally got on the wrong bus and now he was trying to go home．
Upon hearing this，the bus conductor _36_ the old man to get off the bus．The old man was almost in tears as he begged the bus conductor to let him take that bus  _37_ he could get home before dark．The bus driver approached the old man，and repeated the conductor’s _38__ to get off the bus．
“Stop troubling him! Can’t you see he’s only trying to get home?”she interrupted．“He doesn’t have any money!”the driver shouted．“Well, that’s no  _39_ to throw him off the bus,”she insisted．Then she said,“How much is his fare?”The bus conductor mumbled the amount．“Fine.”said the woman．She _40_ inside her blouse, took out her __41__ money，and handed the fare to the bus conductor．“Here’s his fare and mine．Just stop giving him a hard time．”
All eyes turned _42__ the woman，who，just minutes before，had been crying over the money she’d lost．“It’s only money,” she shrugged．
By the time the bus pulled out of the terminal，she had given the old man some bread and a dollar．She rode the rest of the way home _43__ a Mona Lisa smile of peace and grace，and the money she’d lost _44_was forgotten．
On the road of life，the politeness and smiles of _45__ can lighten our loads and lift our spirits．How much sweeter the journey when we make it a little smoother and richer for others !

A．answer B．agreement C．sign D．meaning

A．tearfully B．excitedly C．helplessly D．proudly

A．got B．stole C．pulled D．caught

A．surprisingly B．peacefully C．naturally D．fortunately

A．in rags B．shyly C．happily D．in disorder

A．had B．crowded C．full D．taken

A．getting on B．getting down C．getting off D．getting in

A．conscious B．suspicious C．curious D．anxious

A．realized B．pretended C．admitted D．remembered

A．spends B．has spent C．had spent D．was spent

A．asked B．ordered C．led D．begged

A．so B．until C．if D．when

A．arrangement B．command C．advice D．decision

A．good B．sense C．reason D．doubt

A．picked B．removed C．touched D．reached

A．left B．saving C．borrowed D．remaining

A．in B．to C．down D．on

A．owning B．wearing C．hating D．losing

A．earlier B．sooner C．later D．former

A．customers B．friends C．strangers D．conductors