My daughter wanted to change her job, so I moved across the country to
the West Coast with her. I 【36】 no one here. I started feeling a little lonely
and 【37】 my friends and family back east.
I have now started to go back to 【38】 for the education I should have gotten long ago. I love to talk; that's why I 【39】 going to school so much because it gives me the 【40】 to meet new and different people.
Recently, while riding the 【41】 , I met with an elderly woman who was 【42】
and raised here. I smiled at her, then we started a 【43】 . She had so many
stories about the area and I truly had a 【44】 time talking to her. A few days later, I got on the bus and there she was again. I 【45】 at her again, and she patted the 【46】 next to her. I sat with her and we 【47】 the conversation where we had left off. Over the next few days whenever I got on the bus she was 【48】 there and we would talk.
Then I had a break and didn't 【49】 much of my "new old friend". One day I 【50】 her at the transit station (中转站) and she was very【51】.She said she 【52】 to me 【53】 had been wondering about me and how had been the highlight of her days. This really my heart.
My friend asked if she could have my 【54】 so we could chat when she didn't have the pleasure to see me on the bus. Now I realize how【55】 a smile and a kind word can go. It may make your day, and it could make someone else' s week or even better.
36. A. doubted B. found C. liked D. knew
37. A. noticing B. missing C. meeting D. introducing
38. A. college B. hometown C. the east D. the west
39. A. hate B. enjoy C. finish D. consider
40. A. duty B. form C. opportunity D. time
41. A. plane B. train C. car D. bus
42. A. born B. attached C. attracted D. employed
43. A. discussion B. conversation C. quarrel D. debate
44. A. valuable B. free C. safe D. wonderful
45. A. pointed B. shouted C. smiled D. stared
46. A. door B. driver C. seat D. window
47. A. picked up B. blew away C. broke down D. left out
48. A. seldom B. still C. never D. always
49. A. expect B. study C. see D. discover
50. A. called on B. ran into C. waited for D. laughed at
51. A. serious B. busy C. different D. happy
52. A. talking B. facing C. drinking D. explaining
53. A. won B. worried C. touched D. saved
54. A. age B. address C. name D. number
55. A. soon B. far C. much D.often