第四节 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分，满分30分)

Steve Kimball started a career in March as a school - bus driver for First Student Norwich. The morning of April 8 seemed 26 , Kimball recalled, except that he didn’t quite feel right. Noah got in the bus and noticed immediately that the driver didn’t 27 well; he wasn’t talking and joking 28 the two of them are used to doing every morning.

Throughout the brief ride to 29 more riders, Noah kept asking Kimball, "Steve, are you all right?".

Kimball said the boy's persistence was getting him annoyed. So Noah 30 sent a quick text message to his parents 31 the driver was definitely sick but 32 he was OK. His father 33 the bus company immediately. Soon the ambulance came over and drove Kimball to the nearest 34 .

"The doctor said I suffered a severe heart attack," Kimball said Thursday, 35 recovering at his Norwich home. Kimball said. "God worked a miracle 36 Noah. He saved my life, plain and simple. "

Kimball wasn't the only one 37 . On Tuesday, First Student held a ceremony at Noah's school 38 him for his "heroic leadership. " Company officials 39 him with a plaque (匾牌) and a $50 prize.

"You are being 40 for your quick thinking and showing great care and 41 for your driver, and because of you, he will be just fine," the plaque 42 .

Noah doesn't care for the sudden 43 . He had to be coaxed (哄劝) by Kimball to attend Tuesday' s ceremony. "I just did what was the right 44 to do," he said.

But Noah wasn't shy when asked whether he was 45 Steve's return to work.

“Oh, yeah!” he said.

26. A. strange

27. A. perform

28. A. as if

29. A. pick up

30. A. calmly

31. A. when B. normal

B. behave

B. in case

B. drop off

B. quietly

B. as C. noisy

C. serve

C. the way

C. pull up

C. faithfully

C. which D. busy

D. look

D. now that

D. carry out

D. sincerely

D. that

32. A. admitted

33. A. called

34. A. school

35. A. still

36. A. by

37. A. admirable

38. A. in terms of

39. A. provided

40. A. recognized

41. A. guidance

42. A. agrees

43. A. celebration

44. A. attitude

45.A. looking up to

B. declared

B. reminded

B. neighbourhood

B. even

B. for

B. desperate

B. in honor of

B. sent

B. involved

B. concern

B. applauds

B. shock

B. thing

B.getting along with

C. insisted

C. responded

C. hospital

C. soon

C. in

C. hopeful

C. in memory of

C. supplied

C. approved

C. curiosity

C. reads

C. instruction

C. person

C. living up to

D. indicated

D. visited

D. bus-stop

D. thus

D. without

D. thankful

D. in favor of

D. presented

D. remembered

D. determination

D. writes

D. excitement

D. time

D. looking forward to