47.A.had B.asked

C.offered D.got

解析：选C。offer sb.a ride让某人搭车。

48.A.cheered B.brought

C.gave D.picked

解析：选A。司机绕路把作者送回家，这使作者非常高兴。 cheer...up(使)感到振奋，(使)感到高兴。

49.A.worse B.interesting

C.upset D.meaningful

解析：选D。然而，更意味深长的是司机让“我”搭车背后的故事。

50.A.grandfather B.uncle

C.father D.mother

解析：选B。作者在夜里步行回家的情景使这位司机想起了他的叔叔。下文多次出现的uncle是提示。

51.A.busy B.new

C.main D.same

解析：选D。他叔叔以前常走这条路。

52.A.sometimes B.always

C.often D.never

解析：选D。虽然他经常在这条路上看到叔叔，但是他从来没有让叔叔搭过车。下文的not being kinder to his uncle是提示。

53.A.Sadly B.Exactly

C.Gradually D.Actually

解析：选A。叔叔去世是一件让人难过的事情。

54.A.puzzled B.lucky

C.guilty D.grateful

解析：选C。他为未能善待叔叔而自责。guilty感到内疚的。

55.A.knew B.saw

C.recognized D.followed

解析：选B。有了这种情结，当司机看到作者时，便义无反顾地停下来提供帮助。

第三部分　阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

A

I’m lying on my back in my grandfather’s orchard(果园)，looking up at the branches above me.It is one of the last days of summer.Already the days are shorter and the nights are cooler.Some kinds of apples are already ripe(成熟的).Others will be ready to pick soon.I think of my grandmother’s apple pie，and how I used to make it with her.She died last year，before the apple harvest，and I have not had her pie since.I really miss her.I hear bees busily humming about，visiting the late summer flowers.The gentle hum of their wings nearly sends me to sleep.

The sky is as blue as my grandfather’s eyes.Above me，big white clouds race across the sky like pieces of cotton blowing in the w ind.School starts in another week，and time seems to have slowed down.

“Sophie!”calls my grandfather.“Is that you?”I stand up，take his hand，and tell him all about my day as we walk through the orchard.We talk about apples，and bees，and Grandma.He tells me that he misses her too.

He puts his rough，brown farmer’s hand around my shoulder and pulls me close.“You know，Sophie，”he says，“I spent the morning in the attic(阁楼)，and you’ll never guess what I found.It’s the recipe(烹饪法) for Grandma’s apple pie.I used to help her make it sometimes.I can’t do it all alone，but you used to help her too.Maybe between the two of us，we ca n work it out.Want to try?”

“But it won’t be the same without Grandma，” I tell him.

“That’s true，”he says，“but nothing_is_the_same_without_Grandma.Still，I don’t think that she would want us never to have another apple pie.What do you say?” I nod yes，and we walk towards home...towards an afternoon in the farmhouse kitchen，making Grandma’s famous apple pie.