My mind seems always to return to the day when I met
Carl. The city bus stopped at a corner to the
passengers(乘客).1 was included. After getting on the bus,
I looked for a place to sit. At last, I found a seat near the back.
The passenger of the
next to the one I was going for was an
old man in a grey suit. Seated myself, I began to read the book I had been
carrying which was Jack Kerouac's On the Road. The man in the seat next to me
introduced himself by asking if I any
other book like the one I was holding. When I told him I had, he seemed to
become and so did I. He said
he was Carl. And asked if I like jazz(爵士樂(lè)),and l
told him that I didn't really listen to it and that I like rock and roll.
Waiting for Carl to tell me that I listen
to real music, I was shocked when he just smiled and nodded. He said, "You
me of myself when I was your age. I
remember how my parents hated jazz, how they couldn't see how I could listen to
that terrible noise. I bet your parents say the same thing, don't they?"
Now it was my to smile and
nod.
As the bus took us from one side of
the city to the' other, Carl and I talked about a lot of different things. The
more we talked, the more amazed I became at the
two of us really had in common, although we had the difference.
I haven't seen him we
parted, but the thought of our relationship that day never leaves my mind.
1.A. take up B.
pick up C.
put up D.
turn up
2.A. seat B.
bus C.
city D.
book
3.A. read B.
was reading C. had
read D.
would read
4.A. worried B.
silent C.
interested D. bored
5.A. mustn't B.
shouldn't C.
must D.
should
6.A. remember B. warn C.
make D.
remind
7.A. turn B.
time C.
day D.
honor
8.A. why B.
where C.
how D.
how much
9.A. race B.
age C.
sex D.
color
10.A. after B.
when C.
since D.
before