Question

A restaurant had one fallen upon hard times. Only five_________ were left: the manager and four others, all over 60 years old.

In the town near the restaurant there lived a successful businessman who was good at managing business, so the manager_______to ask the businessman if he could offer any advice that might save the restaurant. The manager and the businessman talked for a long period of time, but when he was asked for advice, the businessman _______for a while and then said, “I have no advice to give. The only thing I can tell you is that the saver (救星) is one of you.”

The manager, returning to the restaurant_______, told the other people what the businessman had said. In the months that___________, the old restaurant workers thought carefully of the words of the businessman, “The saver is one of us?” They asked themselves. As they thought about this possibility, they all began to treat each other with_______respect(尊重). And thinking that each of themselves might be the saver, they also began to treat themselves with more care.

As time went by, people coming to the restaurant_________that some respect and warm kindness were around the five old members of the small restaurant. Hardly knowing _______, more people began to come back to the restaurant. They began to bring their friends, and theirs brought more friends. Two _____________ later, the small restaurant had once again become a big food company, thanks to the businessman’s________. They understood that it was they themselves that were the savers.

1.A. cooks B. waiters C. members D. customers

2.A. hoped B. began C. allowed D. decided

3.A. stopped B. refused C. rested D. laughed

4.A. angrily B. hopefully C. lively D. nervously

5.A. following B. followed C. going D. gone

6.A. strange B. similar C. strong D. special

7.A. received B. advised C. felt D. wished

8.A. what B. how C. why D. when

9.A. years B. days C. hours D. minutes

10.A. advice B. words C. methods D. success

Answer 1