科目:高中英語(yǔ)
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I was1when I walked into McCauley’s Bookstore in Ashland. As I was looking at titles(標(biāo)題) on the shelves, the man behind the counter(柜臺(tái)),2, asked if I'd like3. I needed to start4for college, so I said yes. I 19_ after school and during summers for the lowest wages(薪金), and the job helped5my freshman(or first) year of college. I would work many other jobs: I made coffee in the Students’ Union during college, I was a hotel maid (or waitress) and6 made maps for the U.S. Forest Service. But selling books was one of the most satisfying(令人滿意的).
One day a woman asked me for books on cancer. She seemed fearful (or much afraid). I showed her almost7 we had at that time in store and found other books we could order (定貨). She left the store less8. I’ve always remembered the9 I felt in having helped her.
Years later, as a10 in Los Angeles, I heard about an immigrant (移民) child who was born11 his fingers connected (or joined together), web-like. His family could not afford (or pay for) a corrective(矯正;整形) operation, and the boy lived in12, hiding his hand in his pocket.
I13 my boss to let me do the story. After my story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the14 for free.
I visited the boy in the recovery(康復(fù)) room soon after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his15 hand and say, "Thank you." I felt a sense (感覺(jué)) of16.
In the past, while I was17, I always sensed (or felt) I was working for the customers(顧客), not the store. Today it’s the18. NBC News pays my salary(工資),19I feel as if I work for the20, helping them make sense of (or find the meaning of) the world.
- 1.
- A.
the reader
- B.
the college student
- C.
the shop owner
- D.
the customer
- 2.
- A.
a book
- B.
a job
- C.
some tea
- D.
any help
- 3.
- A.
planning
- B.
saving
- C.
preparing
- D.
studying
- 4.
- A.
read
- B.
studied
- C.
cooked
- D.
worked
- 5.
- A.
pay for
- B.
fit for
- C.
run for
- D.
enter for
- 6.
- A.
so
- B.
yet
- C.
even
- D.
still
- 7.
- A.
anything
- B.
something
- C.
nothing
- D.
everything
- 8.
- A.
worried
- B.
satisfied
- C.
excited
- D.
puzzled
- 9.
- A.
pride
- B.
failure
- C.
sadness
- D.
surprise
- 10.
- A.
doctor
- B.
store owner
- C.
bookseller
- D.
TV reporter
- 11.
- A.
in
- B.
with
- C.
by
- D.
for
- 12.
- A.
shame
- B.
honor
- C.
terror(恐怖)
- D.
danger
- 13.
- A.
advised
- B.
forced
- C.
persuaded
- D.
allowed
- 14.
- A.
action
- B.
program
- C.
treatment
- D.
operation
- 15.
- A.
repaired
- B.
connected
- C.
hurt
- D.
improved
- 16.
- A.
pleasure
- B.
sadness
- C.
interest
- D.
disappointment(失望)
- 17.
- A.
at the TV station
- B.
in the Students’ Union
- C.
at the US Forest Service
- D.
at McCauley’s Bookstore
- 18.
- A.
difference
- B.
same
- C.
usual
- D.
request
- 19.
- A.
so
- B.
and
- C.
but
- D.
because
- 20.
- A.
readers
- B.
viewers
- C.
customers
- D.
passengers
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