I was told just now in the hospital that I was having a Bell"s palsy attack, a condition in which the face muscles tighten because of stress. During the long car ride home, all I could think about was my coming interview. But now I could not even myself in the mirror and my lips was unable to open normally, surely all the other applicants would have the I concluded.
However, I wouldn"t let my own self-consciousness me. Not now, not when I had so hard for so long to be given this opportunity. This was the kind of position I"d dreamed of for all these years. “Mom, me off on Jacob Street. I"m going to the .”
“Honey, I don"t think you should. You look... ，” she said, ever so gently.
I knew she was . But if I didn"t, I"d always if I could have gotten my dream job.
“No, Mom, take me there.”
， she took me where I wanted to go.
“Hello，” a grayhaired man sitting behind the large desk me. “Miss Jenkins？”
“Yes. Please excuse me. I"m having a Bell"s palsy attack. My doctor explained to me that it would last a few days. I came right from the .”
“You"re very to come when you"re in such a state，” he ，after a pause.
He spent a few minutes looking through my .“Is everything on here ？” he asked.
“Yes, but I to mention I type seventy five words per minute.”
“Well, you have an impressive background with related experience, you are _ qualified. When are you ？” he asked.
I took a deep breath and asked，“You"re hiring me？”
“Not only have you got the skills I"m looking for, you also have the .” He gave me a big smile.
| 小题1: | | A．believe | B．forgive | C．recognize | D．control |
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| 小题2: | | A．chance | B．sympathy | C．courage | D．advantage |
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| 小题3: | | A．pardon | B．stop | C．help | D．transform |
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| 小题4: | | A．worked | B．turned | C．studied | D．driven |
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| 小题6: | | A．office | B．supermarket | C．doctor | D．interview |
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| 小题7: | | A．weak | B．stubborn | C．strange | D．angry |
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| 小题8: | | A．right | B．kind | C．wrong | D．sensitive |
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| 小题9: | | A．regret | B．wonder | C．believe | D．quit |
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| 小题10: | | A．Hopefully | B．Unexpectedly | C．Fortunately | D．Unwillingly |
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| 小题11: | | A．examined | B．doubted | C．greeted | D．discouraged |
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| 小题12: | | A．hospital | B．home | C．office | D．work |
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| 小题13: | | A．crazy | B．funny | C．disrespectful | D．determined |
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| 小题14: | | A．commented | B．interrupted | C．stressed | D．complained |
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| 小题15: | | A．face | B．application | C．situation | D．health |
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| 小题16: | | A．incredible | B．normal | C．correct | D．contradictory |
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| 小题17: | | A．failed | B．focused | C．pretended | D．demanded |
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| 小题18: | | A．narrowly | B．certainly | C．possibly | D．probably |
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| 小题19: | | A．accessible | B．convenient | C．available | D．energetic |
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| 小题20: | | A．appearance | B．disadvantage | C．qualification | D．character |
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小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:A
小题5:B
小题6:D
小题7:C
小题8:A
小题9:B
小题10:D
小题11:C
小题12:A
小题13:D
小题14:A
小题15:B
小题16:C
小题17:A
小题18:B
小题19:C
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试题分析：文章主要讲述了一个求职的故事。作者被诊断出患上了面瘫，说话都变得困难。然而，那天正好是作者面试的日子，作者没有被眼前的困难吓到，他不想失去这个来之不易的机会。于是，他决定参加面试。面试结果出人意料的好，作者具备专业技能，还有工作所需要的品质，最后被录用了。
小题1:考查动词辨析。But now I could not even myself in the mirror但是现在，我甚至不能认出镜子里的自己，A相信；B原谅；C认出，承认；D控制。故选C。
小题2:考查名词辨析。surely all the other applicants would have the I concluded.作者讲话变得困难，而这对其他求职者来说，就成了一大优势，A机会，可能性；B同情心；C勇气；D优势。故选D。
小题3:考查动词辨析。I wouldn"t let my own self-consciousness me.作者不想让自己的意识阻挡自己（参加面试），A原谅；B停止；C帮助；D改变，改善。故选B。
小题4:考查动词辨析。Not now, not when I had so hard for so long to be given this opportunity.至少不应该在那么努力做准备才得到这个机会的时候放弃，work hard努力准备......。A工作，起作用；B转变；C学习，研究；D驾驶，驱使。故选A。
小题5:考查动词辨析。Mom, me off on Jacob Street.到Jacob Street，作者让妈妈停车放下自己。Drop sb off让某人下车，A拿走，花费；B掉落；C拉；D发送。故选B。
小题6:考查名词辨析。I"m going to the .根据前文可知，作者不想浪费机会，要去参加面试，A办公室；B超市；C医生；D采访，面试。故选D。
小题7:考查形容词辨析。Honey, I don"t think you should. You look... ，作者妈妈害怕伤害作者，说话很温和，她认为作者的样子看起来很奇怪，A虚弱的；B固执的；C奇怪的；D生气的。故选C。
小题8:考查形容词辨析。I knew she was .作者知道妈妈的建议是正确的，A正确的；B友好的；C错误的；D敏感的。故选A。
小题9:考查动词辨析。But if I didn"t, I"d always if I could have gotten my dream job.但是，不试一试，作者会一直怀疑自己是否已经得到梦寐以求的工作了，A后悔；B怀疑，想知道；C相信；D退出。故选B。
小题10:考查副词辨析。 , she took me where I wanted to go.虽然不情愿，但作者妈妈还是照做了，A有希望地；B出乎意料地；C幸运地；D不情愿地。故选D。
小题11:考查动词辨析。根据“Hello”可知，有人问候作者，A检查；B怀疑；C问候；D使泄气。故选C。
小题12:考查名词辨析。根据第一段“I was told just now in the hospital that I was having a Bell"s palsy attack,”可知，作者从医院出来后直接去面试了，A医院；B家；C办公室；D工作。故选A。
小题13:考查形容词辨析。You"re very to come when you"re in such a state在这种情况下，你还下决心来参加面试，A疯狂的；B有趣的；C无礼的；D下定决心的。故选D。
小题14:考查动词辨析。“You"re very to come when you"re in such a state”这句话是面试官的评论，A评论；B打断；C强调；D抱怨。故选A。
小题15:考查名词辨析。He spent a few minutes looking through my .他花了几分钟时间浏览作者的申请书，A脸；B申请，应用；C情形；D健康。故选B。
小题16:考查形容词辨析。Is everything on here ？面试官问作者申请书上的内容是否属实，A难以置信的；B正常的；C正确的；D矛盾的，对立的。故选C。
小题17:考查动词辨析。but I to mention I type seventy five words per minute作者没有提到他一分钟打75个词，fail to do sth未能做某事，A失败，未能；B集中；C假装；D要求。故选A。
小题18:考查副词辨析。根据“you have an impressive background with related experience”可知，面试官认为作者很适合这个职位，A严密地，仔细地；B当然；C也许；D大概，可能。故选B。
小题19:考查形容词辨析。When are you ？面试官问作者何时有空，也就是何时能开始上班，A易接近的，可理解的；B便利的；C可得到的；D精力充沛的。故选C。
小题20:考查名词辨析。Not only have you got the skills I"m looking for, you also have the .面试官认为作者不仅具有他们公司需要的技能，也具备了工作所需要的性格，A外貌；B不利条件；C资格；D性格，字母，人物。故选D。 |
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Nick was not the kind of boy I had expected to spend my summer with.I was hoping to have a ____ summer before my busy senior year，but my mother asked me to do her a ____.One of her colleagues needed a fulltime ___.“You planned to volunteer at the local hospital，why not volunteer to ____ Nick instead？”Then she told me that this sixyearold boy was not a ____ child.
Nick was a lovely little boy who suffered from many disorders.Normal daycare centres would not ____ him.As a baby，he had serious ear infections which left him with equilibrium (平衡) problems.He couldn"t ___ or run properly.I was hesitating (犹豫) ____ I was to take the job when my mother ____，“Don"t you want to be a nurse in the future？I doubt if you even have the ____.”
Then I told her I was ____ for the job.
The day started at 7：00 am.Nick was my wakeup call！With so much energy and very little ____，he was quite a mix.
In the park，when he saw all the other children play on the jungle gym and swings (秋千)，the boy"s face ____ up—how he wished he belonged to the group of his age！You would think it would be ____ to get a child to go down a slide (滑梯)．Believe me，it wasn"t！It took time a lot of time.But with patience and support，Nick took one step up the slide each day.We worked together to face his ____ and gradually he got closer to taking the slide of his life.
Halfway through the summer，he ____ it to the top of the slide.With my arms ____ him tightly，we flew down the slide！I waited for his reaction.After realizing that he was safe and sound，he gave me a big ____ and asked，“May I go down again，alone？”I had never been happier in my life when I saw this little child climb the ladder and enjoy what other children ____ for granted.This ____ child taught me that being a nurse means respect，kindness and patience.
| 小题1: | | A．grade | B．course | C．project | D．relaxation |
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| 小题2: | | A．service | B．favour | C．business | D．trade |
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| 小题3: | | A．nurse | B．waitress | C．guard | D．guide |
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| 小题4: | | A．protect | B．defend | C．attend | D．comfort |
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| 小题5: | | A．normal | B．naughty | C．clever | D．happy |
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| 小题6: | | A．admit | B．receive | C．accept | D．adopt |
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| 小题7: | | A．speak | B．listen | C．stand | D．walk |
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| 小题9: | | A．suggested | B．argued | C．challenged | D．commented |
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| 小题10: | | A．energy | B．courage | C．faith | D．time |
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| 小题11: | | A．eager | B．sorry | C．grateful | D．ready |
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| 小题12: | | A．awareness | B．balance B | C．knowledge | D．control |
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| 小题13: | | A．delighted | B．cheered | C．lit | D．shut |
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| 小题14: | | A．difficult | B．simple | C．interesting | D．terrible |
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| 小题15: | | A．fears | B．worries | C．chances | D．situations |
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| 小题16: | | A．climbed | B．got | C．managed | D．made |
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| 小题17: | | A．taking | B．holding | C．bringing | D．greeting |
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| 小题18: | | A．kiss | B．clap | C．welcome | D．surprise |
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| 小题20: | | A．miserable | B．smart | C．brave | D．special |
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After spending a year in Brazil on a student exchange program，her mother recalled，Marie Colvin returned home to find that her classmates had narrowed down their college choices.“Everyone else was already admitted to college，” her mother，Rosemarie Colvin，said from the family home.“So she took our car and drove up to Yale and said，‘You_have_to_let_me_in."”
“Impressed—she was a National Merit (全国英才) finalist who had picked up Portuguese in Brazil—Yale did, admitting her to the class of 1978，where she started writing for the Yale Daily News and decided to be a journalist，” her mother said.
On Wednesday，Marie Colvin,56，an experienced journalist for The Sunday Times of London，was killed as Syrian forces shelled the city of Homs.She was working in a temporary media center that was destroyed in the attack.
“She was supposed to leave Syria on Wednesday”，Mrs.Colvin said.“Her editor told me he called her yesterday and said it was getting too dangerous and they wanted to take her out.She said she was doing a story and she wanted to finish it.”
Mrs.Colvin said it was pointless to try to prevent her daughter from going to conflict zones.“If you knew my daughter，” she said，“it would have been such a waste of words.She was determined，she was enthusiastic about what she did，it was her life.There was no saying ‘Don"t do this." This is who she was，absolutely who she was and what she believed in：cover the story，not just have pictures of it，but bring it to life in the deepest way you could.”“So it was not a surprise when she took an interest in journalism，” her mother said.
小题1:From the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1，we can infer that ________.| A．Yale was her last choice | | B．Yale must keep its promise to Marie Colvin | | C．Marie Colvin was confident of herself | | D．Marie Colvin was good at persuading |
小题2:Marie Colvin"s story suggests some of the best qualities of being a journalist are ________.| A．patience and confidence | | B．honesty and curiosity | | C．flexibility and creativity | | D．determination and courage |
小题3:Which of the following is the correct order to describe Marie Colvin"s life?
a．She was doing a story in Syria and got killed.
b．She was admitted to Yale University.
c．She studied in Brazil as an exchange student.
d．She was hired by The Sunday Times of London.
e．She began to take an interest in journalism.| A．d→e→c→a→b | B．c→b→e→d→a | | C．e→d→c→b→a | D．b→c→d→e→a |
小题4:From the last paragraph we can know that Mrs.Colvin ________.| A．knows her daughter very well | | B．cares little about her daughter | | C．dislikes the choice of her daughter | | D．doesn"t fully appreciate her daughter |
小题5:What can be the best title of the text?| A．Covering Stories in a Dangerous Conflict Area | | B．Applying for Top Universities，a Successful Case | | C．Recalling Her Daughter，a Journalist Killed in Syria | | D．Choosing Lifelong Careers Based on Your Own Interest |
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A man and his girlfriend were married.All of their friends and family came to partake in the festivities and celebrations.In the ceremony，everyone could tell the couple"s ___ for each other was true.
A few months later，the wife came to the husband with a ____，“I read in a magazine，a while ago，about how we can ____ our marriage，” she offered.“Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit ____ with the other person.Then，we can talk about how we can fix them together and make our lives ____.”
The husband ____.So each of them went to a ____ room and thought of the things that annoyed them about the other.Then they thought about this question and wrote down what they ____.
The next morning，they decided that they would ____ their lists.
“I"ll start，” offered the wife.She took out her list.It had many items on it，___ to fill 3 pages.In fact，as she started reading the list of the little annoyances，she noticed that ____ was starting to appear on her husband"s face.
“What"s wrong？” she asked.“Nothing，” the husband replied，“____ reading your list.”
The wife continued to read ____ she had read all three pages to her husband，
“Now，you read your list and then we"ll talk about the things on both of our lists，” she said ____.
Quietly the husband stated，“I don"t have anything on my list. I think that you are ____ the way that you are.You are lovely and wonderful and I wouldn"t want to try and ____ anything about you.”
The wife，____ by his honesty and the depth of his love for her and his ___ of her，turned her head and wept.
In life，there are enough times when we are disappointed，___ and annoyed.We don"t really have to go looking for them.We have a wonderful world that is full of beauty，light and promise.Why ____ time looking for the bad，disappointing or annoying when we can see the wonderful things before us?
| 小题1: | | A．honesty | B．information | C．love | D．marriage |
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| 小题2: | | A．question | B．proposal | C．problem | D．doubt |
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| 小题3: | | A．complete | B．improve | C．destroy | D．strengthen |
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| 小题4: | | A．annoying | B．relaxing | C．delighting | D．amusing |
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| 小题5: | | A．happier | B．farther | C．longer | D．richer |
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| 小题6: | | A．confused | B．worried | C．refused | D．agreed |
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| 小题7: | | A．comfortable | B．separate | C．small | D．quiet |
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| 小题8: | | A．fit in with | B．looked up to | C．came up with | D．faced up to |
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| 小题9: | | A．go over | B．carry out | C．answer for | D．look for |
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| 小题10: | | A．equal | B．accurate | C．enough | D．temporary |
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| 小题11: | | A．anger | B．happiness | C．sadness | D．smiles |
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| 小题12: | | A．stop | B．keep | C．delay | D．appreciate |
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| 小题13: | | A．before | B．until | C．unless | D．after |
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| 小题14: | | A．happily | B．miserably | C．slightly | D．cautiously |
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| 小题15: | | A．wrong | B．honest | C．hopeful | D．perfect |
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| 小题16: | | A．tell | B．change | C．discuss | D．interrupt |
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| 小题17: | | A．touched | B．encouraged | C．frustrated | D．supported |
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| 小题18: | | A．forgiveness | B．sympathy | C．acceptance | D．understanding |
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| 小题19: | | A．inspired | B．excited | C．satisfied | D．depressed |
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| 小题20: | | A．save | B．kill | C．devote | D．waste |
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John and Bobby joined a wholesale company together just after graduation from college the same year.Both worked very ____.After several years, however，the boss ____ Bobby to the position of manager but John remained a(n) ____ employee.John could not take it anymore，handed in his resignation to the boss and ____ the boss did not value hardworking staff，but only promoted those who flattered (奉承) him.
The boss knew that John worked very hard for the years. He ____ for a moment and said, “Thank you for your criticism (批评)，but I have a(n) ____.I hope you will do one more thing for our company ____ you leave. Perhaps you will change your mind and take back your resignation.”
John ____.The boss asked him to find out anyone selling watermelon in the ____.John went and returned soon saying he had found out a man selling watermelon.The boss then asked how much per kg and John just ___ his head. He went back to the market and returned，telling the boss $ 1.2 per kg.
The boss told John to wait a second，and he called Bobby to come to his office.He asked Bobby to do the ____ thing as he had told John to.Bobby went，returned and said，“Boss，only one person selling watermelon，$1.2 per kg, $ 10 ____ 10 kg.He has 340 melons in ____.On the table 58 melons，each weighs about 2 kg，____ from the South two days ago.They are fresh，red，and of good quality.”
John was very ___ and realized the difference between himself and Bobby.He decided not to ____ but to learn from Bobby.
My dear friends，a more successful person is better at ___，thinks more and explores in depth.____ exist in the daily details.For the same matter，a more successful person sees more and ____ so that he can find out an opportunity and catch it to realize his ____.If a person sees one year ahead while you see only tomorrow，the difference between the two is 365 times.How could you win?
| 小题1: | | A．badly | B．hard | C．lazily | D．happily |
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| 小题2: | | A．promoted | B．praised | C．encouraged | D．supported |
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| 小题3: | | A．special | B．unique | C．devoted | D．ordinary |
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| 小题4: | | A．charged | B．proved | C．complained | D．convinced |
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| 小题5: | | A．thought | B．apologized | C．explained | D．whispered |
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| 小题6: | | A．invitation | B．order | C．request | D．promise |
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| 小题7: | | A．since | B．before | C．after | D．unless |
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| 小题8: | | A．refused | B．doubted | C．agreed | D．insisted |
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| 小题9: | | A．market | B．office | C．district | D．building |
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| 小题10: | | A．nodded | B．turned | C．waved | D．shook |
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| 小题11: | | A．other | B．same | C．different | D．little |
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| 小题13: | | A．store | B．place | C．control | D．shape |
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| 小题14: | | A．discovered | B．grown | C．bought | D．produced |
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| 小题15: | | A．confused | B．disappointed | C．excited | D．impressed |
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| 小题16: | | A．resign | B．compare | C．envy | D．suspect |
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| 小题17: | | A．expressing | B．bargaining | C．managing | D．observing |
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| 小题18: | | A．Desires | B．Experience | C．Chances | D．Harvests |
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| 小题19: | | A．farther | B．nearer | C．higher | D．lower |
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| 小题20: | | A．success | B．aim | C．position | D．wisdom |
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(2013·江西九校高三联考)One fine afternoon I was walking along Fifth Avenue，____ I remembered that it was necessary to buy a pair of socks. Why I wish to buy only one pair is ____. I turned into the first sock shop that ____ my eye, and a boy clerk who could not have been more than seventeen years old ____. “What can I do for you, sir？”“I wish to buy a pair of socks.”His eyes glowed. There was a note of ____ in his voice.“Did you know that you had come into the finest place in the world to buy socks？” I had not been aware of that, as my entrance had been ____. “Come with me，” said the boy，excitedly. I followed him to the back part of the shop, and he began to haul down from the shelves box after box，____ their contents for my enjoyment.
“Hold on, young man, I am going to buy only one pair！”“I know that，” said he，“but I want you to see ___ beautiful these are. Aren"t they wonderful？” ____ was on his face an expression of solemn and holy pleasure，____ he were revealing to me mysteries of his religion. I became far ____ interested in him than in the socks. I looked at him in amazement. “My friend，” said I, “if you can keep this up, if this is not ____ the enthusiasm that comes from novelty, from having a new job, if you can keep up this enthusiasm and excitement day after day, in ten years you will own every ____ in the United States.”
My amazement ____ his pride and joy in salesmanship will be easily understood by all who read this article. In many shops the ____ has to wait for someone to wait upon him. And when ____ some clerk does notice you, you are made to feel as if you were interrupting him. Whether he is ____ in deep thought in which he hates to be disturbed or he is chatting with a girl clerk, you feel like ____ for “being too rude”．
He displays no interest either in you or the goods he ____ to sell. Yet possibly that very clerk who is now so apathetic began his career with hope and ____. The daily grind was too much for him; the novelty wore off; his only pleasures were found outside of working hours. He became mechanical, he became incompetent, and then he saw younger clerks who had more zest in their work, promoted over him. He became sour. That was the last stage. His usefulness was over.
| 小题1: | | A．while | B．as | C．when | D．what |
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| 小题2: | | A．unnecessary | B．unreasonable | C．useless | D．unimportant |
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| 小题3: | | A．kept | B．caught | C．took | D．shut |
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| 小题4: | | A．came by | B．came across | C．came forward | D．came around |
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| 小题5: | | A．passion | B．disappointment | C．anger | D．indifference |
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| 小题6: | | A．purposeful | B．accidental | C．unconditional | D．confidential |
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| 小题7: | | A．displaying | B．hiding | C．selling | D．bargaining |
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| 小题8: | | A．what | B．which | C．that | D．how |
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| 小题10: | | A．although | B．as if | C．if | D．since |
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| 小题11: | | A．more | B．much | C．less | D．little |
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| 小题12: | | A．mostly | B．merely | C．likely | D．hardly |
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| 小题13: | | A．store | B．customer | C．joy | D．sock |
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| 小题15: | | A．salesman | B．customer | C．manager | D．passenger |
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| 小题16: | | A．firstly | B．especially | C．lastly | D．finally |
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| 小题17: | | A．busy | B．devoted | C．absorbed | D．attentive |
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| 小题18: | | A．forgiving | B．forgetting | C．apologizing | D．paying |
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| 小题19: | | A．paid | B．is paid | C．pays | D．was paid |
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| 小题20: | | A．enthusiasm | B．disappointment | C．amazement | D．satisfaction |
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