God’s Coffee
A group of class friends, highly achieved in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor．Conversation soon 31 into complaints about stress(压力) in work and life．
Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the 32 and returned with a large pot of coffee and a couple of 33 —porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, 34
expensive, some delicate—telling them to 35 themselves to the coffee．
When all the students had a cup of coffee in 36 ,the professor said：“If you noticed，all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, 37 behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is
38 for you to choose only the best for yourselves, that is the 39 of your problems and stress．Be sure that the cup itself 40 no quality to the coffee．In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink． 41 all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously (自觉地) went 42 the best cups．And then you began 43 each other’s cups．Now consider this：Life is the 44 ; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups．They are just tools to hold and contain life, and the type of cup we have does not explain , nor 45 the quality of life we 46 . Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we 47 to enjoy the coffee God has 48 us．God brews the coffee, not the cups…Enjoy your coffee!”
The happiest people don’t have the best of everything．They just 49 the best of everything．
Live simply．Love generously．Care deeply．Speak kindly．Leave the 50 to God．
| 小题1: | | A．crowded | B．looked | C．burst | D．turned |
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| 小题2: | | A．living-room | B．waiting-room | C．bedroom | D．kitchen |
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| 小题3: | | A．cups | B．pans | C．bowls | D．dishes |
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| 小题4: | | A．some | B．others | C．another | D．other |
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| 小题5: | | A．choose | B．help | C．take | D．pick |
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| 小题6: | | A．stomach | B．hand | C．mind | D．mouth |
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| 小题7: | | A．running | B．leaving | C．hiding | D．staying |
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| 小题8: | | A．wise | B．important | C．natural | D．necessary |
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| 小题9: | | A．use | B．disagreement | C．answer | D．cause |
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| 小题10: | | A．likes | B．comes | C．adds | D．relies |
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| 小题13: | | A．looking | B．guiding | C．eyeing | D．changing |
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| 小题14: | | A．tea | B．water | C．wine | D．coffee |
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| 小题15: | | A．worsen | B．beat | C．change | D．improve |
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| 小题16: | | A．dislike | B．live | C．make | D．use |
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| 小题17: | | A．fail | B．succeed | C．wish | D．try |
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| 小题18: | | A．sold | B．gave | C．bought | D．brought |
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| 小题20: | | A．item | B．view | C．rest | D．thought |
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小题1:D turn into 指转入。谈话转入到工作和生活压力的抱怨。
小题1:D 要给客人拿咖啡，当然要去厨房（kitchen）。
小题1:A 从破折号后面的“陶瓷、塑料、玻璃、水晶……。”可以看出是几个喝咖啡的杯子（cups）。
小题1:A plain 平常的，一般化的，在这里说明杯子有好有孬。
小题1:B help oneself to…自己随意(吃、喝、用……)在这里指教授叫他的学生自己随意。
小题1:B 咖啡端在手中（hand）。
小题1:B leave behind 拉下，遗留； fall behind 落后；hide behind 藏在……后面。
小题1:D 教授说“你们想要的仅仅是最好的是问题和烦恼的根源。”。
小题1:A source 源头，来源。
小题1:C add...to...向……添加……，全句的意思是“要确信，杯子本身不会给咖啡添加质量的”。即杯子好不能决定咖啡好。
小题1:B what引导主语从句在从句中担任成分，在本句中作从句谓语wanted的宾语。
小题1:A consciously 意识上，全句的意思是“虽然你们想要的是咖啡而不是杯子，但你们的思想上还是想拿最好的杯子。
小题1:C eye 在这里转化为动词“看”，其他选项需后接介词at。
小题1:D 老师在这里作比喻，生活是咖啡。
小题1:C define 动词 “定义”“界定”全句意思是“我们拥有什么样的杯子(这里指工作、金钱、地位)并不决定也不会改变我们生活的质量。
小题1:B live与life搭配 “过……生活”。也不是我们生活的质量。
小题1:A fail to do sth.没能做到……。我们没有能够享受上帝提供给我们的咖啡。
小题1:D provide sth. for sb.＝provide sb. with sth.为某人提供某物。
小题1:C make the best of 固定短语“充分利用”。他们只是充分利用一切。
小题1:C the rest 其余(的事)。把其它事情留给上帝。 |
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试题【God’s CoffeeA group of class friends, highly achieved in their careers, got toge】；主要考察你对
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No one is perfect．We all mess up（搞砸）now and then．It can 36  a little bit to rememberthat most people have been in the 37 you’re in—hurting several people’s feelings．What makes the difference is what you do next． 38 can go along way toward h ealing(治愈) hurt or angry feelings．It takes 39 to step up and admit what you did was 40 ．Try saying，
“What I said the other day was 4l insensitive of me．I shouldn’t have said that．I just want to say I’m sorry．”
When we say sorry, we 42 to be sincere to show we feel sorry about how hurt another person may be．If an apology is more about 43 and how we can benefit，it might not seem true．
Another element of saying sorry is to let the person know you’re not going to let it 44 again．You could tell your friends，“I’m going to be more aware of what I 45 and say about people in the future．I’ll make an effort(努力) to be 46 and more positive about people，and not to 47 behind their backs—especially when it’s my friends．”
If you can’t bring yourself to have a 48 in person，write a note．Whichever way you 49 to communicate, be sure that you’d feel comfortable if anything you say is 50 with other friends，too．
Hopefully，your friends can stop being angry with you．But don’t be 51 if it doesn’t happen instantly．Some people are quick to 52 ．Others may have to think about what you said and need 53 to get over hurt feelings or anger , or to regain trust．Do your best with the part that’s up to you．The rest is up to them．
Stop being angry with yourself，too．You can learn from your 54 ．Being too self-critical can’t help you．Move forward．Focus your energies on trying to make things right 55 working on your good intentions!
| 小题1: | | A．give | B．help | C．explain | D．get |
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| 小题2: | | A．World | B．house | C．surrounding | D．situation |
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| 小题3: | | A．Apologies | B．Friendships | C．Words | D．Experiences |
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| 小题4: | | A．money | B．knowledge | C．courage | D．patience |
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| 小题5: | | A．wrong | B．unusual | C．different | D．dangerous |
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| 小题6: | | A．probably | B．usually | C．really | D．finally |
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| 小题7: | | A．1eam | B．need | C．promise | D．hope |
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| 小题8: | | A．others | B．themselves | C．humans | D．ourselves |
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| 小题9: | | A．continue | B．happen | C．change | D．work |
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| 小题10: | | A．want | B．know | C．think | D．hear |
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| 小题11: | | A．cleverer | B．stronger | C．faster | D．kinder |
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| 小题12: | | A．talk | B．follow | C．act | D．shout |
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| 小题13: | | A．party | B．1esson | C．meeting | D．conversation |
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| 小题14: | | A．dare | B．decide | C．claim | D．dream |
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| 小题15: | | A．shared | B．compared | C．connected | D．treated |
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| 小题16: | | A．surprised | B．interested | C．discouraged | D．frightened |
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| 小题17: | | A．forgive | B．understand | C．agree | D．appear |
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| 小题18: | | A．energy | B．time | C．confidence | D．support |
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| 小题19: | | A．skills | B．friends | C．plans | D．mistakes |
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“I"m too old and it"s too late,” these were the words which played over and over in my mind. I was 41 and exhausted after ending my marriage and my law career at the same time. 42 my ambition to become a writer, I 43 my ability to succeed as one. Had I wasted years going 44 the wrong goals?
I was at a low point 45 the voice on the radio began 46 the story of Grandma Moses. Ann Mary Moses left home at thirteen, bore ten children and worked hard to raise the five who 47 . Struggling to make a living on poor farms, she managed to 48 a bit of beauty for herself by embroidering (绣花) on cloth.
At seventy-eight, her fingers became 49 awkward to hold a needle. 50 give in to aging, she went out to an empty room and began to 51 . For the first two years, these paintings were either given away or sold 52 a little money. But at the age of seventy-nine, she was “discovered” by the 53 world—and the rest is 54 . She went on to produce more than two thousand paintings, 55  her book illustrations (插图) for It was the Night before Christmas were completed in her one-hundredth year!
56 I listened to the radio, my mood(心情) 57 . If Grandma Moses 58 begin a new career and succeed after eighty, there was still 59 for my life after thirty. Before the program ended, I rushed to my computer to work on the novel I"d nearly 60 .
It was published eight months later.
| 小题1: | | A．depressed | B．disappointed | C．encouraged | D．inspired |
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| 小题2: | | A．In spite of | B．In need of | C．In hope of | D．In favor of |
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| 小题3: | | A．believed | B．convinced | C．regretted | D．doubted |
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| 小题4: | | A．by | B．after | C．against | D．over |
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| 小题5: | | A．unless | B．because | C．when | D．while |
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| 小题6: | | A．telling | B．reminding | C．saying | D．translating |
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| 小题7: | | A．succeeded | B．commented | C．survived | D．entertained |
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| 小题8: | | A．notice | B．offer | C．direct | D．provide |
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| 小题10: | | A．Other than | B．More than | C．Rather than | D．Less than |
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| 小题11: | | A．paint | B．write | C．think | D．change |
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| 小题13: | | A．artificial | B．art | C．advanced | D．major |
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| 小题14: | | A．story | B．fortune | C．history | D．fact |
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| 小题15: | | A．but | B．and | C．so | D．therefore |
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| 小题16: | | A．With | B．Until | C．As | D．Unless |
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| 小题17: | | A．changed | B．cheered | C．failed | D．amused |
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| 小题18: | | A．should | B．must | C．might | D．could |
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| 小题19: | | A．association | B．consideration | C．freedom | D．hope |
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| 小题20: | | A．finished | B．abandoned | C．published | D．misunderstood |
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It was a busy morning，about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to thehospital.I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for an appointment(约会)at 9:30 .The nurse had him take a41 in the waiting area, 42him it would be at least 40 minutes 43 someone would be able to see him. I saw him44 his watch and decided，since I was 45 busy—my patient didn’t 46 at the appointed hour, I would examinehis wound . While taking care of his wound, I asked him ifhe had another doctor’s appointment.
The gentleman said no and told me that he 47 to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his48 .He told me that she had been 49 for a while and that she had a specialdisease. I askedifshewould be 50 ifhewas a bitlate. He repliedthat she 51 knew who he was，that she had not been able to 52 him for five years now. Iwas 53 , and asked him，“And you 54go every morning，even though she doesn’t know who you are?”
He smiled and said．“She doesn’tknowme butIknowwho sheis”I hadto holdback55 as he left.
Now I 56 that in marriages，true love is 57 of all that is. The happiest peopledon’t 58 havethe best of everything；they just 59thebest ofeverythingthey have.. 60 isn’t about how to live through the storm，but how to dance in the rain.
| 小题1: | | A．breath | B．test | C．seat | D．break |
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| 小题2: | | A．persuading | B．promising | C．understanding | D．telling |
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| 小题5: | | A．very | B．also | C．seldom | D．not |
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| 小题6: | | A．turn up | B．show off | C．come on | D．go away |
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| 小题7: | | A．needed | B．forgot | C．agreed | D．happened |
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| 小题8: | | A．daughter | B．wife | C．mother | D．sister |
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| 小题9: | | A．late | B．well | C．around | D．there |
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| 小题10: | | A．lonely | B．worried | C．doubtful | D．hungry |
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| 小题11: | | A．sofar | B．neither | C．nolonger | D．already |
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| 小题12: | | A．recognize | B．answer | C．believe | D．expect |
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| 小题13: | | A．moved | B．disappointed | C．surprised | D．satisfied |
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| 小题14: | | A．only | B．then | C．thus | D．still |
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| 小题15: | | A．curiosity | B．tears | C．words | D．judgment |
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| 小题16: | | A．realize | B．suggest | C．hope | D．prove |
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| 小题17: | | A．agreement | B．expression | C．acceptance | D．exhibition |
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| 小题18: | | A．necessarily | B．completely | C．naturally | D．frequently |
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| 小题19: | | A．learn | B．make | C．favor | D．try |
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| 小题20: | | A．Adventure | B．Beauty | C．Trust | D．Life |
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Woz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had ___36____ from just the two of us in a ___37____ into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. We had just ___38___ our finest creation - the Macintosh - a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. And then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you ___39___? Well, as Apple grew we ___40___ someone who I thought was very talented to ___41___ the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge (分歧) and ___42___ we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors ___43___with him. So at 30 I was out. And very publicly out. ___44___ had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating（毁灭性的）.
I really didn’t know what to do for a few months. I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to ___45___ for screwing up so badly. I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from the valley. But something slowly began to ___46___ on me - I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit. I had been ___47___, but I was still in love. And so I decided to start over.
I didn’t see it then, but it ___48___ that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the ___49___ of being a ___50____ again, less sure about everything. It freed me to ___51___ one of the most creative periods of my life.
I’m pretty sure __52___ of this would have happened if I hadn’t been fired from Apple. It was ___53___ tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Don’t lose ___54___. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t ___55___. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it.
－By Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer
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| 小题3: | | A．announced | B．declared | C．released | D．coped |
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| 小题4: | | A．managed | B．started | C．installed | D．entitled |
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| 小题5: | | A．provided | B．sorted | C．promoted | D．hired |
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| 小题6: | | A．run | B．involve | C．open | D．engage |
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| 小题7: | | A．instantly | B．constantly | C．eventually | D．frequently |
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| 小题8: | | A．risked | B．supported | C．pleased | D．sided |
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| 小题9: | | A．Which | B．What | C．Whichever | D．Whatever |
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| 小题10: | | A．apologize | B．reveal | C．head | D．stand |
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| 小题11: | | A．imply | B．put | C．impress | D．dawn |
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| 小题12: | | A．resisted | B．rejected | C．solved | D．interrupted |
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| 小题13: | | A．made out | B．come out | C．turned out | D．tried out |
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| 小题14: | | A．darkness | B．lightness | C．carelessness | D．business |
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| 小题15: | | A．waiter | B．pioneer | C．beginner | D．visitor |
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| 小题16: | | A．enter | B．relieve | C．preview | D．expect |
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| 小题17: | | A．something | B．none | C．everything | D．anything |
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| 小题18: | | A．careful | B．acceptable | C．hopeful | D．awful |
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| 小题19: | | A．courage | B．patience | C．imagination | D．faith |
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I believe honesty is one of the greatest gifts. I know they call it a lot of fancy names these days, like (36) and straightforward. And it’s still what （37）a man a good citizen. This is my secret, and I try to live by.
I’ve been in the taxi business for thirty-five years, (38) there is a lot about it that is not so good. Taxi drivers have to be rough and tumble(乱作一团) fellows to be able to take it in New York. You’ve got to be (39) to fight the New York traffic eight hours a day.
Because taxi drivers are tough, people get the (40) impression that they are bad. Taxi drivers are just like other people. Most of them will act as (41) fellows. You read in the papers almost every week (42) a taxi driver turns in money or jewels or like that people leave in their (43). If they weren’t honest, you wouldn’t be reading those stories in the papers. One time, I found an emerald（翡翠的） ring in my car. I remembered helping a lady with a lot of suitcases that day, so I went back to where I had (44). It took me almost two days to wait for her in order to return her (45) to her. I didn’t get as much as “thank you.”(46), I felt good because I had done what was right. I think I felt better than she (47).
I was born and raised in Ireland until I was nineteen years old. I came to this country in 1913 where I (48) several jobs to earn a few dollars before joining the army in World War I. After being discharged(退伍), I bought my own car and have owned one ever since. It hasn’t been too easy (49), but my wife takes care of our money and we have a good bit (50) for a rainy day(一时之需). In all my years of driving a taxi, I have never had (51) with the public, not even with drunks. Even if they get a little headstrong(顽固的) once in a while, I just agree with them and then they behave themselves.
People ask me about tips. As far as I know, (52) everyone will give you something, because most Americans are (53) generous. I always try to be nice to everyone, whether they (54) or not. I believe in God and try to be a good member of my parish（教区）. I try to act toward others like I think God wants me to act. I have been trying this for a long time, and the (55) I try, the easier it gets.
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| 小题2: | | A．takes | B．becomes | C．makes | D．has |
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| 小题3: | | A．know | B．known | C．knew | D．knowing |
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| 小题4: | | A．generous | B．tough | C．mild | D．warm-hearted |
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| 小题5: | | A．right | B．proper | C．bad | D．wrong |
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| 小题6: | | A．rude | B．honest | C．good | D．tough |
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| 小题7: | | A．when | B．what | C．which | D．where |
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| 小题8: | | A．houses | B．cars | C．pockets | D．rooms |
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| 小题9: | | A．picked her up | B．dropped her off | C．dropped her down | D．pull her down |
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| 小题10: | | A．ring | B．suitcase | C．car | D．emerald |
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| 小题14: | | A．at one time | B．some time | C．in no time | D．at times |
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| 小题15: | | A．put off | B．put up | C．put on | D．put away |
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| 小题16: | | A．trouble | B．difficult | C．word | D．anything |
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| 小题17: | | A．especially | B．specially | C．particularly | D．practically |
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| 小题18: | | A．never | B．seldom | C．rather | D．fairly |
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| 小题19: | | A．tip | B．advised | C．suggested | D．ask |
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| 小题20: | | A．longer | B．harder | C．better | D．shorter |
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