I was fifteen when I walked into Black Stump Bookstore in Liverpool. As I was looking at
on the shelves, the shop owner asked if I’d like
. I needed to start
for college, so I said yes. I worked after school and during summers for the lowest wages, and the job helped
my first year of college. I had worked in many other jobs: I made coffee in the Students’ Union during college, I was a hotel maid and I
make maps for the Forest Service. But selling books was one of the most
.One day a woman asked me for books on women’s diseases. She seemed fearful. I showed her almost everything we had at that time
and found other books we could order. She left the store less
. I’ve always remembered the
felt in having helped her.
Years later, as a
in London, I heard about a black child born
his fingers connected. His family could not
a corrective operation, and the boy lived in
hiding his hand in pocket. I
my boss to let me do the story. After my story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the
for free. I visited the boy in the
room soon after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his
hand and say “ Thank you.” I felt a sense of
.In the past
I was at Black Stump Bookstore, I always sensed I was working for the customers, not the store. Today, it’s the same. BBC News pays my
, but I feel as if I work for the viewers, helping them understand the world.
| 小题1: | | A．maps | B．titles | C．articles | D．reports |
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| 小题2: | | A．a book | B．any help | C．any suggestions | D．a job |
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| 小题3: | | A．planning | B．leaving | C．preparing | D．studying |
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| 小题4: | | A．pay for | B．fit for | C．run for | D．enter for |
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| 小题6: | | A．boring | B．exciting | C．satisfying | D．disappointing |
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| 小题7: | | A．in need | B．in all | C．in order | D．in store |
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| 小题8: | | A．worried | B．surprised | C．doubted | D．puzzled |
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| 小题9: | | A．pride | B．failure | C．regret | D．wonder |
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| 小题10: | | A．doctor | B．store owner | C．bookseller | D．TV reporter |
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| 小题12: | | A．pay | B．offer | C．afford | D．spend |
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| 小题13: | | A．peace | B．honor | C．horror | D．danger |
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| 小题14: | | A．chose | B．forced | C．persuaded | D．permitted |
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| 小题15: | | A．action | B．program | C．treatment | D．operation |
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| 小题16: | | A．waiting | B．recovery | C．reading | D．guest |
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| 小题17: | | A．repaired | B．connected | C．injured | D．improved |
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| 小题18: | | A．pleasure | B．sadness | C．humor | D．responsibility |
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| 小题19: | | A．if | B．though | C．until | D．while |
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| 小题20: | | A．prize | B．salary | C．cost | D．bill |
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