So tired as I was, I bothered myself to open up my cafe shop on the cold morning. With many consumers streaming in, I knew another long business day began. And I had to serve far into the night.
As I rushed among the tables, suddenly, a
asked if I could mind a child. I was quite
but I could tell the man was quite desperate（绝望的）. So I had to make a
with him that if he wanted his son to stay and wait for him, he had to
something in the shop.
This was quite
for the man to do; I could
he was quite poor by the
he was dressed. It looked as if he had tried to come in his
clothes. But they still looked a bit old and worn out
he had often worn them, just to make himself look best. Looking down I could see his
were also a bit shabby（破旧的）and the heels（鞋后跟）were in a terrible state. I thought he was going for a job interview. In the end he bought a small box of
for his little son and seated him down in the corner. I could tell the boy was feeling down and only could
with a bit of cheering up.
Seeing that the kid sat there for quite a while, I was a bit
as the poor little kid was sitting
his own. People watched him and some kids even came over to pick on him. I was
to see one of them even knocked his cookies off the table. He quickly went and got them back without saying a word. I was hoping his father would
up and come back for his son's
.
At closing time, the only person left was the little boy. After a while, the father finally came in with a tiresome look. I
he didn't get any job. As they were leaving, I offered the kid a little cake, but the man rejected（拒绝）it. I
he felt as if I had just abused（虐待）him. Of course I didn't mean to. But I could understand why he felt like that. I only wished them good
whatever happened.
The man opened the door to leave — father and son hand in hand.
| 小题1: | | A．voice | B．sound | C．noise | D．tune |
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| 小题2: | | A．pleased | B．frightened | C．annoyed | D．interested |
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| 小题3: | | A．deal | B．decision | C．promise | D．date |
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| 小题5: | | A．easy | B．natural | C．hard | D．possible |
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| 小题6: | | A．explain | B．prove | C．think | D．tell |
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| 小题7: | | A．manner | B．means | C．method | D．way |
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| 小题8: | | A．poorest | B．best | C．prettiest | D．oldest |
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| 小题9: | | A．even though | B．so that | C．as if | D．now that |
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| 小题10: | | A．socks | B．gloves | C．pants | D．shoes |
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| 小题11: | | A．sweets | B．cigarettes | C．cookies | D．cakes |
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| 小题13: | | A．relaxed | B．nervous | C．satisfied | D．worried |
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| 小题15: | | A．touched | B．disappointed | C．astonished | D．excited |
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| 小题17: | | A．chance | B．benefit | C．future | D．job |
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| 小题18: | | A．hoped | B．imagined | C．doubted | D．guessed |
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| 小题19: | | A．clarified（分类） | B．assumed | C．confused | D．ignored |
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| 小题20: | | A．luck | B．progress | C．supper | D．night |
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