完型填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分, 满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出可以填入空白处
的最佳选项，并在机读卡上将该选项涂黑。
There is a small shop about 200 meters from where I live that sells groceries, meat and other basic necessities. About 10 yearsa ago, there was a beggar who would go into the shop every day and ask the owner for a
21 . The owner,
22 he would love to help, simply didn’t have any jobs availabe, so he kept
23 the man’s office.
This situation continued
24 for a few months, until the owner
25 to give the homeless man a job which
26 sweeping outside the shop. Every single day form 5 a.m, the homeless man was there doing the very
27 he could for the
28 , making it the community’s favourite, even though it did earn him pennies.
29 , the owner saw how good a job the man was doing and gave him a job working
30 a cashier(收银员). He was watched closely to make sure that he didn’t
31 any of the money received from the sales. He was still homeless, after all. The homeless man did a/an
32 job as a cashier for over 2 years, and did such a good job that he was promoted to
33 the finances for the whole shop.
To my
34 , this was the arrangements up until 2 years ago, when the owner
35 . In his will, he only had one
36 , to give the whole shop to the now stable, “homeless” man. Now, I could walk into that shop and see him working as hard as
37 , with his own business that is still
38 and active 10 years after getting his job as a sweeper.
From this story, we can probably get the inspiration: work hard and give everything your best effort, even if it isn’t your
39 situation, it very well may turn out to
40 some day in the future.
| 小题2: | | A．although | B．unless | C．because | D．if |
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| 小题3: | | A．expecting | B．considering | C．accepting | D．refusing |
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| 小题4: | | A．again | B．often | C．weekly | D．daily |
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| 小题5: | | A．offered | B．agreed | C．planned | D．failed |
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| 小题6: | | A．meant | B．involved | C．included | D．trained |
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| 小题7: | | A．best | B．least | C．better | D．less |
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| 小题8: | | A．family | B．owner | C．interest | D．moment |
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| 小题9: | | A．Suddenly | B．Fortunately | C．Quietly | D．Eventually |
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| 小题11: | | A．lose | B．pocket | C．spend | D．save |
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| 小题12: | | A．honest | B．loyal | C．fantastic | D．kind |
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| 小题13: | | A．guard | B．raise | C．provide | D．manage |
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| 小题14: | | A．knowledge | B．mind | C．scare | D．joy |
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| 小题15: | | A．got tired | B．became old | C．passed away | D．gave up |
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| 小题16: | | A．thought | B．purpose | C．request | D．suggestion |
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| 小题17: | | A．ever | B．necessary | C．expected | D．required |
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| 小题18: | | A．big | B．new | C．shabby | D．popular |
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| 小题19: | | A．ideal | B．current | C．own | D．financial |
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