My goddaughter, Shari, owns The Berry Factory in Sacramento, California, and her mother, Joan, and I were helping with the Valentine’s Day rush. We’d dipped hundreds of berries, arranged gift baskets and packaged orders to be
36 around the country.
By the end of the day, the two middle-aged women, Joan and I, were exhausted. But Shari didn’t seem tired. That was
37 Shari.
38 she was very busy, I’d seen her give away berries to everyone—parking attendants, mail carriers and hairdressers. “For me?” they would say, bursting into
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40 a“thank you”, Shari took us out for dinner. But there was a 45-munite
41 at her favorite restaurant. “No big
42 . There’s an
other place just up the road,” she said, driving up there. This time we walked right
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When th
e waitress came to
44 our drink orders, Shari
45 into her handbag, pulling something out. “ I want you to have these,” she said,
46 the waitress a box of chocolate-dipped strawberries. “ She will love those berries!” I thought.
47 the waitress seemed very surprised instead. She only let out a “
thank you”
48 grabbing the box and rushing into the kitchen.
A few minutes later, the waitress returned
49 our iced tea. “ I apologize,” she said. “ My best friend and I had
50 to send each other something every Valentine’s Day. But she
51 last year. I didn’t know how I’d
52 this day without her. Then you handed me that box.”
“ I’m so sorry to hear that,” said Shari. “ It’s not much, but I hope you can
53 them.”
“ Oh, I will,” the waitress said. “ See, every year we
54 sent each other the same thing: a box of chocolate-dipped strawberries bought from our favorite store, The Berry
55 .”
小题1:
| | A．brought | | B．produced | | C．travelled | | D．shipped |
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小题2:
| | A．ordinary | | B．typical | | C．strange | | D．healthy |
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小题3:
| | A．If | | B．Since | | C．Though | | D．Until |
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小题4:
| | A．a smile | | B．tears | | C．laughter | | D．song |
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小题5:
| | A．By | | B．Without | | C．Through | | D．As |
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小题6:
| | A．discussion | | B．wait | | C．choice | | D．talk |
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小题7:
| | A．mistake | | B．deal | | C．idea | | D．matter |
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小题8:
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小题9:
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小题10:
| | A．looked | | B．passed | | C．reached | | D．pushed |
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小题11:
| | A．handing | | B．forcing | | C．removing | | D．providing |
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小题12:
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小题13:
| | A．until | | B．before | | C．after | | D．while |
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小题14:
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小题15:
| | A．promised | | B．explained | | C．imagined | | D．recognized |
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小题16:
| | A．passed out | | B．passed away | | C．passed by | | D．passed through |
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小题17:
| | A．look through | | B．break through | | C．get through | | D．follow through |
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小题18:
| | A．impress | | B．treasure | | C．value | | D．enjoy |
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小题19:
| | A．always | | B．hardly | | C．sometimes | | D．still |
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小题20:
| | A．Market | | B．Store | | C．Factory | | D．Garden |
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