Finally, I got a part – time job working at t...

Finally, I got a part – time job working at the local coffee shop. I had figured that the job would be easy. However, the actual situation was not what I had expected. The customers were hard to please. There was always too much sugar, too little ice, or not enough skimmed milk. However, I kept at it.

One rainy day, Hank, one of my regular customers, came in looking sad and defeated. I asked what the problem was sand if we could help, but Hank wouldn’t tell me any details. He just said he felt like going to bed, pulling the sheets up over his head, and staying there for a few years. I knew exactly how he felt.

Before he left, I handed him a bag of his favorite type of doughnuts along with his iced coffee. He looked at me skeptically because he hadn’t ordered anything else except iced coffee.

“It’s on me,” I told him. “Have a nice day.”

He smiled and thanked me before turning around and heading back out into the rain.

The next day was a horrible one. The rain kept pouring down and I spent my afternoon hanging out the window, handing people their orders. What’s worse, no one felt like tipping that day.

However, around 7:00 pm, Hank drove up to the window. Instead of ordering anything, he handed me a single pink rose and a little note. He said that few people take the time to care about others nowadays and he was glad there we still people like me in the world. I was speechless and very touched; I hadn’t thought that I had done anything incredible.

The note read:

Christine,

Thanks for being so sweet, kind and thoughtful yesterday. I was sincerely touched by you. It is so nice to meet someone that’s nice, warm, sensitive and unselfish. Please don’t change your ways because I truly believe that you will excel. Have a great day!

Hank

Later, I did come across more complaining customers. But anytime I felt sad or just sick of coffee, I thought of Hank and his kindness. Then I would smile, hold my head up high, clear my throat and ask politely, “How can I help you?”

1.How did the author feel after he began to work at the coffee shop?

A．Excited.         B．Confused.        C．Disappointed.    D．Satisfied.

2.What happened to the regular customer of the author?

A．He was very sick and had to stay in bed for some days.

B．He was not satisfied with the coffee served to him.

C．He was anxious to stay at home for a long time.

D．He was not feeling himself for some reasons.

3.．What does the underlined word “skeptically” probably mean in the passage?

A．questioningly    B．hopefully        C．anxiously        D．excitedly

4.．It was Hank who helped the author realize the importance of ________.

A．patience in one’s work              B．being kind to regular customers

C．taking time to care about others     D．sticking to one’s own career

5.What is the best title of the passage?

A．A Warm – hearted Man                B．Coffee Shop Kindness

C．My Part – time Job                  D．A Horrible Raining Day

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During my senior year of college I was doing a part-time job at a local coffee shop. One_______rainy day, one of my regular_______came in looking_______and defeated. I asked him if I could help, but he just said he felt like_______in a corner and staying there for a few years. I knew how he felt. Before he left, I_______him his iced coffee with a bag of his favorite doughnut(甜甜圈) he hadn't ordered . '' It's on me,''　 I told him, '' Have a nice day.''　 He_______and thanked me and went out into the rain.

The next day was a horrible one. It was still raining_______.Few customers came to the coffee shop . I tried to smile as the customers_______about the weather, but it was_______to smile . With the small amount of pennies, I grew depressed.________, in the evening, the customer from the day before________He handed me a bunch of flowers________ordering anything, saying, ''Not too many people take the time to________others .Thanks for being so kind and________yesterday. I was________ moved by you. Have a great day!''　　 I was speechless and very________.I hadn't thought I had done anything________. My day took a turn for the better. From then on, I would smile to all my customers and ask________, '' How can I help you? ''

Every act of________we share does touch another’ s heart at a really sad life time and makes a better world . Let's use that________and make both Earth and Heaven smile.

1.A.beautiful B.happy C.miserable D.frightening

2.A.friend B.customer C.neighbour D.brother

3.A.depressed B.excited C.exhausted D.shocked

4.A.sleeping B.sitting C.standing D.hiding

5.A.handed B.bought C.offered D.sold

6.A.shouted B.smiled C.cried D.whispered

7.A.roughly B.hurriedly C.hardly D.heavily

8.A.predicting B.complaining C.arguing D.consulting

9.A.dull B.vital C.difficult D.easy

10.A.Besides B.Therefore C.Meanwhile D.However

11.A.brought up B.turned up C.took up D.pulled up

12.A.instead of B.in case of C.in spite of D.regardless of

13.A.bring about B.talk about C.care about D.hear about

14.A.thoughtful B.hopeful C.useful D.thankful

15.A.slightly B.warmly C.sadly D.sincerely

16.A.confused B.annoyed C.touched D.discouraged

17.A.incapable B.incredible C.insensible D.invisible

18.A.excitedly B.anxiously C.angrily D.politely

19.A.sadness B.kindness C.happiness D.loneliness

20.A.power B.force C.strength D.ability

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第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

At the end of my senior year of high school, I got a part-time job working at a local coffee shop. I thought the job would be  36  and stress-free. I  37  myself pouring the best coffee, making delicious doughnuts (炸面包圈), and becoming friends with   38   customers.

I wasn’t  39  the people with enormous orders, the women who  40    that the coffee was much too creamy, or the men who wanted their iced coffee remade   41    until they reached perfection. I couldn’t seem to   42   anyone.

One rainy day, one of my regular customers came in looking   43   . He said he felt like getting in bed,   44    the sheets up over his head, and staying there for a few years. I knew exactly how he felt.Before he left, I handed him a bag along with his iced coffee. He was  45   , since he hadn’t   46   anything but coffee. I had given him his favorite type of doughnut.

“It’s  47  me.” I told him. “Have a nice day.”He smiled and   48   me before heading back out into the rain.

The next day, it was still raining, No customers wanted to get out of their cars, so I spent my afternoon  49  the window handing people their orders. I was completely wet and freezing cold.  50  , no one was tipping that day. Every time I looked into our empty tip jar, I grew more  51 .

In the evening, the customer from the day before drove up to the window. He handed me a pink rose and a note.

The note read:

Christine,

Thanks for being so sweet, kind and  52  yesterday. It is so nice to meet someone who’s genuinely nice. Please don’t  53  your way! Have a great day! -----Hank

After that, whenever I felt depressed or  54  of coffee, I thought of Hank and his kindness. Then I would smile, hold my head up high, clear my throat and ask  55 , “How can I help you?”

36. A. hopeful                     B. meaningless     C. boring         D. easy

37. A. pictured        B. thought         C. developed      D. decided

38. A. rich                            B. handsome       C. regular          D. kind

39. A. imaging        B. expecting                 C. waiting        D. desiring

40. A. complained     B. praised          C. realized        D. thought

41. A. for a time                B. once in a while   C. again and again   D. now and then

42. A. comfort        B. move           C. annoy          D. please

43. A. happy                       B. angry           C. excited         D. upset

44. A. cutting         B. pulling          C. tearing         D. using

45. A. surprised       B. sorry            C. angry          D. excited

46. A. bought         B. got             C. wanted          D. ordered

47. A. on                              B. by             C. in              D. for

48. A. helped                     B. thanked         C. admired         D. praised

49. A. going away    B. running across     C. hanging out      D. walking around

50. A. Still                     B. Worse           C. Then           D. However

51. A. depressed            B. embarrassed      C. frightened       D. injured

52. A. careful         B. cheerful          C. thoughtful       D. powerful

53. A. hold           B. shake            C. practice         D. change

54. A. sick                    B. glad             C. satisfied         D. sorry

55. A. unusually       B. properly          C. gratefully        D. politely

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When I was about 14, I decided to make money, so I got a part-time job at a local restaurant. With my first paycheck, I realized that I would have to work awfully hard to make very little money. My boss had been making just above minimum wage for 20 years, and I knew I didn't want to spend the rest of my life working to death. Around the same time, my godparents took me to an investment(投资) workshop. Immediately, my eyes were opened to the power of compound growth in investing. I knew that this was a way to financial freedom. I left the workshop, determined to make my money work for me instead of just me working for money.

Honoring what my mother had taught me, to share whatever I had, I donated part of my paychecks to raise money for breast cancer, and saved everything else to build up a large enough nest egg to open a brokerage account (经纪人账户). Too excited to wait, I began reading everything I could about investing. With most of my life savings (which wasn't very much money), I invested in DuPont, AT&T, Caterpillar, and International Paper. The pride in being a shareholder （股东）in a company, along with watching my stocks increase in value, fueled my desire to learn more. I went to three more investment workshops with my godparents and browsed(浏览) books at the library.

I began with $4,000 in my account and have added about $2,000 since then. My portfolio is now worth roughly $12,000, five years later, having grown about 18% per year, on average. My favorite holdings are biotechnology companies that I know a fair amount about because they're based near me.

In the years since then, I have experienced many moments of gratitude for discovering investing so early in my life. I'm in college now, and plan to go on to medical school and become a family practice physician. And I know that, thanks to investing, my road will be much easier. Not only have I taken an active step towards improving my long-term financial future, but I am confident that I will also be able to generously support the causes I believe in with more ease than I otherwise would have imagined.

1.What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A. The working condition in the local restaurant was awful.

B. The writer didn’t make much money because he took a temporary job.

C. People can’t make a lot of money unless they work hard as hard work always pays.

D. The investment workshop taught the writer that he could make money through investment.

2. The writer was eager to learn more about investing because ________.

A. he had invested all his life savings in stocks

B. he was too excited to wait to open a brokerage account

C. he wanted to donate more to raise money for breast cancer

D. he felt proud of being a shareholder with his stocks increasing in value

3. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A. Investing made his wealth grow effectively.

B. Investing enabled him to achieve his life goals.

C. Investing allowed him to pay off all his debts.

D. Investing helped him to reach financial independence.

4.The best title of the passage should be __________.

A. The Rewards of Investing

B. My Dream Career

C. The Key to Successful Investment

D. Thank You, My Godparents

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I Was the Doughnut Lady

In university I bad a part-time job at a shop that sold doughnuts and coffee. Situated on a block where several buses stopped, it served the people who had a few minutes to wait for their bus.

Every afternoon around four o’clock, a group of schoolchildren would burst into the shop, and business would come to a stop. Adults would glance in, see the crowd and pass on. But I didn’t mind if the children waited for their bus inside. Sometimes I would hand out a bus fare when a ticket went missing-always repaid the next day. On snowy days I would give away some doughnuts. I would lock the door at closing time, and we waited in the warm shop until their bus finally arrived.

I enjoyed ray young friends, but it never occurred to me that I played an important role in their lives—until one afternoon when a man came and asked if I was the girl working on weekdays around four o’clock. He identified himself as the father of two of my favorites.

“I want you to know I appreciate what you do for my children. I worry about them taking two buses to get borne. It means a lot that they can wait here and you keep an eye on them. When they are with the doughnut lady, I know they are safe.” I told him it wasn’t a big deal, and that I enjoyed the kids.

So I was the Doughnut Lady. I not only received a title, but became a landmark.

Now I think about all the people who keep an eye on my own children. They become, well, Doughnut Ladies. Like the men at the skating rink (滑冰场) who let my boys ring home; Or the bus driver who drove my daughter to her stop at the end of the route at night but wouldn’t leave until I arrived to pick her up; Or that nice police officer who took pity on my boys walking home in the rain when I was at work—even though the phone rang all the next day with calls from curious neighbors. “Was that a police car I saw at your house last night?”

That wasn’t a police car. That was a Doughnut Lady.

1.According to the passage, the author sometimes 　　　　 .

A. sold bus tickets to the children

B. gave the children free doughnuts

C. did business with the children’s help

D. called the children’s parents to pick them up

2.By saying “...it wasn’t a big deal (Para. 4),” the author meant that 　　　　 .

A. she hadn’t done anything significant

B. she hadn’t spent much time with the children

C. she hadn’t made a lot of money from the children

D. she hadn’t found it hard to get along with the children

3.What can we learn about the police officer?

A. He took the boys to the police station.

B. He helped the boys look for their mother.

C. He drove the boys back home in a police car.

D. He managed to make sure of the boys’ identity.

4.The passage suggests that 　　　　 .

A. running a business requires skill

B. taking responsibility is a moral virtue

C. devotion should be everything in life

D. there are always no small acts of kindness

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As a teenager working at part-time jobs in New York City in 1939，Stan Lee never expected to become a legendary talent behind some of the world’s most memorable super-heroes．

“I never looked that far ahead，”says Lee．“In fact，I never thought I’d get into the comic book business．I applied for a job at a publishing company and I thought they published regular magazines，which they did also．But the one place they had an opening was in the comic book department，so that’s where I went．”By the time the company became known as Marvel Comics，in the 1960s，he was art director and about to revolutionize comics．

Unlike the perfect comic book superheroes of other companies，Lee made Marvel’s new characters faulty，more human．“And I tried to show that even though they had super power，everything wasn’t perfect in their lives．They still had to worry about earning a living．About their relationship with other people，about their families and their health and so forth，”Lee says．The characters that Lee and the Marvel artists created are so popular，more than two billion comic books based on their adventures have been published，in 75 countries and 25 languages．

Looking back over his 70 years in comics，Lee sees other changes，too．“When we did the comics years ago，we tried to make them so they were suitable for every age．We had a lot of action，but we didn’t really have what we’d call violence，”he says．“I tried to write them，so they were intelligent enough for an older reader，but a young kid could also understand them and enjoy them．”

Interest in stories about Marvel’s superheroes is growing，especially in Hollywood．Next year，Captain America and The Mighty Thor will bring their adventures to the big screen．following in the super-footsteps of The X-Men and Spiderman．

Lee is no longer surprised at the popularity of the characters he helped create．“Now I expect it．In fact，if people talk about some of the great characters in the world today and they don’t mention Marvel’s characters，I get very upset”

1.What do we know about Stan Lee?

A. He is not satisfied with his characters．　　 B. He will appear on the big screen．

C. He is noted for the gift for comic artwork．　　 D. He wrote over two billion comic books．

2.What can we learn from Paragraph 2?

A. Stan Lee happened to enter comics industry and made it．

B. Stan Lee applied for a job at a publishing company but failed．

C. Stan Lee got into the comic book department with large goals．

D. Stan Lee ran Marvel Comics and reformed comics in the 1960s．

3.The characters made by Marvel Comics_________．

A. were perfect comics heroes

B. 1ed readers to live a perfect life

C. satisfied the taste of readers of all ages

D. exposed the violence and darkness of the world

4.What can be a suitable title for the text?

A. Comic Superheroes of Marvel Comics

B. Comic Films Created by Marvel Comics

C. Superheroes Comics Company in Big Screen

D. Father of Greatest Comic Super Heroes—Stan Lee

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As the story develops, the young woman has now got a ______ job in a library after several part-time jobs．

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As the story develops, the young woman has now got a ______ job in a library after several part-time jobs．

A．precious                                              B．special

C．specific                                            D．stable

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I had my first job at a local diner called the Buttercup Bakery when I was 22. I worked there for seven years and learned so many lessons, especially from a fellow waitress Helen who had incredible self-respect and did what she loved—serving people. She made everyone smile and feel good, customers and co-workers alike.

Being a waitress changed my life. One of my regular customers was Fred Hasbrook, an electronics salesman. Thanks to the newfound confidence I picked up from Helen, I dreamed of having my own restaurant. But when I called my parents to ask for a loan, they said, “We just don’t have the money.”

The next day, I shared my dream with him and said, “Fred, I know I can do more if somebody would just have faith in me.”

He walked over to some of the other diner regulars and the next day handed me checks totaling $50,000—along with a note that I have to this day. It reads, “The only collateral（担保）on this loan is my trust in your honesty as a person. Good people with a dream should have the opportunity to make that dream come true.”

I took the checks to Merrill Lynch—the first time I had ever entered a brokerage（经纪业）house—where the money was invested for me. I continued working at the Buttercup, making plans for the restaurant I would open. My investments soured, though, and I lost the money.

After great deliberation（考虑） I decided to apply for a job at Merrill Lynch. Even though I had no experience, I was hired and ended up becoming a pretty good broker. Eventually I paid back Fred and my customers the $50,000, plus 14-percent annual interest. Five years later, I was able to open my own firm.

I got a thank-you note from Fred, which will be imprinted on my head forever. He had been sick and wrote that my check had helped cover his mounting medical bills. His letter read, “That loan may have been one of the best investments that I will ever make.”

1. According to the passage, the author thought ______.

A. Helen was full of complaint about her work

B. it was easy for Helen to make everyone happy and comfortable

C. she was lucky to have a job working with Helen

D. it was not acceptable to live in such a bad condition

2.By saying that “Being a waitress changed my life.” the author means that ______.

A. the author got a high pay by working hard

B. the author borrowed $50,000 with no interest from Fred Hasbrook

C. the effort which she had made influenced her a lot

D. the experience working as a waitress was worthwhile for the author

3. Which of the following statements is not true of Fred Hasbrook?

A. Fred Hasbrook was one of the author’s regular customers.

B. Fred Hasbrook lent the author $50,000, together with other customers.

C. Fred Hasbrook’s self-respect had a great effect on the author.

D. Fred Hasbrook’s himself did not have much money.

4.What made the author’s customers lend her money according to the passage?

A. Her maturity.    B. Her honesty.   C. Her faith.     D. Her success.

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—What do you think of your part-time job in the summer vacation?

—Well, the work is　　 , but I feel happy when I can make money using my hands.

A. tired 　　　　　　 B. tire

C. tiring 　　　　　 D. to be tiring

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