My husband and I have always been friendly with the clerks at the local convenience store where we often get gasoline. I don't think people appreciate what a difficult job these folks have sometimes. They work for a little over minimum wage and I often wonder how they make ends meet.

  One of the clerks,Charlie,was missing his glasses one day. I commented on it and he said they'd been broken and that he couldn't afford a new pair. It was obvious that he was having a difficult time.

  We wondered how we could help him,so we turned to our own eye doctor for assistance with a plan. We had his secretary contact him,asking him to come in for an eye exam free of charge. We told the doctor to let him order whatever glasses he wanted and that we would pay for them. Although Charlie ques?tioned what was going on,the doctor just told him that someone had anonymously (用匿名的方式) donated the money for his new glasses. When we went in to pay the bill,the doctor told us he was so touched by our idea that he waived the exam fee and only charged us for half the price of the glas?ses!It was so wonderful to see Charlie in his new glasses and he enjoyed telling all the regular customers how it came about. I'm sure that upon hearing his story,ideas of kindness may have emerged in the minds of many people. He will never know who the gift was from and I hope the idea that good guys real?ly do get a break sometimes was planted for them.

1. What did the writer often buy in the local convenience store?

   A. Bread.

   B. Drink.

   C. Petrol.

   D. Fruit.

2. Why didn't the clerk Charlie wear glasses one day?

   A. A pair of glasses was too expensive for her.

   B. Her old glasses were broken.

   C. Her glasses were missing.

   D. She forgot to wear glasses.

3. From the passage,we can infer that      .

   A. Charlie was very clever.

   B. Charlie knew who donated money for the new glasses

   C. Charlie's income was very little

   D. Charlie must be near-sighted

4. The underlined word " waived" in the third paragraph can be replaced by     

   A. gave up   B. took up

   C. cut down   D. put off

5. The best title of the passage should be "      ”.

   A. The wonderful feeling of helping others

   B. How to help others

   C. A friendly clerk—Charlie

   D. A new pair of glasses

 As my train was delayed for two hours,I had plenty of time to spare. After buying some newspapers to read on the journey,I made my way to the 1        of?fice to collect my heavy suitcase I had 2        there three days before. There were only a few people 3,and I took out my wallet to find the receipt for my case. The receipt didn't seem to be where I had left it. I 4        the contents,and railway tickets,money,scraps of paper and photos fell out of it;but no matter how 5        I searched,the receipt was nowhere to be found.

  When my turn came,I 6        the situation sor?rowfully to the assistant. The man looked me        7        as if to say that he had 8        this kind of story many times and asked me to 9        the case. I told him that it was an old,brown 10        looking no different from many cases I could see on the shelves. The assistant then gave me 11        and told me to 12        of the chief contents of the case. If they were 13     ,he said,I could take the case away. I tried to 14        all the arti?cles I had 15        packed into the case and wrote them down as they came to me. After I had done this,I went to 16        among the shelves. There were hundreds of cases there. For one dreadful moment,it 17     tome that if someone had 18     the receipt uphe couldhave easily claimed (认领) the case already.This hadn't happened 19     ,for after a time I found the caselying in a corner. After examining the articlesinside,the assistant was 20        and told me I could take the case away.

1. A. posting   B. working   C. luggage   D. manager

2. A. left   B. forgotten   C. found   D. bought

3. A. standing   B. crowding   C. talking   D. waiting

4. A. threw   B. put

   C. looked   D. emptied

5. A. often   B. much   C. hard   D. soon

6. A. said   B. searched   C. spoke   D. explained

7. A. now and then   B. up and down

   C. here and there   D. back and forth .

8. A. knew   B. realized   C. heard   D. seen

9. A. describe   B. draw   C. take out   D. show 

10.A. object   B. matter   C. subject   D. wallet 

11.A. a paper   B. a note   C. a message   D. a form 

12.A. sign nrmes   B. make a list

   C. write down   D. draw a picture 

13.A. everything   B. wrong   C. correct   D. ready 

14.A. draw   B. remember   C. read   D. remind 

15. A. carelessly   B. suddenly

   C. hurriedly   D. immediately 

16.A. see   B. watch   C. find   D. look 

17.A. happened   B. occurred   C. appeared   D. seemed 

18.A. picked   B. collected   C. taken   D. stolen 

19.A. fortunately   B. unluckily   C. by chance   D. presently 

20. A. disappointed   B. surprised   C. satisfied   D. worried

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