阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In college I had a part-time job at a shop downtown that sold
doughnuts(a kind of cake) and coffee. The small shop, 36 on
a block where a dozen buses stopped, it provided food to people who had a few
minutes to wait for their 37 .
I 38 coffee in takeout cups and patiently waited on
customers who’d point through the glass case and say, “No, not that one, the
one two rows over.”
Every afternoon around four o’clock, a group of school children would burst 39
the shop. Adults would glance in, see the crowd and 40
on. I didn’t 41 if the kids waited for the bus in
the shop.
I came to know them pretty well. The girls would talk about school. The boys
were more quiet, choosing not to 42 their
secrets, but still, they’d wait every day in the store 43 their
bus came.
Sometimes
I'd hand out bus fare (车费) when a
ticket went 44 — always repaid the next day.When ii snowed, the kids and I would
wait 45 for a very late bus.They'd call their parents to let them know they were okay.At _ closing time I wouldn't
46 the door, and the kids and I would wait in the warm store until
their bus finally arrived.
I
47 a lot of doughnuts on snowy days.I enjoyed my pals (伙伴), but it
never 48 to me that I played an important part in
their lives—until one Saturday afternoon when a serious-looking man came into
the store and asked if I was the girl who worked weekdays around four o'clock.I 49 it was true, and
he introduced himself 50 the father of two of my
favorites—a brother and sister team.
"I
want you know I appreciate what you do for my children.I 51 about them
having to take two buses to get home.It 52 a lot that they can wait here and
you are keeping an eye on them."
I
told him it wasn't a big 53 .that I enjoyed the kids.
"No,
you don't understand.When
they're with the doughnuts lady, I know they're 54 .It is a big deal.And I'm grateful."
So
I was the Doughnuts lady.I not only
had received a 55 .I had become a landmark.
1.A.existed B.located
C.lied
D.stood
2.A.ride B.train
C.passengers
D.cars
3.A.tasted B.had
C.made
D.poured
4.A.into B.out
C.for D.along
5.A.go B.come
C.pass
D.pull
6.A.consider B.mind
C.think
D.realize
7.A.hear B.notice
C.share
D.show
8.A.when B.before
C.after
D.until
9.A.stealing B.disappearing C.missing D.remaining
10.A.happily B.anxiously C.sadly D.bravely
11.A.lock B.open
C.watch
D.keep
12.A.ate up B.gave away C.let out D.sent away
13.A.stuck B.reminded C.moved D.occurred
14.A.admitted B.talked
C.guessed
D.refused
15.A.for B.to
C.as D.like
16.A.care B.worry
C.frighten
D.wonder
17.A.means B.takes
C.has
D.gives
18.A.pride B.pleasure
C.deal
D.help
19.A.controlled B.behaved
C.alive
D.safe
20.A.word B.title
C.prize
D.award