Years ago, I worked in an office in Halifax. We had large windows overlooking a busy street. I stood by one of them. When a woman in a passing car __36__and made eye contact, naturally, I __37__
It was the beginning of a year of window antics(古怪行径). When things were __38 _, I stood in the window and waved at the passengers who looked up. And this made me laugh- work __39__ was washed away.  It didn't __40__ long to attract the following - a man with a construction truck, the carpool crowd and the business lady with her children…. When waving became ___41___, I made signs: "Hi!", "Hello!", "Be Happy!" I ___42__ them in the window and waved. 
Christmas approached. Job cuts were announced. Several co-workers would ___43___their jobs. Stress reached a high point. Everyone was ___44__. We needed something to break the tension. While working a night __45 _, a red lab jacket __46_  my attention. I used my __47__ and turned it into a Santa’s costume. The next day my co-workers gathered around me and __48 _for the first time in weeks. Just then my boss walked through the door. He looked up, saw me, paused, __49__ his head, turned and left.
I __50_ trouble. The phone on the desk rang. It was my boss. "Mike, come to my office!"  Entering his office, I felt nervous. "Mike... "That was all he managed to say. Tears _51__  in his eyes, as I sat silent and confused. When he regained __52_ , he said, "Thanks, Mike! With the job cuts, it's been hard to enjoy the __53__season. Thanks for the laugh, I needed it.”
That evening, and every evening of the Christmas season, I stood __54__ in the window and waved to my __55_ . The bus crowd waved wildly, and the little children smiled at the strange Santa. My heart filled with joy. For a few minutes each day, we could forget the loss of jobs. 

【小题1】
A.speeded upB.broke downC.looked up D.pulled though
【小题2】
A.shouted B.hidC.leftD.waved
【小题3】
A.slowB.badC.right D.important
【小题4】
A.pleasureB.stressC.experienceD.challenge
【小题5】
A.spendB.takeC.costD.pay
【小题6】
A.encouragingB.embarrassingC.movingD.boring
【小题7】
A.saw B.readC.postedD.painted
【小题8】
A.loseB.seekC.finishD.take
【小题9】
A.terrifiedB.satisfied C.depressed D.exhausted
【小题10】
A.classB.shift C.clubD.party
【小题11】
A.pulledB.attracted C.deservedD.attacked
【小题12】
A.imaginationB.relationC.experienceD.strategy
【小题13】
A.spokeB.laughedC.acted D.returned
【小题14】
A.noddedB.shook C.raisedD.lower
【小题15】
A.tookB.putC.fearedD.avoid
【小题16】
A.fellB.formedC.dried D.disappeared
【小题17】
A.confidenceB.balanceC.controlD.strength
【小题18】
A.LaborB.Christmas C.ThanksgivingD.National
【小题19】
A.luckily B.eagerlyC.proudlyD.naturally
【小题20】
A.bossB.childrenC.co-workersD.fans

Years ago, I worked in an office in Halifax. We had large windows overlooking a busy street. I stood by one of them. When a woman in a passing car __36__and made eye contact, naturally, I __37__

It was the beginning of a year of window antics(古怪行径). When things were __38 _, I stood in the window and waved at the passengers who looked up. And this made me laugh- work __39__ was washed away.  It didn't __40__ long to attract the following - a man with a construction truck, the carpool crowd and the business lady with her children…. When waving became ___41___, I made signs: "Hi!", "Hello!", "Be Happy!" I ___42__ them in the window and waved. 

Christmas approached. Job cuts were announced. Several co-workers would ___43___their jobs. Stress reached a high point. Everyone was ___44__. We needed something to break the tension. While working a night __45 _, a red lab jacket __46_  my attention. I used my __47__ and turned it into a Santa’s costume. The next day my co-workers gathered around me and __48 _for the first time in weeks. Just then my boss walked through the door. He looked up, saw me, paused, __49__ his head, turned and left.

I __50_ trouble. The phone on the desk rang. It was my boss. "Mike, come to my office!"  Entering his office, I felt nervous. "Mike... "That was all he managed to say. Tears _51__  in his eyes, as I sat silent and confused. When he regained __52_ , he said, "Thanks, Mike! With the job cuts, it's been hard to enjoy the __53__season. Thanks for the laugh, I needed it.”

That evening, and every evening of the Christmas season, I stood __54__ in the window and waved to my __55_ . The bus crowd waved wildly, and the little children smiled at the strange Santa. My heart filled with joy. For a few minutes each day, we could forget the loss of jobs. 

1.                A.speeded up     B.broke down     C.looked up     D.pulled though

 

2.                A.shouted        B.hid            C.left  D.waved

 

3.                A.slow           B.bad            C.right     D.important

 

4.                A.pleasure        B.stress          C.experience    D.challenge

 

5.                A.spend          B.take           C.cost D.pay

 

6.                A.encouraging     B.embarrassing    C.moving   D.boring

 

7.                A.saw            B.read           C.posted   D.painted

 

8.                A.lose           B.seek           C.finish D.take

 

9.                A.terrified        B.satisfied         C.depressed     D.exhausted

 

10.               A.class           B.shift           C.club  D.party

 

11.               A.pulled         B.attracted        C.deserved  D.attacked

 

12.               A.imagination     B.relation        C.experience D.strategy

 

13.               A.spoke          B.laughed        C.acted     D.returned

 

14.               A.nodded        B.shook          C.raised D.lower

 

15.               A.took           B.put            C.feared    D.avoid

 

16.               A.fell            B.formed         C.dried D.disappeared

 

17.               A.confidence      B.balance        C.control    D.strength

 

18.               A.Labor          B.Christmas       C.Thanksgiving    D.National

 

19.               A.luckily          B.eagerly         C.proudly   D.naturally

 

20.               A.boss           B.children        C.co-workers D.fans

 

 

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