An Announcement

It was a small town which lay by the coast.Most people there lived by catching fish.The hurricanes often struck the area from July to October.Some of the people died on the sea when their boats were blown over by the high winds.So they paid much attention to the weather forecasts.They were afraid to meet with the hurricanes when they were catching fish on the sea.Each of the families had a radio and people always took them with themselves and listened to them at any time.

It was September.A hurricane attacked the town one night.Plenty of trees were pushed over and all the electric and telephone lines were broken.People couldn’t watch TV,or call their friends,or go to work.To their anger,they couldn’t listen to the weather forecasts the Town Radio Station broadcast.The food and fresh water would soon be short and the patients couldn’t be given medical care—no medicine could be carried there.People didn’t know what would happen and they looked anxious.

On the fourth day they read an announcement(通告)on the Town Weekly.It was written,“Recently we have to stop the weather forecast because of the bad weather.We usually get the forecasts from the airport.But the roads are all blocked by the fallen trees and stones.Whether or not we’ll be able to broadcast the weather forecast tomorrow depends on the weather!”

The people in the town often took radios with themselves because______.

A.they felt lonely when catching fish on the sea and listened to the weather forecasts

B.they were interested in the weather forecasts

C.they couldn’t watch TV on the sea

D.they hoped to listen to some good news

The writer writes the passage mainly to ______.

A.desrcibe the importance of weather forecast

B.give a news report

C.describe a bad effect of natural disasters

D.to warn people to be careful against hurricane

Read the announcement,the people were______.

A.encouraged                B.happy                       C.excited                      D.disappointed

When I was in college twenty-five years ago, I spent four summers working in 36 at a luxury hotel in downtown Chicago. 37 , I was a maid.

I did not enter the world of housekeeping enthusiastically. My friends had 38 jobs such as making ice cream, selling goods at the mall, or life guarding at the outdoor pool. I had been hoping to get a job as an office lady for a famous company: 39 pay, air-conditioned office, the gold standard for summer jobs, as most of us dreamed of. When that 40 , the only option left was to take a train ride downtown each morning to work as a maid.

It was tiring work, cleaning up to eighteen rooms a day. My 41 attitude reflected my disdain(鄙视) for cleaning toilets, 42 bed sheets, dusting, eight hours a day for the comfort of total strangers who 43 left a tip. I thought it was beneathme. My maid work was average 44  the day I was assigned to the eighteenth floor.

That was Lorena’s regular floor. The only time another maid set foot on it was on Lorena’s day off. If you left any water 45 on the mirror, or a hair on the bed, Lorena would hunt you down when she 46 , as I found out firsthand. She’d ended her lecture to me with “ 47 some pride in your work.”

She did. And so did Rosalie, Helen, Annette, and all the other experienced maids. Their devotion to doing a good job and their belief that their work was a 48 of their character stuck with me throughout my 49 career after graduation. I learned a lot from them during those four summers.

Not a week would go without one of them 50 some firm but friendly advice: “Where’s your commode brush? You don’t have one? How do you expect to get that bowl clean?”

Their pride in a job well done was reflected in how they treated 51 . They left the building at the end of the day in nice dresses and 52 makeup. They looked like they could have been attending an afternoon tea. And, 53 often, they were smiling and laughing, cheerfully greeting their co-workers a good evening. When you work with happiness and 54 , a job will be well done. I believe there is 55 in any job if you work hard and try your best.

1.                A.cleaning        B.housekeeping    C.serving   D.managing

 

2.                A.In short         B.In brief         C.In other words D.On the other hand

 

3.                A.winter         B.summer        C.awful D.permanent

 

4.                A.extra           B.poor           C.average  D.good

 

5.                A.fell over        B.fell through      C.fell down D.fell off

 

6.                A.negative        B.right           C.excellent D.casual

 

7.                A.making         B.spreading       C.changing  D.doing

 

8.                A.frequently      B.rarely          C.occasionally   D.willingly

 

9.                A.when          B.after           C.until D.before

 

10.               A.drops          B.signs           C.tracks D.marks

 

11.               A.visited         B.arrived         C.left   D.returned

 

12.               A.take           B.obtain          C.reject D.make

 

13.               A.reflection       B.truth           C.gratitude  D.award

 

14.               A.special         B.general         C.different  D.professional

 

15.               A.taking          B.following       C.offering   D.refusing

 

16.               A.others         B.themselves      C.customers D.co-workers

 

17.               A.expensive      B.cautious        C.cheap D.careful

 

18.               A.more          B.least           C.most  D.less

 

19.               A.frustration      B.regret          C.prejudice  D.satisfaction

 

20.               A.respect        B.aspect         C.challenge  D.failure

 

 

After two classes, I started to recognize several of the faces in each class. There was always someone braver than the others who would introduce themselves and ask me questions about how I was liking Forks. I tried to be diplomatic, so mostly I just lied a lot to appear to be skilled at dealing with people. At least I never needed the map.

One girl sat next to me in both Trig and Spanish, and she walked with me to the cafeteria for lunch. She was tiny, several inches shorter than my five feet four inches, but her wildly curly dark hair made up a lot of the difference between our heights. I couldn't remember her name, so I smiled and nodded as she gossiped about teachers and classes. I didn't try to keep up.

We sat at the end of a full table with several of her friends, who she introduced to me. I forgot all their names as soon as she spoke them. They seemed impressed by her bravery in speaking to me. The boy from English, Eric, waved at me from across the room.

It was there, sitting in the lunchroom, trying to make conversation with seven curious strangers, that I first saw them.

They were sitting in the corner of the cafeteria, as far away from where I sat as possible in the long room. There were five of them. They weren't talking, and they weren't eating, though they each had a tray of untouched food in front of them. They weren't staring at me, unlike most of the other students, so it was safe to stare at them without fear of meeting an over interested pair of eyes. But it was none of these things that caught and held my attention.

I stared because their faces, so different, so similar, were all extremely, inhumanly beautiful. They were faces you never expected to see except perhaps on the airbrushed pages of a fashion magazine, or painted by an old master as the face of an angel. It was hard to decide who was the most beautiful -- maybe the perfect blond girl, or the bronze-haired boy.

1.What does the underlined word “diplomatic” mean?

A.smooth

B.clever

C.honest

D.delight

2.From the passage, we can infer that _______________.

A.“I” was really liking the new place.

B.“I” was not interested in what the girl said.

C.“I” had a bad memory, so it’s hard to remember names.

D.“I” was good at making friends.

3. According to the last two paragraphs, why did “they” catch “my” attention?

A.Because “they” weren’t talking.

B.Because “they” sat in the corner.

C.Because “they” didn’t eat the food.

D.Because “they” looked incredibly beautiful.

4.According to the passage, which statement is NOT true?

A.The girl walked with “me” was a little short.

B.“I” saw the five students for the first time.

C.Those students sitting in the corner had finished their food.

D.“I” probably wanted to know more about those five students.

 

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