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　　It was five days before Christmas. Holiday music played over the sound system and my co-workers excitedly ___1__ their plans. “Doing anything special?” they asked me. I shook my head ___2__.

　　

　　I was 3 000 miles from my family in Hawaii, pursuing my lifelong ___3__ of becoming a nurse. I attended classes all day, then went straight to my full-time___4__ job at night. My weekly plan left me extremely tired and homesick.

　　I had ___5___ looked forward to the holidays. But this December I felt unable to go on .In my prayers（祷告）I told ___6___ that I could just get home to see my mum, dad and brothers. I could survive the next two years until I graduated. But ___7___ Rent, textbooks and other expenses left me with no ___8____ cash. Money to go home? I barely had money to eat.

　　

　　“I'm on my __9____. Cover for me, will you?” asked Maribelle, another waitress, as she passed me ____10___ her way to the employee's room.“___11___, there's this guy at Table Five,”she said.“He's been sitting there for more than an hour, not making any trouble but not ___12____ anything either.” She paused,“It's like he's…___13___ somebody. ”

　　I looked in the cotner.__14_ enough, there was a smile, pleasantly-looking man ___15__ in a worn shirt, and a black baseball cap, just sitting, __16___ went over, trying to force a smile. “I'm Cory,” I said, “please let me know if you want anything.”

　　I was turning to walk away __17__ the man spoke. He had a soft, low voice, but somehow I could hear it clear and plain in the __18___ restaurant. “I'd like an order of chips,”he said, “and a glass of water.” My heart __19___. Chips were the cheapest thing on the menu, which meant I wouldn't get much of a ___20___.But maybe this guy was broke, and I sure know how that felt. So I tried my best to make him feel okay.

(1)A.expressed	B.changed
C.discussed	D.announced
(2)A.okay	B.yes
C.not	D.no
(3)A.plan	B.dream
C.hope	D.demand
(4)A.waitress	B.waiter
C.assistant	D.maid
(5)A.seldom	B.always
C.never	D.hardly
(6)A.my 　　 parents	B.Mum
C.Dad	D.God
(7)A.how	B.when
C.why	D.where
(8)A.other	B.rest
C.enough	D.extra
(9)A.way	B.duty
C.break	D.work
(10)A.to	B.by
C.on	D.at
(11)A.By 　　 the way	B.On 　　 the contrary
C.Above 　　 all	D.After 　　 all
(12)A.saying	B.eating
C.drinking	D.ordering
(13)A.looking 　　 for	B.waiting 　　 for
C.waiting 　　 on	D.longing 　　 for
(14)A.Good	B.Lucky
C.All	D.Sure
(15)A.dressed	B.wore
C.devoted	D.seated
(16)A.angrily	B.alone
C.sadly	D.enjoyably
(17)A.before	B.when
C.as	D.while
(18)A.quiet	B.large
C.noisy	D.wonderful
(19)A.sank	B.beat
C.broke	D.lost
(20)A.praise	B.tip
C.dollar	D.prize.

Answer 1

答案：C;D;B;A;B;D;A;D;C;C;A;D;B;D;A;B;B;C;A;B
解析：

1．根据文章提供的时间，圣诞节前五天，主人公的同事们正在激烈地讨论着他们的计划。 2．摇头当然表示no 3．题目中的pursue意为“追求(目标、梦想)”，和dream构成固定搭配。 4．她白天全日制工作是当妇女招待，由第四段another waitress可知。 5．从下一句的转折意思看，她总是盼望假期。其他三项均是否定词，与文章不符。 6．祈祷时是对上帝说话。 7．一个how表现了主人公的无奈。没有钱怎么去实现这些愿望? 8．Extra“额外的，多余的”。扣除房租、课本和其他费用，她当女招待的工作钱所剩无几，仅够吃饭。 9．由下一句cover for me“替我接待一下客人”可知，Maribelle正在休息。Break“中断，休息”。 10．on one's way to“走在通往……的路上”。 11．by the way“顺便说一下”，改变话题时使用on the contrary“相反”，说到一个相反的情况；above all“首先，尤其是”；after all“毕竟”。 12．顾客到餐馆一般要点菜。此人既没捣乱，又没点菜，可能是在等人。 13．由上下文可知。 14．sure enough口语常用，意为“果然，果真，的确”。此时表示她的确看到Maribelle所说的人。 15．此句表示所穿衣服。首先排除C、D项。dress作为及物动词，其宾语是人，所以这是用过去分词作定语修饰man。wear的宾语是衣服，此处用来修饰人，作人的定语应用wearing a worn shirt 16．Alone“独自一人”。其他三项均是表示情绪的副词，与文义不符。 17．when在此作并列连词，意为and just at that time。客人刚开始没有搭话，“I”正要走开时，他开口说话了。 18．顾客的声音又轻又低，但在这个喧闹的餐馆里“I”却听得清晰明白。low，soft反衬noisy 19．sank是sink的过去式。听到客人的话她失望得心往下一沉。beat表示“心跳”，break指心脏病发作。 20．Tip“小费”。“I”的处境使“I”想到的是挣小费。