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  On arriving at the local shopping center, I noticed a small sign taped to the first pole.Why would someone place that sign so   1  ?

  I looked closer.“Ah, a house for sale.A good way to grab your   2  ,”I said to myself.

  “I don't think so,”a clerk was standing by me.“That little   3   and her mom are doing it.”

  With   4  , I approached them.“Excuse me.Why are you   5   the house for sale signs so close the ground?”I asked.

  The woman smiled,“We're not selling the   6  .Look closer.”

  I stooped down(俯身)  7   I could finally read the small print.

  “We miss you!”I read out aloud.I looked up and said,“I don't   8   it!You miss the house?”

  “  9   to the left.”said the woman.Oh, I hadn't noticed that there was a picture of a dog on it!

  I said,“Do you   10   the dog?”

  “Yes!Look at the bottom of the sign.”

  “I miss you!Come home!”

  I didn't understand.I must have had that   11   look on my face.

  “My daughter's dog got   12  ,”the woman explained.

  “But most people would   13   a lost sign where people could   14   see it,”I said.

  “I told my daughter that it may be   15   to find her dog, as you can see the store has so many signs posted.So she said that she had a better   16  .She wanted her dog to   17   her,”she said.

  “And hanging them   18   there…”

  “So the dog could see it,”she said.

  “What a great idea!”I said to her.

  I   19   the woman one of my business cards.I had to know this   20  

  One week later my phone rang.The little girl told me her dog came home.Amazing!

(1)

[  ]

A.

high

B.

low

C.

tight

D.

loose

(2)

[  ]

A.

audience

B.

heart

C.

money

D.

attention

(3)

[  ]

A.

dog

B.

clerk

C.

girl

D.

boy

(4)

[  ]

A.

curiosity

B.

difficulty

C.

trouble

D.

joy

(5)

[  ]

A.

building

B.

placing

C.

designing

D.

repairing

(6)

[  ]

A.

house

B.

store

C.

sign

D.

car

(7)

[  ]

A.

before

B.

since

C.

until

D.

when

(8)

[  ]

A.

buy

B.

get

C.

mind

D.

consider

(9)

[  ]

A.

Stand

B.

Turn

C.

Walk

D.

Look

(10)

[  ]

A.

mean

B.

like

C.

hate

D.

draw

(11)

[  ]

A.

disappointed

B.

excited

C.

confused

D.

annoyed

(12)

[  ]

A.

sold

B.

lost

C.

killed

D.

painted

(13)

[  ]

A.

hang

B.

collected

C.

check

D.

keep

(14)

[  ]

A.

still

B.

even

C.

hardly

D.

actually

(15)

[  ]

A.

necessary

B.

important

C.

easy

D.

hard

(16)

[  ]

A.

idea

B.

pet

C.

choice

D.

chance

(17)

[  ]

A.

miss

B.

find

C.

leave

D.

protect

(18)

[  ]

A.

over

B.

along

C.

down

D.

up

(19)

[  ]

A.

sent

B.

delivered

C.

rewarded

D.

handed

(20)

[  ]

A.

happened

B.

ended

C.

continued

D.

changed


B
By now there were several people standing around me, my mom, and the little broken bush(灌木丛).
“Son, would you like me to call an ambulance?” some men said.
“No,” my mom yelled. “I’m fine. Please go away!”
“She’s learning to ride,” I tried to explain to all those who were not going to go away.
“Oh, all right!” My mom sat up and brushed the grass and leaves off her sweater. Finally she stood up. Everyone began to clap(鼓掌), and my mom’s face turned bright pink.
“Thank you very much, but as you can see, I’m just fine.” Mom took a few steps around to show them that she wasn’t hiding a broken leg. Everyone clapped again and then went on their way.
“Enough for today?” I asked hopefully.
“No,” she said in a way that surprised me. “I almost had it, and then I let myself get scared. I know I can do it this time!” Now this sounded more like my mom, for I’d never known my mom to be afraid of anything before. I helped her pull the bike out of the bush and push it up the hill.
She didn’t look quite so pale this time. She got on the bike again and went down the hill. I ran down the hill after her. She had ridden quite a way ahead of me when she looked back over her shoulder, smiling. Then she gave me a thumbs-up(翘拇指) sign.
“No, no!” I yelled. “Use both hands!”
But it was too late. Again.
“Mom! Are you hurt?” I ran up to her in the grass.
This time she was laughing. “Did you see me? I did it! I really did it!” Then she stopped and looked at me. “I mean,” she said, “we did it.”
60. From the passage we can learn that the author ____.
A. was helping his mother learn to ride a bike   
B. went on a picnic with his mother by bike
C. was learning to ride a bike by himself           
D. could ride a bike as well as his mother could
61. Those people were not going to go away because they ____.
A. would wait until the police came                  
B. wanted to see if the author’s mother was OK
C. thought it was a terrible traffic accident
D. worried about the little broken bush
62. The underlined word “it” (in paragraph 8) most probably refers to ____.
A. the ambulance   B. the sweater    
C. the skill of riding a bike   D. the courage to stand up
63. What happened after the author’s mother gave him a thumbs-up sign?
A. She forgot how to ride a bike.               B. She broke one of her legs.
C. She was hit by something.                     D. She fell off the bike.

I try not to be biased(偏见)but I had my doubts about hiring Stevie. His social worker assured me that he would be a good, reliable busboy. But I had never had a mentally handicapped employee. He was short, a little fat, with the smooth facial features and thick-togued speech of Down’s Syndrome(唐氏综合症). I thought most of my customers would be uncomfortable around Stevie, so I closely watched him for the first few weeks.
I shouldn’t have worried. After the first week, Stevie had my staff wrapped around his stubby little finger, and within a month my regular trucker customers had adopted him as their official truck stop mascot. After that, I really didn't care what the rest of the customers thought of him. He was like a 21-year-old in blue jeans and Nikes, eager to laugh and eager to please, but fierce in his attention to his duties. Every salt and pepper shaker was exactly in its place, not a bread crumb or coffee spill was visible when Stevie got done with the table. Our only problem was persuading him to wait to clean a table until after the customers were finished.
Over time, we learned that he lived with his mother, a widow who was disabled. Money was tight, and what I paid him was probably the difference between them being able to live together and Stevie being sent to a group home.
That's why the restaurant was a gloomy place that morning last August, the first morning in three years that Stevie missed work. He was at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester getting a heart surgery. His social worker said that people with Downs Syndrome often had heart problems at an early age and there was a good chance he would come through the surgery in good shape and be back at work in a few months.
A ripple of excitement ran through the staff later that morning when word came that he was out of surgery, in recovery, and doing fine. Frannie, my head waitress, did a little dance when she heard the good news. Belle Ringer, one of our regular trucker customers, stared at her and asked, “Okay, Frannie, what was that all about?”
"We just got word that Stevie is out of surgery and going to be okay."
"I was wondering where he was. I had a new joke to tell him. What was the surgery about?"
Frannie quickly told Belle Ringer and the other two drivers sitting at his booth about Stevie's surgery, then sighed: "Yeah, I'm glad he is going to be OK," she said. "But I don't know how he and his Mom are going to handle all the bills. From what I hear, they're barely getting by as it is."
Belle Ringer nodded thoughtfully, and Frannie hurried off to wait on the rest of her tables.
After the morning rush, Frannie walked into my office. She had a couple of paper napkins in her hand.
"What's up?" I asked.
“I cleared off that table where Belle Ringer and his friends were sitting after they left, and I found this. This was folded and tucked under a coffee cup."
She handed the napkin to me, and three $20 bills fell onto my desk when I opened it. On the outside, in big, bold letters, was printed "Something For Stevie".
That was three months ago. Today is New Year’s day , the first day Stevie is supposed to be back to work. His placement worker said he had been counting the days until the doctor said he could work, I arranged to have his mother bring him to work, met them in the parking lot and invited them both to celebrate his day back. I took him and his mother by their arms. “To celebrate you coming back, breakfast for you and your mother is on me.”
I led them toward a large corner booth. I could feel and hear truck customers and the rest of the staff following behind as we marched through the dining room. We stopped in front of the big table. Its surface was covered with coffee cups and dinner plates, all sitting slightly on dozens of folded paper napkins.
"First thing you have to do, Stevie, is clean up this mess," I said.
Stevie looked at me, and then pulled out one of the napkins. It had "Something for Stevie" printed on the outside. As he picked it up, two $10 bills fell onto the table. Stevie stared at the money, then at all the napkins peeking from beneath the tableware, each with his name printed on it.
I turned to his mother. “There's more than $10,000 in cash and checks on that table, all from truckers and trucking companies that heard about your problems. Happy Thanksgiving!”
While everybody else was busy shaking hands and hugging each other, Stevie, with a big, big smile on his face, was busy clearing all the cups and dishes from the table.
【小题1】Why did the author have doubts about hiring Stevie?

A.Stevie was not that reliable.B.Stevie was mentally disabled
C.Stevie was too short and fat.D.Stevie was bad-tempered
【小题2】What made the author not fully satisfied with Stevie’s work?
A.That he made customers uncomfortable.B.That he couldn’t pay attention to his duties.
C.That he often spilled cups of coffee.D.That he usually cleaned the table too early.
【小题3】By saying the underlined words in Paragaraph3, the author meant that the money she paid Stevie       .   
A.could help Stevie out of the troubleB.could send Stevie to a group home
C.couldn’t thoroughly solve Stevie’s problemD.could make a great difference to Stevie’s life
【小题4】Why did the author ask Stevie to clean up the mess on the table?
A.Stevie could pick up the money that was given to him.
B.The table was so dirty that it needed cleaning.
C.It was Stevie’s duty to clean the table.
D.She wanted to congratulate Stevie on his coming back.
【小题5】What made Stevie popular among the staff and customers in the restaurant?
A.His special appearance.B.His hard work and optimism.
C.His funny speeches and actions.D.His kind-hearted behaviour.

B

By now there were several people standing around me, my mom, and the little broken bush(灌木丛).

“Son, would you like me to call an ambulance?” some men said.

“No,” my mom yelled. “I’m fine. Please go away!”

“She’s learning to ride,” I tried to explain to all those who were not going to go away.

“Oh, all right!” My mom sat up and brushed the grass and leaves off her sweater. Finally she stood up. Everyone began to clap(鼓掌), and my mom’s face turned bright pink.

“Thank you very much, but as you can see, I’m just fine.” Mom took a few steps around to show them that she wasn’t hiding a broken leg. Everyone clapped again and then went on their way.

“Enough for today?” I asked hopefully.

“No,” she said in a way that surprised me. “I almost had it, and then I let myself get scared. I know I can do it this time!” Now this sounded more like my mom, for I’d never known my mom to be afraid of anything before. I helped her pull the bike out of the bush and push it up the hill.

She didn’t look quite so pale this time. She got on the bike again and went down the hill. I ran down the hill after her. She had ridden quite a way ahead of me when she looked back over her shoulder, smiling. Then she gave me a thumbs-up(翘拇指) sign.

“No, no!” I yelled. “Use both hands!”

But it was too late. Again.

“Mom! Are you hurt?” I ran up to her in the grass.

This time she was laughing. “Did you see me? I did it! I really did it!” Then she stopped and looked at me. “I mean,” she said, “we did it.”

60. From the passage we can learn that the author ____.

A. was helping his mother learn to ride a bike   

B. went on a picnic with his mother by bike

C. was learning to ride a bike by himself           

D. could ride a bike as well as his mother could

61. Those people were not going to go away because they ____.

A. would wait until the police came                  

B. wanted to see if the author’s mother was OK

C. thought it was a terrible traffic accident

D. worried about the little broken bush

62. The underlined word “it” (in paragraph 8) most probably refers to ____.

A. the ambulance   B. the sweater    

C. the skill of riding a bike   D. the courage to stand up

63. What happened after the author’s mother gave him a thumbs-up sign?

A. She forgot how to ride a bike.               B. She broke one of her legs.

C. She was hit by something.                     D. She fell off the bike.

 

I try not to be biased(偏见)but I had my doubts about hiring Stevie. His social worker assured me that he would be a good, reliable busboy. But I had never had a mentally handicapped employee. He was short, a little fat, with the smooth facial features and thick-togued speech of Down’s Syndrome(唐氏综合症). I thought most of my customers would be uncomfortable around Stevie, so I closely watched him for the first few weeks.

I shouldn’t have worried. After the first week, Stevie had my staff wrapped around his stubby little finger, and within a month my regular trucker customers had adopted him as their official truck stop mascot. After that, I really didn't care what the rest of the customers thought of him. He was like a 21-year-old in blue jeans and Nikes, eager to laugh and eager to please, but fierce in his attention to his duties. Every salt and pepper shaker was exactly in its place, not a bread crumb or coffee spill was visible when Stevie got done with the table. Our only problem was persuading him to wait to clean a table until after the customers were finished.

Over time, we learned that he lived with his mother, a widow who was disabled. Money was tight, and what I paid him was probably the difference between them being able to live together and Stevie being sent to a group home.

That's why the restaurant was a gloomy place that morning last August, the first morning in three years that Stevie missed work. He was at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester getting a heart surgery. His social worker said that people with Downs Syndrome often had heart problems at an early age and there was a good chance he would come through the surgery in good shape and be back at work in a few months.

A ripple of excitement ran through the staff later that morning when word came that he was out of surgery, in recovery, and doing fine. Frannie, my head waitress, did a little dance when she heard the good news. Belle Ringer, one of our regular trucker customers, stared at her and asked, “Okay, Frannie, what was that all about?”

"We just got word that Stevie is out of surgery and going to be okay."

"I was wondering where he was. I had a new joke to tell him. What was the surgery about?"

Frannie quickly told Belle Ringer and the other two drivers sitting at his booth about Stevie's surgery, then sighed: "Yeah, I'm glad he is going to be OK," she said. "But I don't know how he and his Mom are going to handle all the bills. From what I hear, they're barely getting by as it is."

Belle Ringer nodded thoughtfully, and Frannie hurried off to wait on the rest of her tables.

After the morning rush, Frannie walked into my office. She had a couple of paper napkins in her hand.

"What's up?" I asked.

“I cleared off that table where Belle Ringer and his friends were sitting after they left, and I found this. This was folded and tucked under a coffee cup."

She handed the napkin to me, and three $20 bills fell onto my desk when I opened it. On the outside, in big, bold letters, was printed "Something For Stevie".

That was three months ago. Today is New Year’s day , the first day Stevie is supposed to be back to work. His placement worker said he had been counting the days until the doctor said he could work, I arranged to have his mother bring him to work, met them in the parking lot and invited them both to celebrate his day back. I took him and his mother by their arms. “To celebrate you coming back, breakfast for you and your mother is on me.”

I led them toward a large corner booth. I could feel and hear truck customers and the rest of the staff following behind as we marched through the dining room. We stopped in front of the big table. Its surface was covered with coffee cups and dinner plates, all sitting slightly on dozens of folded paper napkins.

"First thing you have to do, Stevie, is clean up this mess," I said.

Stevie looked at me, and then pulled out one of the napkins. It had "Something for Stevie" printed on the outside. As he picked it up, two $10 bills fell onto the table. Stevie stared at the money, then at all the napkins peeking from beneath the tableware, each with his name printed on it.

I turned to his mother. “There's more than $10,000 in cash and checks on that table, all from truckers and trucking companies that heard about your problems. Happy Thanksgiving!”

While everybody else was busy shaking hands and hugging each other, Stevie, with a big, big smile on his face, was busy clearing all the cups and dishes from the table.

1.Why did the author have doubts about hiring Stevie?

    A.Stevie was not that reliable.        B.Stevie was mentally disabled

    C.Stevie was too short and fat.        D.Stevie was bad-tempered

2.What made the author not fully satisfied with Stevie’s work?

A.That he made customers uncomfortable.                        B.That he couldn’t pay attention to his duties.

C.That he often spilled cups of coffee.                        D.That he usually cleaned the table too early.

3.By saying the underlined words in Paragaraph3, the author meant that the money she paid Stevie        .   

A.could help Stevie out of the trouble                        B.could send Stevie to a group home

C.couldn’t thoroughly solve Stevie’s problem                   D.could make a great difference to Stevie’s life

4.Why did the author ask Stevie to clean up the mess on the table?

    A.Stevie could pick up the money that was given to him.

    B.The table was so dirty that it needed cleaning.

    C.It was Stevie’s duty to clean the table.

    D.She wanted to congratulate Stevie on his coming back.

5.What made Stevie popular among the staff and customers in the restaurant?

    A.His special appearance.              B.His hard work and optimism.

    C.His funny speeches and actions.  D.His kind-hearted behaviour.

 

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