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　　I do a lot of management training each year for the Circle K Company．Among the 　1　 we discuss in our classes is the 　2　 of quality employees（雇员）．

　　“What has caused you to stay 　3　 enough to become a manager？”l asked．

After a while a new manager took the 　4　 and said slowly，“It was a baseball

glove．”“Cynthia said she used to take a Circle K clerk job as an interim（临时的）job 　5　 she looked for something 　6　．On her second day behind the counter，she received a 　7　 from her nine-year-old son，Jessie．He 　8　 baseball glove for Little League．She 　9　 that as a single mother，money was very 　10　，and her first check would have to go for paying 　11　．

　　When Cynthia arrived for work the next morning，Patricia，the store manager，handed her a box．“I overheard you 　12　 to your son yesterday，” she said，“ and I know that it is 　13　 to explain things to kids．This is a baseball glove for Jessie．I know you have to pay bills 　14　 you can buy gloves．You know we can't 　15　 good people like you 　16　 we would like to；but we do 17，and I want you to know how 18 you are to us．”

　　The thoughtfulness，sympathy（同情）and love of the store manager shows vividly that people 　19　 more how much a（n）　20　 cares than how much he pays．

1．

[　　]

A．topics

B．problems

C．difficulties

D．lessons

2．

[　　]

A．employing

B．praising

C．keeping

D．moving

3．

[　　]

A．smart

B．long

C．healthy

D．hard

4．

[　　]

A．position

B．task

C．question

D．time

5．

[　　]

A．while

B．before

C．after

D．when

6．

[　　]

A．wonderful

B．valuable

C．better

D．higher

7．

[　　]

A．letter

B．telephone call

C．telegraph

D．request

8．

[　　]

A．bought

B．borke

C．needed

D．offered

9．

[　　]

A．complained

B．explained

C．showed

D．thought

10．

[　　]

A．poor

B．enough

C．costly

D．tight

11．

[　　]

A．food

B．education

C．clothes

D．bills

12．

[　　]

A．talking

B．crying

C．shouting

D．chatting

13．

[　　]

A．easy

B．hard

C．simple

D．nice

14．

A．after

B．as

C．when

D．before

15．

[　　]

A．thank

B．keep

C．pay

D．scold

16．

[　　]

A．as much as

B．as little as

C．more

D．less

17．

[　　]

A．mind

B．like

C．worry

D．care

18．

[　　]

A．good

B．important

C．thankful

D．useless

19．

[　　]

A．remember

B．refuse

C．thank

D．think

20．

[　　]

A．mother

B．clerk

C．master

D．employer

Answer 1

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

1．topics 意为“话题、题目、主题”；而problems指说话人认为难以解决的问题或令人困惑的事情，也可指物理数学方面的习题。此句中的Among意为“one of”，“we discuss in our classes”为一定语从句。 　　2．keeping意为“management（管理）”，此句意为：“我们在班上经常讨论的话题之一就是对有才能的雇员的管理问题。” 　　3．此句意为“是什么原因使你在这儿呆了那么长时间最后当上经理的呢？” 　　4．指上文“我”问的那个问题。 　　5．此题易误选B．before。此处while意为“与……同时”，句意为：她在找更好工作的同时，先找了一个临时性的职员工作。 　　6．前后所叙述的两项工作有对比含义，很明显，后者优于前者。 　　7．根据下文提示“I overheard you 12 to your son yesterday”，得知母子两人通过电话交谈。 　　8．后文叙述经理Patricia替Cynthia给Jessie买了一副棒球手套，可见一副棒球手套是Jessie想要之物。 　　10．根据后文提示“and her first check would have to go for paying 11 ”。tight通常意为”紧的”，此处意为“（指钱）难得到的”。 　　11．根据下一段的一句话“I know you have to pay bills 14 you can buy gloves．”可知。 　　12．Cynthia与她的儿子Jessie通过电话交谈，overhear意为“偶然听到”。 　　13．　孩子小，有些事情他不理解，作为母亲感到向他解释某些事情很难。 　　16．as much as意为“和……一样多”。此句含义为：我们很想给你这样的好人付很高的工资，但是我们支付不起。 　　17．care意为“关心、重视”。 　　18．前文提到“good people”，又提到支付高的报酬，故此处B． important为最佳选项。 　　19．易误选D． think。此段为文章最后得出的结论：人们记住更多的是雇主的关心。帮助，而不是雇主所付给钱的多少，有些事情用金钱是无法衡量的。 　　20．与雇员（employee）相对。