I’m seventeen. I had worked as a box boy at a supermarket in Los Angeles. People came to the counter and you put things in their bags for them. And carried things to their cars. It was hard work.

While working, you wear a plate with your name on it. I once met someone I knew years ago. I remembered his name and said,“Mr Castle, how are you?"We talked about this and that. As he left, he said,“It was nice talking to you, Brett."I felt great, he remembered me. Then I looked down at my name plate. Oh no. He didn?t remember me at all, he just read the name plate. I wish I had put“Irving"down on my name plate. If he?d have said,“Oh yes, Irving, how could I forget you?"I d have been ready for him. There?s nothing personal here.

The manager and everyone else who were a step above the box boys often shouted orders. One of these was: you couldn?t accept tips(小费). Okay, I?m outside and

 I put the bags in the car. For a lot of people, the natural reaction(反应)is to take a quarter and give it to me. I?d say,“I?m ?sorry,? I can’t."They’d get angry. When you give someone a tip, you?re sort of being polite. You take a quarter and you put it in their hand and you expect them to say,“Oh,thanks a lot."When you say,“I'm sorry, I can't."They feel a little put down.They say,“No one will know."And they put it in your pocket. You say,“I really can’t."It gets to a point where you almost have to hurt a person physically(身体上)to prevent him from tipping you. It was not in agreement with the store?s belief in being friendly. Accepting tips was a friendly thing and made the customer feel good. I just could?t understand the strangeness of some people?s ideas. One lady actually put it in my pocket, got in the car, and drove away. I would have had to throw the quarter at her or eaten it or something.

I had decided that one year was enough. Some people needed the job to stay alive and fed. I guess I had the means and could afford to hate it and give it up.

1.What can be the best title for this text?

A.How Hard Life for Box Boys 

B.Getting along with Customers

C.Why I Gave up My Job

D.The Art of Taking Tips 

2.From the second paragraph, we can infer that _______ .

A.the writer didn’t like the impersonal part of his job

B.with a name plate, people can easily start talking

C.Mr Castle mistook Irving for Brett

D.Irving was the writer?s real name 

3.The box boy refused to accept tips because _______.

A.customers only gave small tips

B.some customers had strange ideas about tipping

C.the store forbade the box boys to take tips

D.he didn’t want to fight with the customers 

4.The underlined phrase“put down"in the third paragraph probably means _______.

A.misunderstood         B.defeated         C.hateful         D.hurt 

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项．

　　A doctor was once teaching a class of medical students at a famous hospital. An injured（受伤的）man was ___1___ and the doctor turned to one of the ___2___ and asked him：

　　“What's wrong with this man?”

　　“I don't know, sir,” the student answered.“___3___ I examine him and find out?”

　　“There's no ___4___ to examine him,” said the doctor. “You should ___5___ without asking questions. He has ___6___ his right leg.” “Didn't you ___7___ the way he walked? He hurt it by ____8___ it in the fire. You see his right leg is ___9___ away until the knee. This is Monday morning. Yesterday was ___10__, but on Saturday the roads were ___11___. The man's trousers are covered with dirt ___12___. The man fell down on ___13__ night.” The doctor then ___14___ the man and said, “You had your wages（工资）on Saturday and went to a public house and ___15___ too much. You got wet and ___16___ on the way home. You tried to dry your clothes ___17___ when you got home. ___18__ you had drunk too much, you ___19___ the fire and burnt your knee. Is that ___20___?”

A while ago my family and I went sledding. As I watched my children climbing up the slope, I started 1.
Many people are 2that most of today’s social problems are because of the “me ” generation; youngsters are just out for 3and pay no attention to others or their needs. Indeed, a common belief is that today’s youngsters won’t do anything 4there is something in it for them.
Yet, while sledding, I saw a 5side to youngsters. I watched my two oldest children 6my youngest by the hand to help her up the slippery slope each time they 7. They would have been faster 8her, but not once did they try to 9her without helping.
Don’t get me wrong; these children 10fight among themselves and, on occasion, 11horribly. But I can take them 12and know that they won’t ask for anything; I can talk to them about hurricane victims and know that they will 13to donate some of their own money.
Perhaps, therefore, the “me” generation is to 14for many social problems — not the youngsters who want everything, but the 15in their lives who have taught them to selfishly think only of themselves. Most adults have been 16at some time or another. In this case, they are really cold towards others. 17, many pass it down to their children. Then the children learn to put themselves first!
Most young children want to help. We can 18that feeling to continue into adulthood by teaching the 19my children learned while sledding: Life is a slippery slope with 20of bruises(受伤), but we can all make it to the top if we remember to help those who need it.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      planning
   2. B.
      crying
   3. C.
      teaching
   4. D.
      thinking
2. 2.
   1. A.
      proud
   2. B.
      content
   3. C.
      convinced
   4. D.
      frightened
3. 3.
   1. A.
      others
   2. B.
      everything
   3. C.
      themselves
   4. D.
      everybody
4. 4.
   1. A.
      unless
   2. B.
      when
   3. C.
      if
   4. D.
      until
5. 5.
   1. A.
      far
   2. B.
      wrong
   3. C.
      dark
   4. D.
      different
6. 6.
   1. A.
      take
   2. B.
      leave
   3. C.
      notice
   4. D.
      find
7. 7.
   1. A.
      gave away
   2. B.
      went up
   3. C.
      looked out
   4. D.
      put down
8. 8.
   1. A.
      without
   2. B.
      for
   3. C.
      with
   4. D.
      beyond
9. 9.
   1. A.
      drop by
   2. B.
      call on
   3. C.
      go for
   4. D.
      pass by
10. 10.
    1. A.
       never
    2. B.
       sometimes
    3. C.
       finally
    4. D.
       especially
11. 11.
    1. A.
       speak
    2. B.
       respond
    3. C.
       behave
    4. D.
       want
12. 12.
    1. A.
       fishing
    2. B.
       shopping
    3. C.
       studying
    4. D.
       playing
13. 13.
    1. A.
       offer
    2. B.
       refuse
    3. C.
       compete
    4. D.
       allow
14. 14.
    1. A.
       blame
    2. B.
       support
    3. C.
       praise
    4. D.
       judge
15. 15.
    1. A.
       teachers
    2. B.
       parents
    3. C.
       adults
    4. D.
       children
16. 16.
    1. A.
       inspired
    2. B.
       fortune
    3. C.
       retired
    4. D.
       disappointed
17. 17.
    1. A.
       Surprisingly
    2. B.
       Similarly
    3. C.
       Hopefully
    4. D.
       Sadly
18. 18.
    1. A.
       understand
    2. B.
       share
    3. C.
       encourage
    4. D.
       describe
19. 19.
    1. A.
       advice
    2. B.
       technique
    3. C.
       mistake
    4. D.
       lesson
20. 20.
    1. A.
       wishes
    2. B.
       possibilities
    3. C.
       means
    4. D.
       imaginations