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  Ellen Parker was worried about her health.She could not walk very quickly and it was difficult for her to climb stares.She was soon out of breath.

  “I suppose I had better go to the doctor, ” she thought.

  She went to the doctor and told him her problem.

  “I’m not surprised at all, ” he said.“It’s obvious what your problem is.”

  He looked her over then gave her some advice.

  “If you don’t do what I say, Mrs.Parker, ” he said, “you will have a heart attack.It could kill you.”

  Ellen Parker was very worried as she left the doctor’s.She knew that she had to take his advice but that it would not be easy and it would take time.

  The next day she went shopping.The first shop she went into was a butcher’s shop(肉铺).

  “I’d like ten pounds of steak(牛排), please, ” she said.

  “Certainly, madam, ” the butcher replied and went into the cold room and found a large piece of steak.He brought the huge piece of meat back into the shop and put it on the scale(天平).

  “That’s just under ten pounds, ” he said.

  “That big enough, ” Mrs.Parker said.

  The butcher worked out the price.

  “At $4.99 a pound that will be $49.50, please.Would you like me to cut it up into smaller pieces for you?”

  “Oh, I don’t want to buy the meat, ” Mrs.Parker said.

  “If you don’t want to buy it, ” the butcher replied angrily, “why did you ask me to get it for you?”

  “My doctor told me that I am overweight and I have to lose ten pounds.I wanted to see what ten pounds of meat looked like.”

(1)

Why did Ellen Parker visit the doctor?

[  ]

A.

She had had a heart attack.

B.

She had a problem with her health.

C.

She was unhappy about her weight.

D.

She could not sleep well.

(2)

What did the doctor advise her to do?

[  ]

A.

To lose weight.

B.

To eat more meat.

C.

To come and see him again.

D.

To look after her heart.

(3)

Why did Ellen Parker ask for ten pounds of steak?

[  ]

A.

She wanted to buy some for dinner.

B.

She wanted to lose weight.

C.

Her doctor had told her to eat steak.

D.

She wanted to see what ten pounds of meat looked like.

(4)

What was Ellen Parker’s real problem?

[  ]

A.

She ate too much steak.

B.

She weighed too much.

C.

The doctor did not know.

D.

She could not walk very quickly.

(5)

What did the doctor think might happen to Ellen?

[  ]

A.

She might put on more weight.

B.

She might stop eating too much.

C.

She might have a heart attack.

D.

She might go to another doctor.

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  Like most people, I’ve long understood that I’ll be judged by my occupation, that my profession is used by people to see how talented I am. Recently, however, I was disappointed to see that it also decides how I’m treated as a person.

  Last year I left a professional position as a small-town reporter and took a job waiting tables. As someone paid to serve food to people, I had customers say and do things to me I suppose they’d never say or do to the people they know. One night a man talking on his cell phone waved me away, then called me back with his finger a minute later, saying angrily that he was ready to order and asking where I’d been.

  I had waited tables during summers in college and was treated like a peon(勤杂工) by plenty of people. But at 19 years old, I believed I deserved inferior(低等的)treatment from professional adults. Besides, people responded to me differently after I told them I was in college. Customers would joke that one day I’d be sitting at their table, waiting to be served.

  Once I graduated I took a job at a community newspaper. From my first day, I heard a respectful tone from everyone who called me. I assumed this was the way the professional world worked--- politely and formally.

  I soon found out differently. I sat several feet away from a person in advertising department with a similar name. Our calls would often get mixed up and someone asking for Kristen would be transferred to Christie. The mistake was immediately clear. Perhaps it was because of money, but people used a tone with Kristen that they never used with me.

  It’s no secret that there’s a lot to put up with when waiting tables, and fortunately, much of it can be easily forgotten when you pocket the tips. The service industry exists to meet others’ needs. Still, it seemed that many of my customers didn’t get the difference between server and servant.

  I’m now applying to graduate school, which means someday I’ll return to a profession where people need to be nice to me in order to get what they want. I think I’ll take them to dinner first, and see how they treat someone whose job is to serve them.

  68. What makes the author disappointed?

  A. Professionals tend to look down upon workers.

  B. Talented people have to do the job waiting tables.

  C. One’s position is used to measure one’s intelligence.

  D. Occupation affects the way one is treated as a person.

  69. What does the author intend to say by the example in Paragraph 2?

  A. Waiting tables is a hard job.

  B. Some customers are difficult to deal with.

  C. The man making a phone call is absent-minded.

  D. Some customers show no respect to those who serve them.

  70. How did the author feel when waiting tables at the age of 19?

  A. She felt it unfair to be treated as a servant.

  B. She found it natural for professionals to treat her as inferior.

  C. She was embarrassed each time her customers joked with her.

  D. She felt badly hurt when her customers regarded her as a peon.

  71. The author says one day she’ll take her customers to dinner in order to _______.

  A. see what kind of person they are

  B. experience the feeling of being served

  C. share her working experience with her customers

  D. help them realize the difference between server and servant

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