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I am serving in a company in Cheyenne. The work has been challenging, but the 36 are big, and I have been given a rise. The weather has been cold lately. 37 walking has been excellent exercise, I have realized that I need another form of 38 for the winter.
My boyfriend Mike knew of this 39 and he researched some local sites for cheap cars. The minute he 40 me the information about a 1978 Ford Fairmont, I 41 this car was meant to be! I began communicating with the 42 , a man named Dale Meyer. I found out that the car was bought by his grandfather and was still in good 43 . He and his two brothers had 44 learned to drive using this car.
We 45 a price of $400, and fixed a time for a test drive. The day before the test drive, I received a phone call from Dale. He 46 a little nervous, but also excited. He asked simply, “You really 47 this car, don’t you?”
“Of course. I couldn’t love it more,” I gave an enthusiastic 48 . He then said to me, “How about me giving it to you for a dollar?” His offer left me 49 . At that time words 50 me.
I picked up my new Fairmont last night. Dale walked me around the car, 51 its bumps and nicks (磕磕碰碰). As he was telling me the 52 of the car, it seemed that he was losing an old friend. As I was pulling 53 the driveway, he stopped me and said, “Don’t forget to pass this 54 on.”
It was truly a 55 end. Never underestimate the kindness of strangers.
36. A. presents B. awards C. honors D. rewards
37. A. Because B. Although C. If D. When
38. A. entertainment B. pleasure C. transportation D. training
39. A. habit B. purpose C. goal D. desire
40. A. found B. sent C. asked D. taught
41. A. knew B. wondered C. doubted D. promised
42. A. producer B. owner C. customer D. stranger
43. A. situation B. state C. operation D. condition
44. A. slowly B. actually C. naturally D. hardly
45. A. thought of B. referred to C. settled on D. talked about
46. A. looked B. sounded C. felt D. behaved
47. A. like B. repair C. drive D. use
48. A. refusal B. description C. reply D. attitude
49. A. careless B. lifeless C. motionless D. speechless
50. A. left B. failed C. forgot D. beat
51. A. searching B. checking C. explaining D. touching
52. A. sufferings B. stories C. materials D. troubles
53. A. away from B. into C. by D. out of
54. A. car B. custom C. kindness D. experience
55. A. sudden B. perfect C. foolish D. forced
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A. rewards B. awards C. grants D. presents
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“Do you know __42__ you and I are?” she asked. __43__ I could answer, she gave out the reason for her question. She had just returned from renewing her driver’s license at a government office. The woman __44__ desk asked her what her “occupation” was. Emily hesitated, __45__ how to answer it. “What I mean is,” explained the woman, “do you have a job, or are you just a ...?” “Of course I have a job,” answered Emily. “I’m a (an) __46__.” “We don’t __47__ ‘mother’ as an occupation ... ‘housewife’ covers it,” she said.
I forgot all about her story __48__ one day I found myself in the same situation. This time it was at our own Town Hall. The clerk was a woman.
“And what is your occupation?” she asked. What __49__ me say it, I do not know. The words simply jumped out. “I’m ... a (an) ___50___ in the field of Child Development and Human Relations.”
The clerk stopped, her ball-point pen ___51__ in mid-air. She looked up __52__ she had not heard right. I repeated the title slowly.
“Might I ask,” said the clerk with new interest, “just what you do in your ___53__?” Coolly, I heard myself ___54__, “I have a continuing program of research in the
laboratory and in the field. I’m working for my masters (the whole family) and already have __55__ credits (令人增光的人或事物) (all daughters). I often work 14 hours a day (24 is more like it). The job is more challenging than most jobs and the __56__ are in satisfaction rather than just money.”
There was an increasing note of __57__ in the clerk’s voice as she __58__ in the form. As I drove into our driveway(私家车道), I was __59__ by my lab assistants — ages 13, 7, and 3. Inside the house I could hear our new experimental model (six months) in the child-development program.
I felt successful. Motherhood...what a great __60__.
1. A. surprise B. anxiety C. anger D. excitement
2. A. who B. what C. how D. why
3. A. When B. As C. Before D. Since
4. A. at B. after C. by D. around
5.A. nervous B. sure C. anxious D. uncertain
6.A. mother B. worker C. teacher D. doctor
7. A. think B. list C. expect D. give
8. A. since B. unless C. until D. when
9. A. got B. caused C. permit D. made
10. A. researcher B. manager C. expert D. scholar
11. A. dropped B. floated C. frozen D. broke
12. A. so that B. even though C. as though D. because of
13.A. family B. subject C. study D. field
14. A. words B. reply C. shout D. whisper
15. A. two B. three C. four D. five
16. A. rewards B. awards C. profits D. benefits
17. A. interest B. respect C. doubt D fear
18.A. explained B. passed C. completed D. filled
19.A. accepted B. greeted C. recognized D. refused
20. A. person B. award C. career D. business
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