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When I was young,my parents ran a snack bar in our small town.
One evening in early April,my mother told me to fill in at the snack bar 36 a worker who had the flu.I told her I would mess it up, 37 I had never worked at the bar before.I 38
that instead of making money,I would end up owing it.
“You can do it,”said my mother.“ 39 ,you won’t get much business until lunch.”
“But I’ll never remember the orders,and I’m no good ___40_ money.Please,Mom,don’t
41 me.”
“Then I’ll help you,”she said.
I shrugged my shoulders.I thought my mother’s 42 was a bad one,but I 43 .
When I got to the bar the next day,I found my mother was 44 .Because the weather that day was rainy and cold,people wanted hot snacks and drinks. 45 ,I was really slow at taking the orders and making change.The line of people grew,and everybody seemed 46 .I was so nervous that my hands shook,and I 47 a cup into pieces.What a mess!Then my mother came to 48 me,and she also showed me how to make 49 .If someone gave me $5 for something that cost $3.25,I handed over 50 quarters and a dollar and said,“75 cents makes four dollars,plus one dollar makes five.”Things went more 51 after that.
By the end of the day,I could remember orders, 52 the bill,and make change quickly with a smile.I was even a little 53 when the sun came out and dried up business.My mother said she was proud of me,and when she 54 that I work at the snack bar again next year,I did not even shrug.I was too busy 55 the restaurant I would open one day.
36.A.to B.for C.after D.over
37.A.because B.though C.until D.while
38.A.promised B.noticed C.worried D.hoped
39.A.Therefore B.However C.Besides D.Yet
40.A.of B.on C.about D.with
41.A.blame B.fool C.frighten D.make
42.A.idea B.bar C.day D.answer
43.A.guessed B.obeyed C.begged D.admitted
44.A.angry B.sad C.wrong D.ashamed
45.A.At least B.At last C.At most D.At first
46.A.surprised B.impolite C.pleased D.impatient
47.A.damaged B.destroyed C.broke D.ruined
48.A.scold B.help C.beat D.save
49.A.money B.lunch C.coffee D.change
50.A.two B.three C.four D.five
51.A.smoothly B.fairly C.simply D.conveniently
52.A.turn in B.count out C.take over D.add up
53.A.discouraged B.disturbed C.disappointed D.distrusted
54.A.thought B.stated C.announced D.suggested
55.A.imagining B.preparing C.examining D.describing
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Mr. Green stood up in defence of the 16-year-old boy, saying that he was not the one ________.
A. blamed B. blaming C. to blame D. to be blamed
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for the breakdown of the school computer network，Alice was in low spirits.?
A.Blaming B.Blamed?
C.To blame D.To be blamed
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A person may have an idea about himself that will prevent him from doing good work. He may have the belief that he is not capable of it. A child may think he is 1 because he doesn’t understand how to make the 2 of his mental faculties (才能). Older people may be mistaken that they are incapable of learning things new because of their 3 .
A person who believes that he is incapable will not make a real 4 because he feels that it would be useless. He won’t go at a job with the confidence necessary for 5 , and he won’t work his hardest way, even though he may think he is doing so. He is 6 likely to fail, and the failure will 7 his belief in his incompetence (无能).
Alfred Alder, a famous doctor, had 8 like this . When he was a small boy, he had a poor 9 in maths. His teacher told his parents he had no ability in maths in order that they would not 10 too much of him. In his way, they two 11 the idea. He accepted 12 mistaken thinking of his ability, felt that it was useless 13 and was very poor at maths, 14 as they expected.
One day he worked at a problem which 15 of the other students had been able to solve.
Alder 16 in solving the problem. This gave him confidence. He now 17 with interest, determination and purpose, and he soon became especially good at maths. He not only 18 that he could learn maths well, but luckily he learnt 19 in his life from his own experience that if a person goes at a job with determination and purpose, he may 20 himself as well as others by his ability.
1. A. clever B. shy C. useless D. stupid
2. A. biggest B. most C. highest D. deepest
3. A. ability B. age C. brain D. knowledge
4. A. decision B. success C. effort D. trouble
5. A. work B. study C. improvement D. success
6. A. truly B. really C. however D. therefore
7. A. lead to B. strengthen C. increase D. add to
8. A. an experience B. an example C. a thought D. a story
9. A. state B. mind C. start D. ending
10. A. blame B. expect C. get D. win
11. A. developed B. organized C. discovered D. found
12. A. his B. her C. its D. their
13. A. managing B. succeeding C. trying D. acting
14. A. only B. almost C. just D. then
15. A. none B. no C. no one D. nobody
16. A. gave B. succeeded C. failed D. believed
17. A. lived B. worked C. played D. graduated
18. A. made B. took C. expected D. proved
19. A. early B. deeply C. late D. simple
20. A. encourage B. love C. astonish D. disappoint
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