Thanks to a combination of young businessmen, large numbers of university students and revitalization(新生)efforts by the local and national governments, today's Nanjing has an 1 of youthful exuberance(繁茂)that would have been 2 only a few decades ago． 3 , the city, a booming city of 6.5 million on the banks of the Yangtze River some 185 miles west of Shanghai, bears 4 resemblance to the former capital of China that suffered the worst cruelty and violence of World War Ⅱ．
5 Nanjing has shown a remarkable capacity for reinvention during its 2500-year history．And in recent years, the city has moved 6 its tragic past to become a vital engine of China's economic growth, thanks 7 to its position in the middle of China's prosperous eastern seaboard．Growth has also 8 thanks to improved ground transportation：A new bullet train linking Nanjing and Shanghai started service last year, 9 travel time between the cities from several hours to just 75 minutes, and a Beijing-Shanghai high-speed line is 10 to open later this year, with a stop in Nanjing．Within the city, two metro lines were built in the last few years; 15 more are planned to begin service by 2030．
Signs of Nanjing's 11 wealth and optimism can be seen enerywhere．In the heart of the downtown Xinjiekou district, a bronze statue of Sun Yat-sen, 12 the father of modern China, looks 13 over a busy 14 area．
There is perhaps no more 15 symbol of the city's transformation than the Zifeng Tower, a 1480-foot skyscraper that opened its doors last May． 16 offices, restaurants and an InterContinental hotel, the tower is the second tallest building in China and billed as the seventh tallest in the world．
Underlying all this development is a large Chinese and 17 student population－there are several major universities, plus a branch of Johns Hopkins's international studies school．In fact, art and music 18 in all sorts of places．
On a larger 19 , local government officials and private investors are pushing the city as a rising center for contemporary art and architecture, hoping to attract 20 from the neon-bathed streets of its neighbor Shanghai．
Alone in the light at the dining-room table, I sat in tears．
Finally, I'd succeeded in getting both kids to bed．I got them both washed, 1 by cries of delight, crazy running around, laughing and throwing things． 2 calmed down, they lay in their beds as I gave each the five minutes' back rubs as usual．Then I began the night time routine of a song, both kids' 3 ．I sang it over and over until they seemed fully engaged in 4 ．
A recently 5 man with full custody(监护权)of his children, I was determined to give them as 6 and stable a home life as possible．I 7 a happy face for them．Everything was just as it had always been with the exception 8 their mother was now missing．There, another night successfully 9 ．
I rose slowly, tiptoed out of their room and went downstairs．
Sitting at the 10 room table, I realized that this was the first time since I came home from work that I'd been able to 11 sit down．
Then it all crowded in on me：the fatigue(疲惫)，the 12 of the responsibility, the worry about bills I wasn't sure I could pay that month and 13 ．I felt as though I were at the bottom of a great sea of loneliness．I sat there, silently sobbing．
Just then, a pair of little arms went around my middle and a little face peered up at me．I looked down into my five-year-old son's 14 face．
I was 15 to be seen crying by my son．“I'm sorry, Ethan, I didn't know you were still awake．I'm sorry．I'm just a little 16 tonight．”
“It's okay, Daddy．It's okay to cry, you're just a 17 ．”
I can't express how happy he made me, who gave me 18 to cry．He seemed to be saying that I didn't have to always be 19 , that it was occasionally possible to allow myself to feel weak and 20 my feeling．Somehow, it was possible for me to get to sleep that night．Thank you, my son．
I was 15 when I walked into McCauley’s Bookstore in Ashland．As I was looking at titles(标题)on the shelves, the man behind the counter(柜台), 1 , asked if I’d like 2 ．I needed to start 3 for college, so I said yes．I 4 after school and during summers for the lowest wages(薪金), and the job helped 5 my freshman(or first)year of college．I would work many other jobs：I made coffee in the Students’ Union during college, I was a hotel maid(or waitress)and 6 made maps for the U.S．Forest Service．But selling books was one of the most satisfying(令人满意的)．
One day a woman asked me for books on cancer．She seemed fearful(or much afraid)．I showed her almost 7 we had at that time in store and found other books we could order(定货)．She left the store less 8 ．I’ve always remembered the 9 I felt in having helped her．
Years later, as a 10 in Los Angeles, I heard about an immigrant(移民)child who was born 11 his fingers connected(or joined together), web-like．His family could not afford(or pay for)a corrective(矫正；整形)operation, and the boy lived in 12 , hiding his hand in his pocket．
I 13 my boss to let me do the story．After my story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the 14 for free．
I visited the boy in the recovery(康复)room soon after the operation．The first thing he did was to hold up his 15 hand and say,“Thank you.”I felt a sense(感觉)of 16 ．
In the past, while I was 17 , I always sensed(or felt)I was working for the customers(顾客), not the store．Today it’s the 18 ．NBC News pays my salary(工资), 19 I feel as if I work for the 20 , helping them make sense of(or find the meaning of)the world．
(1)
[ ]
A．
the reader
B．
the college student
C．
the shop owner
D．
the customer
(2)
[ ]
A．
a book
B．
a job
C．
some tea
D．
any help
(3)
[ ]
A．
planning
B．
saving
C．
preparing
D．
studying
(4)
[ ]
A．
read
B．
studied
C．
cooked
D．
worked
(5)
[ ]
A．
pay for
B．
fit for
C．
run for
D．
enter for
(6)
[ ]
A．
so
B．
yet
C．
even
D．
still
(7)
[ ]
A．
anything
B．
something
C．
nothing
D．
everything
(8)
[ ]
A．
worried
B．
satisfied
C．
excited
D．
puzzled
(9)
[ ]
A．
pride
B．
failure
C．
sadness
D．
surprise
(10)
[ ]
A．
doctor
B．
store owner
C．
bookseller
D．
TV reporter
(11)
[ ]
A．
in
B．
with
C．
by
D．
for
(12)
[ ]
A．
shame
B．
honor
C．
terror(恐怖)
D．
danger
(13)
[ ]
A．
advised
B．
forced
C．
persuaded
D．
allowed
(14)
[ ]
A．
action
B．
program
C．
treatment
D．
operation
(15)
[ ]
A．
repaired
B．
connected
C．
hurt
D．
improved
(16)
[ ]
A．
pleasure
B．
sadness
C．
nterest
D．
disappointment(失望)
(17)
[ ]
A．
at the TV station
B．
in the Students’ Union
C．
at the U.S．Forest Service
D．
at McCauley’s Bookstore
(18)
[ ]
A．
difference
B．
same
C．
usual
D．
request
(19)
[ ]
A．
so
B．
and
C．
but
D．
because
(20)
[ ]
A．
readers
B．
viewers
C．
customers
D．
passengers
完形填空：
I was 15 when I walked into McCauley’s Bookstore in Ashland．As I was looking at titles(标题)on the shelves, the man behind the counter(柜台)， 1 , asked if I’d like 2 ．I needed to start 3 for college, so I said yes．I 4 after school and during summers for the lowest wages(薪金)，and the job helped 5 my freshman(or first)year of college．I would work many other jobs：I made coffee in the Students’ Union during college, I was a hotel maid(or waitress)and 6 made maps for the U．S．Forest Service．But selling books was one of the most satisfying(令人满意的)．
One day a woman asked me for books on cancer．She seemed fearful(or much afraid)．I showed her almost 7 we had at that time in store and found other books we could order(定货)．She left the store less 8 ．I’ve always remembered the 9 I felt in having helped her．
Years later, as a 10 in Los Angeles, I heard about an immigrant(移民) child who was born 11 his fingers connected(or joined together), web-like．His family could not afford(or pay for)a corrective(矫正；整形)operation, and the boy lived in 12 , hiding his hand in his pocket．
I 13 my boss to let me do the story．After my story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the 14 for free．
I visited the boy in the recovery(康复)room soon after the operation．The first thing he did was to hold up his 15 hand and say, “Thank you．” I felt a sense(感觉)of 16 ．
In the past, while I was 17 , I always sensed(or felt)I was working for the customers(顾客)，not the store．Today it’s the 18 ．NBC News pays my salary(工资)， 19 I feel as if I work for the 20 , helping them make sense of(or find the meaning of)the world．
