Question

 (甘肃省天水一中2009届高三最后一次模拟考试)

My senior year of high school was very busy. If I wasn’t studying or worrying about 21 , I was taking part in many activities after class or attempting to make my plans for  22  .

       As the senior year began to slow down, I got a  23  job working at a local coffee shop. I had expected that the job would be   24  , but there are   25   when I was angry at the human race as a whole, simply because I couldn’t seem to   26  anyone. There was always too much sugar, too little ice, or not enough milk. However, I  27   working at this coffee shop.

       One day, one of my  28   customers came in, looking depressed and defeated. I asked what the    29   was and if I could help, but the customer wouldn’t say any details. He just said that he felt like lying on the bed,   30     the sheets up over his head, and staying there for a few years. I knew exactly how he felt. Before he left, I handed him a   31   with his coffee. He looked at me   32   because he hadn’t ordered anything but the coffee. He opened the bag and saw that I had given him his favorite cookies. “It’s on me.” I told him.

       The next day that customer came again.   33  ordering anything, he   34   me a pink rose and a thank-you note saying that not too many people took the time to care about   35   and that he was   36   there were still people like me in the world.

       As time went on, I came across many   37   customers. But anytime I felt  38  , I thought of that little  39  . Then I would smile, hold my head up high, clear my  40   and ask politely, “How can I help you?”

21. A. time                           B. grades                   C. money                         D. jobs

22. A. career                     B. business                   C. college                     D. holidays

23. A. permanent               B. better-paid             C. respectable            D. part-time

24. A. free                           B. demanding             C. difficult                    D. easy

25. A. moments                B. events                   C. feelings                    D. chances

26. A. please                     B. admire                   C. contact                    D. excite

27. A. quit                           B. enjoyed              C. kept                      D. avoided

28. A. poor                          B. regular                         C. big                           D. potential

29. A. order                      B. problem                 C. illness                   D. feeling

30. A. tearing                    B. covering                C. pulling               D. folding

31. A. bill                      B. plate                      C. note                      D. bag

32. A. angrily                    B. nervously              C. hopefully               D. doubtfully

33. A. Because of              B. Instead of         C. Except for           D. As for

34. A. ordered                   B. returned                C. handed                     D. promised

35. A. others                     B. themselves             C. customers             D. him

36. A. glad                           B. curious                  C. worried                    D. sad

37. A. polite                      B. kind                      C. complaining              D. interesting

38. A. lonely                     B. proud                    C. discouraged                  D. happy

39. A. note                           B. dialogue                 C. bag                       D. rose

40. A. mind                          B. throat                    C. tables                    D. doubts

Answer 1

答案  21.B  22.C  23.D  24.D  25.A  26.A  27.C  28.B  29.B  30.C    31.D 32.D 33.B  34.C  35.A  36.A  37.C  38.C  39.A  40.B