Question

One winter morning I bought a copy of the New York World and turned its pages until I got the “Help Wanted Unskilled” section.A small advertisement held my1.It read, “Easy job.Good wages.No experience2.” It sounded like the job I was3.Easy job.Good wages.Those four words4now and then in my brain as I was traveling to the address indicated in the5.Easy job.Good wages.Easy job.Good wages.Easy ...
When I got to the place I saw a series of large6half filled with water, out of which I noticed7the necks of many bottles of various sizes and shapes.8these basins there were a number of workers sitting on small wooden benches.All had their9in the water of the basin, the left hand holding a 10and the thumb nail of the right hand scratching(刮;擦) the labels on11.
I sat down on a12beside one of the basins and started to work on one bottle.As the minutes went by I noticed that the13of the water started to14from my hand to my body.But 15still, the delicate thumb of my right hand was 16by the minute into a full­ blown tomato­ colored finger.A numb(麻木的)pain began to be felt17from my right thumb.Then I began to feel as if the pain was coming from a finger bigger than all my body.
After three hours of this I told the manager I’d 18.He figured I had 1969 cents at 23 cents an hour.With the money, I left the working place.“Easy job.Good wages.” came to my brain again.Looking at my hands, I20myself, “Can easy job get good wages？”

1. 1.
   1. A.
      eyes
   2. B.
      attention
   3. C.
      decision
   4. D.
      breath
2. 2.
   1. A.
      necessary
   2. B.
      relevant
   3. C.
      practical
   4. D.
      primitive
3. 3.
   1. A.
      running after
   2. B.
      looking for
   3. C.
      heading for
   4. D.
      looking after
4. 4.
   1. A.
      circled
   2. B.
      moved
   3. C.
      flashed
   4. D.
      attacked
5. 5.
   1. A.
      letter
   2. B.
      sign
   3. C.
      advertisement
   4. D.
      post
6. 6.
   1. A.
      baskets
   2. B.
      bowls
   3. C.
      pots
   4. D.
      basins
7. 7.
   1. A.
      hiding
   2. B.
      sticking
   3. C.
      rising
   4. D.
      breaking
8. 8.
   1. A.
      In
   2. B.
      Above
   3. C.
      Under
   4. D.
      Around
9. 9.
   1. A.
      arms
   2. B.
      hands
   3. C.
      legs
   4. D.
      feet
10. 10.
    1. A.
       knife
    2. B.
       snail
    3. C.
       bottle
    4. D.
       brush
11. 11.
    1. A.
       that
    2. B.
       those
    3. C.
       them
    4. D.
       it
12. 12.
    1. A.
       chair
    2. B.
       bench
    3. C.
       bottle
    4. D.
       sofa
13. 13.
    1. A.
       smell
    2. B.
       coldness
    3. C.
       color
    4. D.
       steam
14. 14.
    1. A.
       spread
    2. B.
       travel
    3. C.
       recycle
    4. D.
       accelerate
15. 15.
    1. A.
       worse
    2. B.
       better
    3. C.
       more
    4. D.
       rather
16. 16.
    1. A.
       going
    2. B.
       finding
    3. C.
       growing
    4. D.
       becoming
17. 17.
    1. A.
       now and then
    2. B.
       here and there
    3. C.
       one by one
    4. D.
       little by little
18. 18.
    1. A.
       adapt
    2. B.
       equip
    3. C.
       bargain
    4. D.
       quit
19. 19.
    1. A.
       taken
    2. B.
       offered
    3. C.
       earned
    4. D.
       created
20. 20.
    1. A.
       thought
    2. B.
       asked
    3. C.
       found
    4. D.
       hated

Answer 1

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