第三节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项A、B、C、D中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
Jessie's Glove
I do a lot of management training each year for the Circle K Corporation, a national chain of convenience stores. 21 the topics we discuss is the retention （保持）of quality employees -- a real challenge to managers when you consider the pay scale （薪水标准）in the service industry. During these discussions, I asked the participants, "What has caused you to stay long enough to become a manager?" Some time back a new 22 took the question and 23 said, "It was a $19 baseball glove."
Cynthia told the group that she 24 took a Circle K clerk job as an interim （过渡时期）position 25 she looked for something 26 .On her second or third day behind the counter, she received a phone call from her nine-year-old son, Jessie. He needed a baseball glove for Little League. She explained that 27 a single mother, money was very 28 , and her first check would 29 go for paying 30 . Perhaps she could buy his baseball glove with her second or third check..
When Cynthia arrived for work the next morning, Patricia, the store manager, asked her to come to the small room in the back of the store that 31 as an office. Cynthia 32 if she had done something wrong or left some part of her job incomplete from the day before. She was concerned and confused．
Patricia handed her a box. "I overheard you talking to your son 33 ," she said, "and I know that it is hard to 34 things to kids. This is a baseball glove for Jessie because he may not understand how 35 he is, even though you have to pay bills 36 you can buy gloves. You know we can't pay good people like you as much as we would like to; but we 37 care, and I want you to know you are important to 38 ."
The thoughtfulness, sympathy and 39 of this convenience store manager demonstrates vividly that people remember more how much an employer 40 than how much the employer pays. An important lesson for the price of a Little League baseball glove.
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A couple of weeks ago, my friend offered to sell some of our things for us. I thought it was a good opportunity to my 7-year-old son’s room and some toys that were no longer suitable for him to play with. We that all the money we got from selling the toys would be his money.
The night before the , we loaded up the truck with toys and a little bike that was too for him. In the yard he the bike for the last time and then happily put it onto the truck. This little bike had at least two previous owners as far as we . It wasn’t in the best and was certainly not new, but the tires were good.
We put a price of $10 on it, but it didn’t sell. So, after the sale was , my friend put it on the sidewalk, with a sign that “FREE BIKE”. Within five minutes her doorbell rang. A little boy was there. In poor English he asked whether the bike was free. She said yes and that he could have it for . He smiled, got on the bike and rode away.
Later that evening when I told my son how much money he had made at the sale, he was very , shouting happily. He asked about a few of his things, wondering they had been sold. When he asked about the bike, I told him about the little boy and that made him . He was much happier than when I told him how much he had . He was so happy to that someone else would make good of that little bike!
A．clean B．check C．display D．design
A．look for B．go through C．show off D．deal with
A．refused B．agreed C．wrote D．lied
A．trip B．show C．sale D．decision
A．weak B．small C．new D．thin
A．rode B．found C．watched D．felt
A．doubted B．knew C．told D．thought
A．time B．chance C．place D．shape
A．also B．never C．still D．hardly
A．ahead B．on C．near D．over
A．said B．repeated C．copied D．expressed
A．jumping B．standing C．walking D．shouting
A．barely B．usually C．really D．always
A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
A．calm B．scared C．excited D．disappointed
A．when B．if C．why D．how
A．smile B．worry C．leave D．cry
A．enjoyed B．lost C．bought D．made
A．hear B．understand C．remember D．think
A．interest B．money C．use D．price
Nick was not the kind of boy I had expected to spend my summer with. I was hoping to have a relaxation the summer before my busy senior year, ____ my mother asked me to do her a ____. One of her colleagues needed a full- time ____. “You planned to volunteer at the local hospital; why not volunteer to ____ Nick instead？” Then she told me that this six-year-old boy was not a ____ child.
Nick was a lovely little boy who suffered from many disorders（混乱；失调）. Normal day-care centers would not ____ him. As a baby, he had serious ear infections（感染） which left him with equilibrium(平衡) problems. He couldn't ____ or run properly. I was hesitating ____ I was to take the job when my mother ____, “Don't you want to be a nurse in the future? I doubt if you even have the ____.”
Then I told her I was ____ for the job.
The day started at 7：00 a．m. Nick was my wake-up call! With so much energy and very little ____ , he was quite a mix.
At the park, when he saw all the other children play on the jungle gym and swings, the boy's face ____ up—How he wished he belonged to the group of his age! You would think it would be____ to get a child to go down a slide（滑道；滑坡）. Believe me, it wasn't! It took time, a lot of time. But with patience and support, Nick took one step up the slide each day. We worked together to face his ____ and gradually he got closer to taking the slide of his life.
Halfway through the summer, he ____ it to the top of the slide. With my arms ___ him tightly, we flew down the slide! I waited for his reaction. After ____ that he was safe and sound, he gave me a big hug and asked, “May I go down again, alone？”
I had never been happier in my life when I saw this little child climb the ladder and ____ what other children take for granted.
This ____ child taught me that being a nurse means respect, kindness and patience.
A．and B．however C．so D．but
A．service B．business C．favor（支持） D．trade
A．nurse B．waitress C．guard D．guide
A．protect B．attend C．defend D．comfort
A．naughty B．clever C．normal D．happy
A．admit B．receive C．accept D．adopt（采纳）
A．speak B．play C．stand D．walk
A．if B．what C．why D．where
A．suggested B．argued C．challenged D．commented
A．courage B．energy C．faith D．time
A．eager B．sorry C．grateful D．ready
A．awareness B．knowledge C．balance D．control
A．delighted B．cheered C．lit D．shut
A．difficult B．interesting C．simple D．terrible
A．fears B．worries C．chances D．situation
A．climbed B．got C．managed D．made
A．taking B．holding C．bringing D．greeting
A．realizing B．researching C．worrying D．wondering
A．play B．ignore C．enjoy D．share
A．ordinary B．smart C．brave D．special
Douglas was my cousin. I first met him when he came to stay with my family for a , because his parents were going to teach in Africa.
He and his family lived on the other side of the country, so we had never had a chance to visit. However, when we arrived at the airport, it was not hard to find which person was my . He was the one standing all alone, looking around for someone to him. He looked a little scared(害怕的) to meet us, but started to smile shyly after my mom hugged(拥抱) him.
When we got back home and Douglas started his things, I could not believe it. All of his 40 were the same, all white shirts and dark blue shorts.
“How can you only one kind of clothes?” I asked him.
“That’s the way my school has always been,” he said. “We have to wear uniforms.”
“I would hate having to wear the thing every day.”
“I don’t mind,” Douglas said. “It time. I don’t have to think about what I am going to wear.”
“Well we don’t wear uniforms at our . You’re going to look pretty funny if you come to school in a jacket and tie(领带).
Douglas looked worried. , I felt bad. I had not meant(打算) to hurt him. After all, it was not easy to come to live with some family for a year. Then and there I decided that I was going to my cousin and try to make this as good a year as possible for him.”
A．day B．week C．month D．year
A．parent B．cousin C．uncle D．friend
A．meet B．teach C．help D．ask
A．putting away B．laughing at C．playing with D．speaking about
A．bags B．pictures C．books D．clothes
A．make B．hate C．wear D．sell
A．right B．same C．only D．old
A．wastes B．saves C．spends D．has
A．school B．country C．home D．airport
A．Really B．Luckily C．Suddenly D．Secretly
A．difficult B．special C．big D．strange
A．look at B．look for C．look after D．look up
My earliest bee experience took place at a summer camp. One day our teacher told us to head up the hill nearby. As little kids do, we all began to race to our .The girls took the concrete（水泥）stairs the boys ran straight up the grassy hill, at the top of which sat a long wooden fence. fear the boys ahead of me vaulted（跳跃）over the fence bravely.
What should I do? Take the stairs and look like a girl, or jump the fence and look ? Then I took my chances with the .
Standing in front of the fence, I placed both hands on the top and . The moment of truth had arrived. If I made it, then I would be as cool as all the other guys. If I didn’t make it…
I it. As I jumped, my foot caught on the top of the fence. I went! But I landed on my backside. I to laugh off the accident. But then I something moving under me. Just then I saw what seemed like hundreds of bees flying towards me. I had a beehive! I jumped and as fast as I could. But bees flew faster than I ran. At that moment, all the kids at the camp ran after me, too. What a（an） situation I was in!
When the teacher caught me in the camp parking lot, my were covered with bees. With all the other campers standing around, he all my clothes but my underwear. Bees flew out of my clothes and out of my mouth!
I had gained the of the entire camp, but I did not feel very cool. When all was said and done, I found that I had been given almost 45 bee stings（蜇）all over my body. I learned a most lesson that day. When we are occupied by the to look cool, we might find ourselves sitting on a beehive. I have stopped trying to be cool since then.
A．home B．trip C．destination D．village
A．but B．therefore C．because D．as
A．With B．Without C．For D．Out of
A．brave B．cool C．strong D．lively
A．stairs B．girls C．boys D．fence
A．hesitated B．watched C．jumped D．trembled
A．made B．almost made C．wouldn’t make D．didn’t make
A．Down B．Up C．Over D．Out
A．managed B．failed C．continued D．tried
A．caught B．felt C．saw D．heard
A．pulled down B．broken into C．landed on D．knocked over
A．hid B．walked C．crawled D．rushed
A．exciting B．fearful C．embarrassing D．funny
A．clothes B．arms C．legs D．classmates
A．put on B．took off C．found out D．took away
A．also B．nearly C．even D．hardly
A．sympathy B．attention C．strength D．help
A．valuable B．humorous C．satisfying D．interesting
A．consideration B．way C．curiosity D．desire
A．Still B．So C．Yet D．However
Tracy Wong is a well-known Chinese-American writer. But her writing ____ was something she picked up by herself. After her first____, teaching disabled children, she became a part-time writer for IBM. ____, writing stories was simply a ____ interest. Tracy sent three of her stories to a publisher. ____, they immediately suggested that she put them together to make a single one long ____ and paid Tracy a $ 15,000 advance. “A pretty money,” said the publisher, “for ____ writer.”
____ Tracy’s characters are interesting, her stories sometimes ____ readers uneasy: those about the supernatural. “My mother believed I could ____ the afterlife world,” she told a close friend. “She used to have me speak with my grandmother, who died many years ago.”
“Can I ? I don’t think I can,” Tracy said with a laugh. “But I do have ____ when things come to me ____. “Once, she was wondering how to complete a ____ set in ancient China. ____ the doorbell rang. It was a FedEx delivery man, with a copy of a book on Chinese ____. It came without her having ____ it.
Though she has published 45 books, Tracy has remained ____ by her fame. She lives in the same ____ she lived 27 years ago — although in a more comfortable home. There’s more room for ____ in her life — and it wasn’t just __ __.
A．practice B．experience C．skill D．method
A．job B．effort C．duty D．task
A．Instead B．Then C．Certainly D．Normally
A．general B．deep C．lively D．personal
A．Interested B．Anxiously C．Seriously D．Encouraged
A．story B．film C．program D．article
A．a foreign B．a popular C．an unknown D．an unusual
A．Now that B．Even though C．Just because D．Except that
A．find B．turn C．hold D．leave
A．connect with B．make up C．control D．explain
A．events B．moments C．feelings D．chances
A．as gifts B．from a distance C．by accident D．for no reason
A．description B．condition C．scene D．talk
A．Surprisingly B．Fortunately C．Expectedly D．Suddenly
A．cooking B．medicine C．history D．play
A．ordered B．sent C．realized D．known
A．determined B．excited C．unchanged D．unmoved
A．life B．way C．house D．city
A．success B．joy C．work D．variety
A．reporting B．fun C．luck D．writing
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