阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适

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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
Two years ago, a restaurant had fallen upon hard times. Only five      were left: the manager and four others, all over 60 years old.
In the town near the restaurant there ___    ___ a successful businessman who was good at managing business, so the manager              to ask the businessman if he could offer any advice that might               the restaurant. The manager and the businessman talked for a long period of time,          when he was asked for advice, the businessman          for a while and then said, “I have no ______ to give. The       thing I can tell you is that the saver(救星) is one of you.”
The manager, returning to the restaurant      , told the other people what the businessman had said. In the months that followed, the old restaurant workers thought ______ of the words of the businessman, “The saver is one of us?” they asked themselves. As they      about this possibility, they all began to treat each other with        respect. And thinking that each of themselves      be the saver, they also began to treat themselves with more care.
______ time went by, people coming to the restaurant      that some respect and warm kindness were around the five old members of the small restaurant. Hardly knowing      , more people began to come back to the restaurant. They began to      their friends, and theirs brought more friends. Two years later, the small restaurant had once again      a big food company, thanks to the businessman’s      . They understood that it was they themselves that were the _______.

A．members

B．waiters

C．cooks

D．customers

A．lived

B．stood

C．lay

D． sat

A．hoped

B．decided

C．allowed

D．began

A．Build

B．change

C．Sell

D．save

A．But

B．and

C．Until

D．so

A．rest

B．laughed

C．stopped

D．wasted

A. money B. advice C food D. clothes

A．least

B．most

C．simple

D．only

A．hopefully

B．angrily

C．lively

D．nervously

A．strangely

B．angrily

C．carefully

D．excitedly

A．heard

B．Guessed

C．worried

D．thought

A．similar

B．strange

C．special

D．strong

A．need

B．might

C．have to

D．dare

A．With

B．Since

C．Before

D．As

A．recognized

B．advised

C．felt

D．wished

A．what

B．how

C．when

D．why

A．order

B．bring

C．help

D．make

A．become

B．Controlled

C．organized

D．increased

A．advice

B．methods

C．words

D．success

A．God

B．helper

C．winner

D．saver

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