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第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 I was 18 when I walked into McCarley’s Bookstore in Ashland. As I was looking at 36 on the shelves, the man behind the counter (柜台), the 37 , asked if I’d like 38 . I needed to start 39 for college, so I said yes. I 40 after school and during summers for the lowest wages and the job helped pay for my freshman year of college. I would work many other jobs. I made coffee in the Students Union during college; I was a hotel maid and even made maps for the U. S. Forest Service. But selling books was one of the most 41 . One day a woman asked me for books on cancer(癌症). She seemed fearful. I showed her almost 42 we had at that time 43 and found other books we could order. She left the store less 44 . I’ve always remembered the 45 I felt in having helped her. Years later, as a 46 in Los Angeles, I heard about an immigrant child who was born with his fingers connected, web-like. His family could not 47 a corrective operation, and the boy lived in 48 , hiding his hand in his pocket. I 49 my boss to let me do the story. After my story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the 50 for free. I visited the boy in the recovery room soon after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his 51 hand and say, “Thank you.” I felt a sense of 52 . In the past, while I was 53 , I always sense I was working for the customers, not the store. Today it’s the same. NBC News pays my salary, 54 I feel as if I work for the 55 , helping them make sense of the world. 36. A. mapsB. titlesC. articlesD. reports 37. A. readerB. studentC. ownerD. customer 38. A. a bookB. a jobC. some teaD. any help 39. A. planningB. savingC. preparingD. studying 40. A. readB. studiedC. cookedD. worked 41. A. boringB. surprisingC. satisfyingD. disappointing 42. A. anythingB. somethingC. nothingD. everything 43. A. in needB. in allC. in orderD. in store 44. A. worriedB. satisfiedC. excitedD. puzzled 45. A. prideB. failureC. regretD. surprise 46. A. doctorB. store ownerC. booksellerD. TV reporter 47. A. payB. costC. affordD. spend 48. A. shameB. honourC. horrorD. danger 49. A. advisedB. forcedC. persuadedD. permitted 50. A. actionB. programC. treatmentD. operation 51. A. repairedB. connectedC. injuredD. improved 52. A. pleasureB. sadnessC. interestD. disappointment 53. A. at the TV stationB. in the Students Union C. at the U. S. Forest ServiceD. at McCarley’s Bookstore 54. A. soB. andC. butD. because 55. A. readersB. viewersC. customersD. passengers (责任编辑：admin) |