________ his mom waiting for him at the door of the school, the little kid's eyes lit up．
A．When seeing
B．Having seen
C．Seeing
D．When he saw
科目：高中英语 来源：2011-2012学年浙江省温州市十校联合体高三期中联考英语卷 题型：阅读理解
I try not to be biased（偏见）but I had my doubts about hiring Stevie. His social worker assured me that he would be a good, reliable busboy. But I had never had a mentally handicapped employee. He was short, a little fat, with the smooth facial features and thick-togued speech of Down’s Syndrome（唐氏综合症）. I thought most of my customers would be uncomfortable around Stevie, so I closely watched him for the first few weeks.
I shouldn’t have worried. After the first week, Stevie had my staff wrapped around his stubby little finger, and within a month my regular trucker customers had adopted him as their official truck stop mascot. After that, I really didn't care what the rest of the customers thought of him. He was like a 21-year-old in blue jeans and Nikes, eager to laugh and eager to please, but fierce in his attention to his duties. Every salt and pepper shaker was exactly in its place, not a bread crumb or coffee spill was visible when Stevie got done with the table. Our only problem was persuading him to wait to clean a table until after the customers were finished.
Over time, we learned that he lived with his mother, a widow who was disabled. Money was tight, and what I paid him was probably the difference between them being able to live together and Stevie being sent to a group home.
That's why the restaurant was a gloomy place that morning last August, the first morning in three years that Stevie missed work. He was at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester getting a heart surgery. His social worker said that people with Downs Syndrome often had heart problems at an early age and there was a good chance he would come through the surgery in good shape and be back at work in a few months.
A ripple of excitement ran through the staff later that morning when word came that he was out of surgery, in recovery, and doing fine. Frannie, my head waitress, did a little dance when she heard the good news. Belle Ringer, one of our regular trucker customers, stared at her and asked, “Okay, Frannie, what was that all about?”
"We just got word that Stevie is out of surgery and going to be okay."
"I was wondering where he was. I had a new joke to tell him. What was the surgery about?"
Frannie quickly told Belle Ringer and the other two drivers sitting at his booth about Stevie's surgery, then sighed: "Yeah, I'm glad he is going to be OK," she said. "But I don't know how he and his Mom are going to handle all the bills. From what I hear, they're barely getting by as it is."
Belle Ringer nodded thoughtfully, and Frannie hurried off to wait on the rest of her tables.
After the morning rush, Frannie walked into my office. She had a couple of paper napkins in her hand.
"What's up?" I asked.
“I cleared off that table where Belle Ringer and his friends were sitting after they left, and I found this. This was folded and tucked under a coffee cup."
She handed the napkin to me, and three $20 bills fell onto my desk when I opened it. On the outside, in big, bold letters, was printed "Something For Stevie".
That was three months ago. Today is New Year’s day , the first day Stevie is supposed to be back to work. His placement worker said he had been counting the days until the doctor said he could work, I arranged to have his mother bring him to work, met them in the parking lot and invited them both to celebrate his day back. I took him and his mother by their arms. “To celebrate you coming back, breakfast for you and your mother is on me.”
I led them toward a large corner booth. I could feel and hear truck customers and the rest of the staff following behind as we marched through the dining room. We stopped in front of the big table. Its surface was covered with coffee cups and dinner plates, all sitting slightly on dozens of folded paper napkins.
"First thing you have to do, Stevie, is clean up this mess," I said.
Stevie looked at me, and then pulled out one of the napkins. It had "Something for Stevie" printed on the outside. As he picked it up, two $10 bills fell onto the table. Stevie stared at the money, then at all the napkins peeking from beneath the tableware, each with his name printed on it.
I turned to his mother. “There's more than $10,000 in cash and checks on that table, all from truckers and trucking companies that heard about your problems. Happy Thanksgiving!”
While everybody else was busy shaking hands and hugging each other, Stevie, with a big, big smile on his face, was busy clearing all the cups and dishes from the table.
【小题1】Why did the author have doubts about hiring Stevie?
| A．Stevie was not that reliable. | B．Stevie was mentally disabled |
| C．Stevie was too short and fat. | D．Stevie was bad-tempered |
| A．That he made customers uncomfortable. | B．That he couldn’t pay attention to his duties. |
| C．That he often spilled cups of coffee. | D．That he usually cleaned the table too early. |
| A．could help Stevie out of the trouble | B．could send Stevie to a group home |
| C．couldn’t thoroughly solve Stevie’s problem | D．could make a great difference to Stevie’s life |
| A．Stevie could pick up the money that was given to him. |
| B．The table was so dirty that it needed cleaning. |
| C．It was Stevie’s duty to clean the table. |
| D．She wanted to congratulate Stevie on his coming back. |
| A．His special appearance. | B．His hard work and optimism. |
| C．His funny speeches and actions. | D．His kind-hearted behaviour. |
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015届安徽省高一下学期第一次质量检测英语试卷（解析版） 题型：完型填空
I'd been travelling for long hours on a lonely country road when I had a flat tire. So I had to stop and get the tools to 36 the problem. It certainly wasn’t 37 doing this with a white shirt and suit on.
Nightfall was approaching. Suddenly a car pulled 38 from behind me. A man got out and offered to 39 me. Seeing his unpleasant appearance and tattoos（纹身）on his arm, I became 40 as thoughts of robberies flashed through my mind. But 41 I could say anything he had already begun to take the tools to change the 42 . While watching him I happened to look back at his car and noticed someone sitting in the passenger seat. This had 43 me.
Then, without 44 , it began to rain. He suggested that I wait in his car because my car was unsafe. As the rain increased, getting us wet within seconds, I 45 agreed. When I settle into the back seat, a woman’s voice came from the front seat. “Are you all right?” She turned around to me. “Yes, I am.’’ I replied with much 46 when seeing an old woman there. It must be his Mom, I thought. To my 47 , the old woman was a neighbor of the man who was helping me. “Jeff insisted on stopping when he saw you 48 with the tire. ”“I am grateful for his help, ” I said. “Me, too!” she said with a smile. He helped drive her to see her husband twice a week in a nursing home. She also said that he 49 at the church and tutored disadvantaged students.
The rain stopped and Jeff and I changed me tire. I tried to offer him money and of course he 50 it. It was shameful that I judged people by the way they 51 . As we shook hands I began to apologize for my 52 . He said, ‘‘I experience that same 53 often. People who look like me don’t do nice things. I 54 thought about changing the way. But then I saw this as a chance to make a 55 . So I’ll leave you with the same question I ask everyone who takes time to know me. If Jesus returned tomorrow and walked among us again, would you recognize Him by what He wore or by what He did?’’
1. A．find B．make C．fix D．avoid
2. A．useful B．easy C．wise D．lucky
3. A．up B．out C．on D．round
4. A．carry B．lift C．drive D．help
5. A．discouraged B．frightened C．disappointed D．astonished
6. A．when B．until C．as D．before
7. A．tire B．suit C．expression D．shirt
8. A．embarrassed B．concerned C．discouraged D．puzzled
9. A．warning B．realizing C．knowing D．waiting
10. A．directly B．happily C．hurriedly D．unwillingly
11. A．fear B．satisfaction C．relief D．excitement
12. A．regret B．amusement C．surprise D．delight
13. A．working B．repairing C．fighting D．struggling
14. A．studied B．performed C．grew D．volunteered
15. A．refused B．kept C．ignored D．left
16. A．behaved B．spoke C．looked D．thought
17. A．selfishness B．stupidity C．weakness D．disability
18. A．life B．incident C．reaction D．change
19. A．hardly B．actually C．finally D．probably
20. A．point B．start C．remark D．comparison
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科目：高中英语 来源：2011-2012学年重庆市高三第一次月考（英语） 题型：阅读理解
In Colombia , there are some unwritten rules that people are used to , These rules are not officially established , but people do respect them . For example , on a bus , a person keeps a distance from another person , and people don’t like to touch each other . Many people come to work late because they prefer to wait for another bus if the first one is too crowded . They don’t want to have to stand too close to another person , or maybe they are afraid of starting a conversation .
A friend of mine in Colombia once said his mom got angry because he came home late , so he asked her , “ Mom , what do you think of most people arriving at their jobs so late ? ” That gave her the answer to her question since everyone knows no one wants to get on a bus that is too crowded . His mother realized at that moment that customs have a big influence on a person’s life .
Sometimes , people don’t like to make any kind of conversation or make eye contact with others . For example , when they are in line at a bank , they prefer to look up or down rather than look at other people .
Moreover , people usually look down when they are in an elevator . Not only on a bus , in line at a bank , and in an elevator do people usually avoid talking to other people , but also in the streets when they are walking , they prefer to look down and to avoid contact with others .
1.Why do many people get to work late in Colombia ?
A. They always think the next bus will be better .
B. They don’t want to get on crowded buses .
C. It’s an official rule in Colombia .
D. They get into conversations and miss their buses .
2.From the text we learn that __________ .
A. customs influence people’s lives
B. a mother always understands her son
C. people respect each other in Colombia
D. people like to talk in elevators in Colombia
3.When people in Colombia are in line at banks , they __________ .
A. make eye contact B. look at other people
C. make conversation D. look up or down
4.What would be the best title for the text ?
A. What People Do in Different Situations B. Avoid Getting on a Crowded Bus
C. Special Customs in Colombia D. Obeying Unwritten Rules
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科目：高中英语 来源：2010-2011学年河北省石家庄市高三第二次模拟考试英语试题 题型：阅读理解
In Colombia, there are some unwritten rules that people are used to. These rules are not officially established, but people do respect them. For example, on a bus, a person keeps a distance from another person, and people don’t like to touch each other. Many people come to work late because they prefer to wait for another bus if the first one is too crowded. They don’t want to have to stand too close to another person, or maybe they are afraid of starting a conversation.
A friend of mine in Colombia once said his mom got angry because he came home late, so he asked her, “Mom, what do you think of most people arriving at their jobs so late?” That gave her the answer to her question since everyone knows no one wants to get on a bus that is too crowded. His mother realized at that moment that customs have a big influence on a person’s life.
Sometimes, people don’t like to make any kind of conversation or make eye contact(接触) with others. For example, when they are in line at a bank, they prefer to look up or down rather than look at other people.
Moreover, people usually look down when they are in an elevator. Not only on a bus, in line at a bank, and in an elevator do people usually avoid talking to other people, but also in the streets when they are walking, they prefer to look down and to avoid contact with others.
1. Why do many people get to work late in Colombia?
A. They always think the next bus will be better.
B. They don’t want to get on crowded buses.
C. It’s an official rule in Colombia.
D. They get into conversations and miss their buses.
2. From the text we learn that .
A. customs influence people’s lives B. a mother always understands her son
C. people respect each other in Colombia D. people like to talk in elevators in Colombia
3.When people in Colombia are in line at banks, they .
A. make eye contact B. look at other people
C. make conversation D. look up or down
4. What would be the best title for the text?
A. What People Do in Different Situations B. Avoid Getting on a Crowded Bus
C. Special Customs in Colombia D. Obeying Unwritten Rules
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科目：高中英语 来源：2012届浙江省温州市十校联合体高三期中联考英语题 题型：阅读理解
I try not to be biased（偏见）but I had my doubts about hiring Stevie. His social worker assured me that he would be a good, reliable busboy. But I had never had a mentally handicapped employee. He was short, a little fat, with the smooth facial features and thick-togued speech of Down’s Syndrome（唐氏综合症）. I thought most of my customers would be uncomfortable around Stevie, so I closely watched him for the first few weeks.
I shouldn’t have worried. After the first week, Stevie had my staff wrapped around his stubby little finger, and within a month my regular trucker customers had adopted him as their official truck stop mascot. After that, I really didn't care what the rest of the customers thought of him. He was like a 21-year-old in blue jeans and Nikes, eager to laugh and eager to please, but fierce in his attention to his duties. Every salt and pepper shaker was exactly in its place, not a bread crumb or coffee spill was visible when Stevie got done with the table. Our only problem was persuading him to wait to clean a table until after the customers were finished.
Over time, we learned that he lived with his mother, a widow who was disabled. Money was tight, and what I paid him was probably the difference between them being able to live together and Stevie being sent to a group home.
That's why the restaurant was a gloomy place that morning last August, the first morning in three years that Stevie missed work. He was at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester getting a heart surgery. His social worker said that people with Downs Syndrome often had heart problems at an early age and there was a good chance he would come through the surgery in good shape and be back at work in a few months.
A ripple of excitement ran through the staff later that morning when word came that he was out of surgery, in recovery, and doing fine. Frannie, my head waitress, did a little dance when she heard the good news. Belle Ringer, one of our regular trucker customers, stared at her and asked, “Okay, Frannie, what was that all about?”
"We just got word that Stevie is out of surgery and going to be okay."
"I was wondering where he was. I had a new joke to tell him. What was the surgery about?"
Frannie quickly told Belle Ringer and the other two drivers sitting at his booth about Stevie's surgery, then sighed: "Yeah, I'm glad he is going to be OK," she said. "But I don't know how he and his Mom are going to handle all the bills. From what I hear, they're barely getting by as it is."
Belle Ringer nodded thoughtfully, and Frannie hurried off to wait on the rest of her tables.
After the morning rush, Frannie walked into my office. She had a couple of paper napkins in her hand.
"What's up?" I asked.
“I cleared off that table where Belle Ringer and his friends were sitting after they left, and I found this. This was folded and tucked under a coffee cup."
She handed the napkin to me, and three $20 bills fell onto my desk when I opened it. On the outside, in big, bold letters, was printed "Something For Stevie".
That was three months ago. Today is New Year’s day , the first day Stevie is supposed to be back to work. His placement worker said he had been counting the days until the doctor said he could work, I arranged to have his mother bring him to work, met them in the parking lot and invited them both to celebrate his day back. I took him and his mother by their arms. “To celebrate you coming back, breakfast for you and your mother is on me.”
I led them toward a large corner booth. I could feel and hear truck customers and the rest of the staff following behind as we marched through the dining room. We stopped in front of the big table. Its surface was covered with coffee cups and dinner plates, all sitting slightly on dozens of folded paper napkins.
"First thing you have to do, Stevie, is clean up this mess," I said.
Stevie looked at me, and then pulled out one of the napkins. It had "Something for Stevie" printed on the outside. As he picked it up, two $10 bills fell onto the table. Stevie stared at the money, then at all the napkins peeking from beneath the tableware, each with his name printed on it.
I turned to his mother. “There's more than $10,000 in cash and checks on that table, all from truckers and trucking companies that heard about your problems. Happy Thanksgiving!”
While everybody else was busy shaking hands and hugging each other, Stevie, with a big, big smile on his face, was busy clearing all the cups and dishes from the table.
1.Why did the author have doubts about hiring Stevie?
A．Stevie was not that reliable. B．Stevie was mentally disabled
C．Stevie was too short and fat. D．Stevie was bad-tempered
2.What made the author not fully satisfied with Stevie’s work?
A．That he made customers uncomfortable. B．That he couldn’t pay attention to his duties.
C．That he often spilled cups of coffee. D．That he usually cleaned the table too early.
3.By saying the underlined words in Paragaraph3, the author meant that the money she paid Stevie .
A．could help Stevie out of the trouble B．could send Stevie to a group home
C．couldn’t thoroughly solve Stevie’s problem D．could make a great difference to Stevie’s life
4.Why did the author ask Stevie to clean up the mess on the table?
A．Stevie could pick up the money that was given to him.
B．The table was so dirty that it needed cleaning.
C．It was Stevie’s duty to clean the table.
D．She wanted to congratulate Stevie on his coming back.
5.What made Stevie popular among the staff and customers in the restaurant?
A．His special appearance. B．His hard work and optimism.
C．His funny speeches and actions. D．His kind-hearted behaviour.
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