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It was the end of my first day as waitress in a busy New York restaurant.My cap had gone away,and my feet were ____.The loaded plates I carried ____ to be heavier and heavier.Tired and discouraged,I wasn’t able to do anything ____.As I made out a check for a family with several children who had changed their ice­cream ____ a dozen times,I was ready to stop.Then the father ____ at me as he handed me my tip.“Well done,”he said,“you’ve ____ us really well.” Suddenly my tiredness ____.I smiled back,and later,when the ____ asked me how I’d like my first day,I said,“Fun!” Those few words of praise had ____ everything.Praise is like ____ to the human spirit;we cannot grow without it.And ___,while most of us are only too ____ to apply to others the cold wind of criticism,we are ___ to give our fellows the warm sunshine of praise.Why—when one word of praise can bring such ____?
It is strange how chary(吝啬的) we are about praising.Perhaps it’s ____ few of us know how to accept it.It’s ____ rewarding to give praise in areas in which ___ generally goes unnoticed or unmentioned.An artist gets admired for a glorious picture,a cook for a ____ meal.But do you ever tell your laundry manager how pleased you are when the shirts are ____ just right?In fact,to give praise ____ the giver nothing but a moment’s thought and a moment’s effort.
小题1:
A.smallB.painful
C.toughD.white
小题2:
A.remainedB.looked
C.seemedD.turned
小题3:
A.happyB.special
C.strangeD.right
小题4:
A.orderB.price
C.colourD.shape
小题5:
A.staredB.smiled
C.calledD.nodded
小题6:
A.talked aboutB.looked after
C.depended onD.thought of
小题7:
A.increasedB.continued
C.disappearedD.developed
小题8:
A.childrenB.manager
C.fatherD.friends
小题9:
A.madeB.changed
C.foundD.improved
小题10:
A.heatB.shadow
C.snowstormD.sunlight
小题11:
A.thenB.thus
C.nowD.yet
小题12:
A.readyB.doubtful
C.satisfiedD.disappointed
小题13:
A.unableB.unwilling
C.boredD.anxious
小题14:
A.attentionB.choice
C.pleasureD.advance
小题15:
A.becauseB.when
C.whetherD.that
小题16:
A.finallyB.especially
C.probablyD.fortunately
小题17:
A.effortB.effect
C.deedD.feeling
小题18:
A.dailyB.light
C.perfectD.main
小题19:
A.done B.sold
C.chosenD.given
小题20:
A.takesB.leaves
C.offers D.costs

小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:B
小题6:B
小题7:C
小题8:B
小题9:B
小题10:D
小题11:D
小题12:A
小题13:B
小题14:C
小题15:A
小题16:B
小题17:A
小题18:C
小题19:A
小题20:D

小题1: B
解析 经过在饭店一天的辛苦劳动,作者的帽子掉了,脚也酸痛(painful)。
小题2: C
解析 由前两句和后一句可知,作者已经很累了。不是盛满菜的盘子越来越重,而是作者感觉它们越来越重。seem好像,似乎,符合语境。
小题3: D
解析 作者由于劳累,事情都做不好了。
小题4: A
解析 由句意可知,孩子们不断地更换想点的冰激凌的品种。
小题5: B
解析 根据下文“I smiled back...”可知,他应该是朝作者微笑。stare at凝视;call at拜访;nod at朝……点头。
小题6: B
解析 他们是顾客,而作者是服务生,二者是照顾(looked after)与被照顾的关系。
小题7: C
解析 因为受到了赞扬,作者的疲劳感消失了(disappeared)。
小题8: B
解析 根据语境可知,应是经理(manager)问起作者第一天上班的感受。
小题9: B
解析 赞扬的话让作者的疲劳感消失,可知这些话改变了(changed)一切。
小题10: D
解析 根据下文的“...give our fellows the warm sunshine of praise.”可知,赞扬就像阳光一样温暖着我们的心。
小题11:D
解析 根据空格后面的句意“我们大多数人都总是批评别人而不是赞扬”可知,此处与前句构成转折关系。
小题12: A
解析 然而我们大多数人总是爱批评别人。be ready to do sth有“情愿/急于做某事”之意,符合语境。
小题13: B
解析 根据下一段的首句“It is strange how chary(吝啬的) we are about praising.”可知,我们总是不愿意给我们的伙伴赞美之辞。
小题14: C
解析 根据上文可知,一句赞美的话可以带给别人很大的快乐(pleasure)。
小题15:A
解析 此句用perhaps引出“It is strange...about praising.”的原因,“few of us know how to accept it”是作者揣摩这种现象的原因。
小题16: B
解析 根据下文可知,在一些努力通常不被注意和提及的领域给予赞扬尤其有意义。especially尤其;finally最后;probably很可能地;fortunately幸运地。
小题17:A
解析 根据上面叙述的作者的打工经历可知,这里指的是劳动或者努力(effort)。
小题18: C
解析 与上句的a glorious picture相对应。perfect完美的,符合语境。
小题19: A
解析 洗衣店把衣服洗干净。
小题20: D
解析 由句意可知,赞扬别人并不需要称赞者花费(costs)什么,除了片刻的思考和努力。
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“She wasn’t being asked to hit them because they didn’t behave well,” he said. “She was told to punch these puppies with a closed fist simply to let them know who is the boss,” Donna refused. Good for Donna. In my view, you hit an animal for only two reasons: as a way to teach it an important lesson to protect it from danger, such as not into the road; or because you like hurting animals.
Last summer, I attended a horse race. I don’t know much about horses, but I was alarmed when I saw a horse with a huge ulcer (溃疡) on its legs. “Surely this horse won’t race?” I asked. I was very surprised that nobody in the crowd seemed concerned.
The horse began the race, but later it fell heavily. It had broken its leg. The next thing I saw was its dead body in a bag, being driven past. No one seemed to care, except those who had bet on it. I know people care for horse racing, but do they really care for horses? I doubt it.
Oh, but it’s a tradition, I hear you say. Wouldn’t the world be a boring place if we didn’t occasionally hit, shoot and chase animals? Traditions are made by man and can be unmade. It was once acceptable to kill servants when their master died, to visit the mental hospitals to laugh at the patients or to watch public execution (执行死刑).
Nor should it be forgotten that in our progress to a more civilized world, animals have played an important role: they have fed us, carried us, worked for us, rescued us, died for us and sometimes just saved us from loneliness. Surely by now they deserve our kindness. At the very least, they deserve our respect.
小题1:Donna was asked to hit the young dogs because ________.
A.they misbehaved
B.their owner disliked them
C.people on the farm enjoy hurting them
D.it was a way to train them to obey people
小题2:What does the underlined word in paragraph 2 probably mean?
A.strikeB.strokeC.scoldD.pump
小题3:What is the author’s purpose in telling the readers the story about the horse?
A.To explain the traditional horse race to readers.
B.To prove that the weak horse can’t win in the race.
C.To show that animals are treated unfairly by humans.
D.To say that people care more for horses than horse racing.
小题4:Which of the following is NOT true?
A.People no longer watch killing criminals in public.
B.The author cannot accept anyone who hits the animals.
C.It was a traditional practice to kill servants for their dead master.
D.The author thinks it is possible to change the traditions made by man.
小题5:What’s the best title of the passage?
A.No One Cares for Animals Nowadays.
B.Let’s Protect the Endangered Animals.
C.Show Animals the Respect They Deserve.
D.The Stories Between Animals and People.

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