I really love my job because I enjoy working with small children and like the challenges and awards from the job. I also think my work is important. There was a time when I thought I would never have that sort of   36  .

I wasn’t an excellent student because I didn’t do much schoolwork. In my final term I started thinking   37  I might do and found I didn’t have much to  38  . I just accepted that I wasn’t the type to have a career. I then found myself a job, looking after two little girls. It wasn’t too bad at first, but the  39 began when I agreed to   40 , so that I would be there if my 41 had to go out for business in the evening. We  42  that if I had to work extra hours one week, she’d give me off the next. But  43  , it didn’t often work out. I was getting extremely   44and fed up, because I had too many 45  nights and early mornings with the children.

  46   Sunday, I was in the park with the children, and met Megan who used to go to school with me. I told her about my  47  . She suggested that I should take a (n)   48  and get a qualification if I wanted to work with children. I did not think I would be   49 because I didn’t take many exams in school. She    50 me to phone the local college and they were really helpful. My experience 51  for a lot and I got a part-time course. I had to   52  my job with the family, and got work helping out at a kindergarten. Now I’ve got a full-time job there, I shall always be   53 to Megan. I wish I had known   54  that you could have a career,   55  you aren’t top of the class at school.

1.	A．challenge B．career C．course D．award

 

2.	A．when B．how C．what D．why

 

3.	A．learn B．teach C．share D．offer

 

4.	A．problems B．questions C．work D．career

 

5.	A．stay up B．play with C．look after D．live in

 

6.	A．friend B．boss C．classmate D．parent

 

7.	A．agreed B．thought C．hoped D．believed

 

8.	A．particularly B．clearly C．unfortunately D．specially

 

9.	A．excited B．tired C．surprised D．disappointed

 

10.	A．early B．late C．long D．hard

 

11.	A．Another B．That C．This D．One

 

12.	A．condition B．work C．children D．situation

 

13.	A．course B．exam C．college D．duty

 

14.	A．hired B．recognized C．accepted D．known

 

15.	A．promised B．persuaded C．allowed D．made

 

16.	A．explained B．showed C．counted D．meant

 

17.	A．take B．get C．lay D．leave

 

18.	A．warm B．kind C．thankful D．friendly

 

19.	A．later B．earlier C．more D．less

 

20.	A．even if B．only if C．since D．as

 

I was 15 when I walked into McCauley’s Bookstore in Ashland. As I was looking at  1  on the shelves，the man behind the counter，the shop owner, asked if I'd like  2  .I needed to start preparing for college， 3   I said yes. I worked after school and during the summer for the lowest wages，and the job helped pay for my freshman year of   4  . I would work many other jobs: I made coffee in the Students Union during college; I was a hotel maid and   5  made maps for the U.S. Forest Service. But selling books was one of the most   6  .

       One day a woman asked me for books on cancer. She seemed fearful. I showed her almost everything we had at that time   7  and found other books we could order. She left the store less 8  . I’ve always remembered the  9  I felt in having helped her.

       Years later，as a   10  in Los Angeles，I heard about an immigrant child who was  31   with his thumb attached, weblike, to the other fingers. His family could not afford a corrective operation, and the boy lived in 12        ，hiding his hand in his pocket.

I      13    my boss to let me do the story. After my story was broadcast，a doctor and a nurse called，offering to perform the  14   for free.

       I visited the boy in the recovery room soon after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his       15  hand and say; "Thank you." I felt a sense of   16          .

       In the past，17   I was at McCauley’s Bookstore, I always sensed I was working for the customers，not he store. Today it’s the   18   . NBC :News pays: my salary, and I   19  as if I work for the viewers, helping them make  20  of the world.

1．A．maps                    B．titles                    C．articles                D．reports

2．A．a book                  B．a job                   C．some tea             D．any help

3．A．but                       B．so                       C．thought            D．because

4．A．life                       B．education             C．family                 D．college

5．A．so                        B．yet                      C．even                   D．still

6．A．boring                   B．surprising            C．satisfying            D．disappointing

7．A．in need                B．in all                    C．in order               D．in stock

8．A．worried                 B．satisfied               C．excited                D．puzzled

9．A．pride                     B．failure                 C．regret                  D．surprise

10．A．boss                   B．storeowner         C．bookseller         D．TV reporter

11．A．forced                 B．born                    C．made                  D．operated

12．A．shame                 B．honor                  C．horror                 D．danger

13．A．hoped                 B．promised             C．persuaded            D．suggested

14．A．action                 B．program              C．treatment           D．operation

15．A．repaired           B．connected            C．injured             D．improved

16．A．pleasure              B．sadness               C．interest                D．disappointment

17．A．because               B．while                   C．since                   D．even if

18．A．difference            B．same                   C．usual                   D．request

19．A．think                   B．hope                   C．feel                     D．believe

20．A．sense                  B．use                     C．record              D．feeling