My father had a small business, employing（雇用）fifteen people at any given time. We sold all kinds of milk products. I had worked for my father since I was young,      did all seven kids in my family.

One day, we had a new employee, Debbie, who wanted to work in the store for the summer. She had     done this type of work before, but planned to give it her all.

On her first day, Debbie made just about every mistake in the    . She charged the wrong prices for items, she gave the wrong bag of food to the wrong customer, and she    and broke a half gallon of milk. The torture（折磨）of watching her fighting her way was too much for me. I went into my father’s office and said, “Please go out there and put her out of her misery（苦恼）.” I      him to walk right into the store and let her go away from our store.

Since my father’s office was situated within view of the sales counter, he had surely      what I was talking about. He sat,     , for a moment. Then he got up from his desk and walked over to Debbie, who was standing behind the counter.

“Debbie,” he said, as he put his hand      on her shoulder. “I have been watching you all day, and I saw how you     Mrs. Forbush.”

Debbie’s face turned red and tears began to     in her eyes as she tried hard to remember Mrs. Forbush from the many women she had given the wrong change to or drop off her milk onto the floor.

My father continued, “I’ve never seen Mrs. Forbush be so      to any one of my employees before. You really knew how to deal with her. I am sure that she is going to want you to    her every time she comes in. Keep up the good work.”

In return for being a wise and kind employer, my father got a trusty and hardworking employee for fifteen years … and a friend for life.

1.A. unless                      B. neither                    C. as                  D. nor

2.A. already               B. yet                         C. never                   D. ever

3.A. vision                  B. book              C. spirit             D. position

4.A. dropped         B. lost                    C. touched        D. missed

5.A. encouraged                 B. forced                    C. expected              D. influenced

6.A. followed                B. seen                            C. guessed      D. heard

7.A. careful                  B. upset                       C. angry                     D. thoughtful

8.A. gently                      B. seriously                      C. lightly              D. directly

9.A. accepted           B. agreed                           C. treated                 D. considered

10.A. run               B. well                              C. appear                      D. rise

11.A. funny                 B. hopeless                         C. rude                        D. polite

12.A. wait on              B. look after                        C. stand for                 D. depend on

1. My father is a policeman, he doesn’t like his job, because it’s too d                .

2. He is a doctor, he works in a h                .

3. There are many a                  in the zoo.

4. The l                  of the trees are green.

5. Miss Gao is very                 (友好的) to us.

6. Look! Are the boys                  (阅读) books?

7. The park is very beautiful, we can take some p                .

8. — H                  it going?

    — Great!

9. It’s r                  I don’t want to go out now.

10. The zoo is b                  the park and the library.

My father and I used to climb the mountains near my house. In Korea（韩国） there are more mountains than plains（平原）. For this reason, climbing has been a very   1   thing for me since I was a kid.

Walking together, my father and I used to have a lot of conversations and   2   them I learned a lot. In fact, without mountaineering, Dad couldn't have had enough time to   3   with me because he was very   4  himself.  So I believe mountaineering gave me time to talk with him and to be in deep thought as well as to develop my patience（耐心）. I   5   to be able to do what I   6   do for a longer time.

Once we climbed Palgoly Mountain. It was very   7   for me because I was only ten years old. At first, I felt very   8  . But soon I had. pain（疼） in   9  of my legs, so I wanted to give up   10   My father said, "  11   is a season when everything comes to life again. The mountain and the field where we are standing are beautiful. You can   12   see a beautiful sky at the   13   of the mountain, but you can't see it before you   14   the top. You can always enjoy a lot of beautiful scenery at the top,  but you can't when you are halfway（中途） up."

At that time, I was   15   young to understand his words, but now I get it. And I also have new hope and confidence.

1. A. strange                 B. unforgettable（不可忘记）C. natural             D. sad

2. A. among                  B. through                          C. during             D. on

3. A. waste                        B. take                             C. cost                D. spend

4. A. free                  B. busy                            C. happy              D. angry

5. A. had                   B. grew                            C. played            D. saved

6. A. should                 B. might                            C. ought（应当） D. would

7. A. easy                 B. interesting                    C. excited        D. challenging

8. A. happy                 B. annoyed                        C. worried          D. sad

9. A. neither                       B. both                           C. some              D. several

10. A. climb                B. climbing                        C. run                D. running

11. A. Spring               B. Summer                        C. Autumn           D. Winter

12. A. never                B. always                          C. hardly              D. ever

13. A. foot                 B. side                             C. top                D. bottom

14. A. arrive               B. get                             C. reach               D. go

15. A. so                  B. enough                          C. such               D. too