It was a bright spring afternoon when Freda told me she wouldn’t need me any more. I had just finished my four-hour work － 36   up and down the stairs of her three-storey home, cleaning the floor and washing the dished. She was  37  jeans and a sweater. Sitting at the table I had just   38  a pile of papers spread around her. Her husband’s 39    was going to be reduced by thirty percent. And they were trying to live as if it had 40   happened. I felt sorry for her, but I also felt a sense of   41  .

I had been cleaning Freda’s house for five years and had   42   an unexpected relationship with the family. It was not just   43   I had become an expert at scraping（刮掉）dirt stuck to their wooden floor.   44   that I had learned exactly how to place toys on the girls’ beds. It was   45   than that, for I felt I had become a part of their    46  .

Freda stayed at home with the kids,   47  I would often see her in the morning 48

them to school. And I’d be there when they   49   home at lunch for sandwiches and piano practice. I had   50   them grow up. Now I was fired, but the   51  thing was that I still wanted to keep scraping away the dirt and dust for the family.   

I left Freda’s  52   relationship with my clients（主顾）. Who am I  53  them? As a matter of fact. I’m   54   an employee － the lowest kind of employee. But I’m also a trusted  55   of the family. I can’t help worrying about what happens around me.

1.A. moving                B. coming                    C. jumping                   D. stepping

2.A. hanging               B. making                    C. changing                 D. wearing

3.A. washed             B. cleaned                            C. swept                      D. brushed

4.A. duty            B. pay                                    C. work                        D. money

5.A. never                   B. seldom                    C. already          D. yet

6.A. loss                 B. surprise                   C. fear                          D. regret

7.A. started                B. improved                         C. developed              D. broken

8.A. why                 B. what                                  C. that                          D. which

9.A. but                       B. and                                   C. or                    D. for

10.A. less           B. more                                C. least                         D. most

11.A. story                  B. life                                    C. activity           D. experience

12.A. so                       B. as                             C. since                        D. however

13.A. taking                B. bringing                           C. meeting                  D. calling

14.A. left           B. marched                          C. went                        D. returned

15.A. found                B. noticed                   C. watched                  D. realized

16.A. possible            B. great                                 C. proper                    D. strange

17.A. meaning           B. result                               C. nature                     D. importance

18.A. for            B. to                                      C. with                         D. at

19.A. merely              B. certainly                          C. probably                 D. hardly

20.A. member  B. person                             C. relative          D. companion

 

It was a bright spring afternoon when Fieda told me she wouldn’t need me any more. I had just finished my four-hour work － 1    up and down the stairs of her three-storey home, cleaning the floor and washing the dished. She was 2    jeans and a sweater. Sitting at the table I had just 3    . a pile of papers spread around her. Her husband’a 4    was going to be reduced by thirty percent. And they were trying to live as if it had 5   happened. I felt sorry for her. but I also felt a sense of 6   .

I had been cleaning Freda’s house for five years and had 7    an unexpected relationship with the family. It was not just 8    I had become an expert at scraping（刮掉）dirt stuct to their wooden floor. 9    that I had learned exactly how to place toys on the girls’beds. It was  10    than that. For I felt I had become a part of their 11   .

Freda stayed at home with the kids, 12    I would often see her in the morning 13

 14 Them to school. And I’d be there when they 15  home at lunch for sandwiches and piano practice. I had 16 them grow up. Now I still wanted to keep scraping away the dirt and dust for I left Freda’s 17relationship with my clients（主顾）. Who am I 18Them? As a matter of fact. I’m  19 an employee － the lowest kind of employee. But I’m also a trusted  20f the family. I can’t help worrying about what happens around me.

1A.stepping                   B.coming                     C.jumping                      D.moving

2A.hanging                    B.making                       C.wearing                      D.changing

3.A.cleaned                   B.washed                      C.swept                               D.brushed

4.A.duty                        B.money                        C.work                         D.pay

5.A.already                    B.seldom                       C.never                    D.yet

6.A.regret                      B.surprise                C.fear                             D.loss

7.A.started                     B.developed                   C.improved                    D.broken

8.A.why                   B.what                          C.that                            D.which

9.A.but                     B.and                            C.or                              D.for

10.A.less                       B.least                           C.more                          D.most

11.A.life                        B.story                          C.activity                       D.experience

12.A.as                    B.so                        C.since                           D.however

13A.taking                     B.bringing                      C.meeting                      D.calling

14.A.left                        B.returned                     C.went                          D.marched

15.A.found                    B.noticed                       C.watched                     D.realized

16.A.possible                 B.great                          C.proper                        D.strange

17.A.meaning                 B.nature                               C.result                    D.importance

18.A.for                               B.to                              C.with                      D.at

19.A.hardly                    B.certainly                     C.probably                     D.merely

20.A.member                 B.person                        C.relative                       D.companion

My parents operated a small restaurant in Seattle． And my first real job，when I was six years old，was  1  the diners’ shoes．My father taught me how to do it efficiently，telling me to offer to re-shine the shoes if the customer wasn’t  2  .

Working in the restaurant was a cause of great   3   because I was also working for the good of the family．But my father made it clear that I had to meet certain standards to be part of the team．I had to be punctual(守时的)，hard-working，and polite to the  4  ．

I was never paid for the work I did at the restaurant．One day I made the mistake of advising Dad that he  5   give me $10 a week．He said，“OK．How about you paying me for three meals a day you have here? And   6   the times you bring in your friends for free soft drinks?” He  7  I owed him about $40 a week．

I remember returning to Seattle after being away in the US Army for about two years．I had just been promoted to Captain at that time．And full of pride，I walked into my parents’ restaurant，but the first thing Dad said was，“How about your  8  up tonight?”I couldn’t  believe my ears! I am an officer in the Army! But it didn’t matter. As far as Dad was concerned，I was just another member of the team．I reached for the mop(拖把)．Working for Dad has taught me the devotion to a  9  is above all．It has nothing to do with  10  that team is involved in a family restaurant or the US Army．

1．A．cleaning                B．shining                C．removing             D．keeping

2,4,6

2．A．interested              B．annoyed              C．relaxed                D．satisfied

3．A．fun                       B．pride                   C．trouble                D．effort

4．A．family                   B．workers              C．customers           D．friends

5．A．must                     B．should                 C．might                  D．could

6．A．at                         B．before                 C．around                D．for

7．A．worked out           B．found out            C．put out                D．thought out

8．A．washing                B．taking                  C．cleaning              D．moving

9．A．team                     B．family                 C．leader                  D．restaurant

10．A．why            B．whether         C．when           D．how