Question

I was 17 when I walked into Carley's bookstore in Ashland. As I was looking at_______on the shelves, the shop owner asked if I'd like_______. I needed to start________for college, so I said yes. I worked after school, and the job helped________my yearly tuition. I would work many other jobs: making coffee in the Students Union; a hotel maid and______ making maps for a company. But selling books was one of the most_______.

One day a woman asked me for books on cancer. She seemed fearful. I showed her almost everything_______ and found other books we could order. She left the store less______. I've always remembered the________I felt in having helped her.

Years later, as a _______in Los Angles, I heard about an immigrant child born ______his fingers connected. His family couldn't afford a corrective operation, and the boy lived in ______, hiding his hand in his pocket.

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

I visited the boy soon after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his _______hand and said, "Thank you." I felt a sense of_______

In the past, while I was_______, I always sensed I was working for the customers, not the store. Today it's the________ Fox pays my salary,________I feel as if I work for the_______, helping them make sense of the world.

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

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

3.A. planning    B. saving    C. preparing    D. studying

4.A. pay for    B. fit for    C. run for    D. enter for

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

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

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

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

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

10.A. doctor    B. TV reporter    C. bookseller    D. store owner

11.A. with    B. in    C. by    D. for

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

13.A. advised    B. persuaded    C. forced    D. permitted

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

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

16.A. humor           B. interest    C. pleasure    D. excitement

17.A. at the TV station    B. in the Students Union    C. at the US Forest Service    D. at Carley's bookstore

18.A. opposite    B. same    C. different    D. right

19.A. so    B. and    C. but    D. because

20.A. viewers    B. readers    C. customers    D. passengers

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.C

6.B

7.D

8.A

9.D

10.B

11.A

12.C

13.B

14.D

15.A

16.C

17.D

18.B

19.C

20.A

【解析】试题分析：本文叙述作者读大学时在外做兼职时所经历的一些事情以及对现在工作的影响。无论做什么工作都是为人服务。

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