17.My wife and I have always been friendly with the clerks at the local store.I don't think many people appreciate what a difficult job these clerks have.They work for a little money and I often wonder how they make ends meet.
One of the clerks,Charlie,was always wearing his glasses but he didn't one day.I asked him about it and he said they'd been out of order and that he couldn't afford a new pair.His family needed money.It was clear that he was having a difficult time.
We wanted to help him,so we turned to our own eye doctor for help with a plan.We had his secretary contact him,asking him to come in for an eye exam for free.We told the doctor to let him order whatever glasses he wanted and that we would pay for them.Although Charlie questioned what was going on,the doctor just told him that someone had offered the money for his new glasses.When we went in to pay the bill,the doctor told us he was touched by our idea so that he waived the exam fee and only charged us for half the price of the glasses!
It was so wonderful to see Charlie in his new glasses and he enjoyed telling all the regular customers how the gift came about.I'm sure that upon hearing his story,ideas of kindness may have come in the minds of many people.
24.Why didn't the clerk Charlie wear glasses one day?C
A.It was very warm and fine.
B.His glasses were missing.
C.His old glasses were broken.
D.He forgot to wear his glasses.
25.From the passage,we can infer thatD.
A.Charlie was a young man with skills
B.Charlie knew who paid the money for the new glasses
C.Charlie completely accepted the money for the new glasses
D.Charlie couldn't support his family with enough money
26.The underlined word"waived"in the third paragraph can be replaced byB.
A.took up B.gave up
C.cut down D.put off
27.Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?A
A.Customers'Gift to an Employee
B.A Friendly Clerk-Charlie
C.The Wonderful Feeling of Helping others
D.An Expensive Pair of Glasses.
分析 文章講述了我是商店的老顧客,同情關心店員們的生活,幫助一名員工解決生活困難給他配了一副眼鏡的故事.
解答 24.C細節(jié)推理題.根據第二段I asked him about it and he said they'd been out of order and that he couldn't afford a new pair.可知Charlie的眼鏡壞了,又買不起新的所以就沒戴眼鏡.故選C.
25.D推理判斷題.根據第二段that he couldn't afford a new pair.His family needed money.It was clearthat he was having a difficult time.可知Charlie掙錢少家里需要錢,他沒有足夠的錢養(yǎng)家,故選D.
26.B猜測詞意題.此處指醫(yī)生被我們的舉動所感動,于是沒有要檢查費,眼鏡也只收了半價.waive是動詞"放棄",與B項同義,故選B.
27.A主旨大意題.文章講述了我是商店的老顧客,同情關心店員們的生活,幫助一名員工解決生活困難給他配了一副眼鏡的故事.A項"顧客送給店員的禮物"既能概括全文意思又能吸引讀者,適合作為文章的標題,故選A.
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