That holiday morning I didn’t have to attend school. Usually, on holidays, Mother 36 me to sleep in. And I would certainly take full advantage of it. On this particular morning, ___37___,I felt like getting up early.
I stood by my window overlooking the ___38___, having nothing better to do. But as it turned out, I was soon to learn about something ___39___ in life.
As I watched several people go by, get into their cars and go off, I ___40___ an old man on a bicycle with a bucket on its ___41___ and a basket rags and bottles on its back-carriage. He ___42___ from one car to another, washing and cleaning them. From the water on the ground, it seemed that he had already ___43___ washing and cleaning about a dozen or more cars. He must have begun to work quite early in the morning.
Several thoughts ___44___my mind as I watched him work. He wasn’t well-dressed. He had on a pair of shorts and a(n) ___45___ T-shirt. The bicycle he rode was not by any means the kind modern ___46___would want to be seen riding on. But he seemed___47___ with life. There he was, working hard at his small business, ___48___ at passers-by and stopping to chat now and then ___49___ elderly men and women on their way to the market nearby.
There was a noticeable touch of___50___ in the way he seemed to be doing things— ___51___the windscreen (擋風玻璃), then standing back to admire it; scrubbing (擦凈) the wheels and ___52___, standing back to see what they look like after the scrub.
It was a ___53___ to learn, I felt. At no age need one have to beg for a ___54___if one has good health and is willing to work hard. For a while I felt ___55__ of myself. Young as I am—just sixteen, and there was this old man who must have been usefully engaged perhaps before the sun appeared above the horizon.
| 【小題1】 | | A．forces | B．a(chǎn)llows | C．causes | D．forbids |
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| 【小題2】 | | A．otherwise | B．therefore | C．however | D．besides |
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| 【小題3】 | | A．parking lot | B．bus stop | C．school | D．market |
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| 【小題4】 | | A．interesting | B．surprising | C．a(chǎn)wful | D．useful |
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| 【小題5】 | | A．noticed | B．recognized | C．called | D．a(chǎn)ssisted |
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| 【小題6】 | | A．back | B．handle | C．wheel | D．seat |
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| 【小題7】 | | A．searched | B．left | C．moved | D．wandered |
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| 【小題8】 | | A．stopped | B．started | C．intended | D．finished |
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| 【小題9】 | | A．crossed | B．slipped | C．disturbed | D．inspired |
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| 【小題10】 | | A．a(chǎn)ttractive | B．shiny | C．simple | D．expensive |
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| 【小題11】 | | A．repairmen | B．businessmen | C．drivers | D．cyclists |
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| 【小題12】 | | A．busy | B．content | C．careful | D．bored |
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| 【小題13】 | | A．waving | B．looking | C．laughing | D．pointing |
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| 【小題14】 | | A．a(chǎn)bout | B．for | C．with | D．like |
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| 【小題15】 | | A．worry | B．respect | C．sympathy | D．pride |
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| 【小題16】 | | A．cleaning | B．fixing | C．replacing | D．covering |
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| 【小題17】 | | A．still | B．yet | C．a(chǎn)gain | D．soon |
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| 【小題18】 | | A．lesson | B．subject | C．skill | D．fact |
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| 【小題19】 | | A．business | B．living | C．success | D．right |
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| 【小題20】 | | A．tired | B．doubtful | C．fearful | D．a(chǎn)shamed |
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