In the summer vacation of 1997, I was fixed with a job. I worked as a(n) 1 at Mr. Breen’s fruit shop. The fruit shop did 2 business. Most of the trade came from the housewives who lived in the neighbourhood, 3 he also had regular customers who arrived outside the shop in cars. Mr Breen 4 them all by name and they sometimes even had their order already made up, always 5 me to carry it out to their car. They were clearly long-standing customers, and I 6 they must have stayed faithful to him 7 he had promised to sell good quality 8. He had a way with them—I had to 9 that. He called every woman “madam” for a start, 10 those who clearly were not, but when he 11 it, it did not sound like flattery (奉承). It just sounded 12 in an old-fashioned way. He was a great chatter 13. If he did not know them, he would greet them with a few 14 about the weather, 15 he did, he would ask about their families or make 16, always cutting his cloth 17 his customers. Whatever their bills came to, be 18 gave them back the few odd pence (零錢), and I am sure they thought he was very generous (慷慨). But I thought he was the opposite. He never 19 anything away. He was always looking for 20 for nothing.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      operator
   2. B.
      assistant
   3. C.
      waiter
   4. D.
      secretary
2. 2.
   1. A.
      good
   2. B.
      poor
   3. C.
      big
   4. D.
      usual
3. 3.
   1. A.
      so
   2. B.
      when
   3. C.
      therefore
   4. D.
      but
4. 4.
   1. A.
      sold
   2. B.
      knew
   3. C.
      gave
   4. D.
      sent
5. 5.
   1. A.
      making
   2. B.
      letting
   3. C.
      getting
   4. D.
      keeping
6. 6.
   1. A.
      wish
   2. B.
      insist
   3. C.
      declare
   4. D.
      suppose
7. 7.
   1. A.
      when
   2. B.
      if
   3. C.
      because
   4. D.
      though
8. 8.
   1. A.
      food
   2. B.
      fruit
   3. C.
      vegetables
   4. D.
      drink
9. 9.
   1. A.
      admit
   2. B.
      expect
   3. C.
      announce
   4. D.
      promise
10. 10.
    1. A.
       yet
    2. B.
       only
    3. C.
       just
    4. D.
       even
11. 11.
    1. A.
       told
    2. B.
       said
    3. C.
       spoke
    4. D.
       talked
12. 12.
    1. A.
       serious
    2. B.
       strange
    3. C.
       polite
    4. D.
       familiar
13. 13.
    1. A.
       as well
    2. B.
       as usual
    3. C.
       either
    4. D.
       also
14. 14.
    1. A.
       sayings
    2. B.
       questions
    3. C.
       words
    4. D.
       speeches
15. 15.
    1. A.
       and then
    2. B.
       and so
    3. C.
       even if
    4. D.
       but if
16. 16.
    1. A.
       preparations
    2. B.
       jokes
    3. C.
       repairs
    4. D.
       friends
17. 17.
    1. A.
       according to
    2. B.
       due to
    3. C.
       instead of
    4. D.
       up to
18. 18.
    1. A.
       never
    2. B.
       ever
    3. C.
       seldom
    4. D.
       always
19. 19.
    1. A.
       took
    2. B.
       moved
    3. C.
       threw
    4. D.
       turned
20. 20.
    1. A.
       something
    2. B.
       anything
    3. C.
       somebody
    4. D.
       anybody

We come by business naturally in our family. Each of the seven children in our family worked in our father’s store.1we worked and watched, we learned that work was about more than 2and making a sale.
One lesson stands out in my3. It was shortly before Christmas. I was in eighth grade and was working evenings, straightening the toy section. A little boy, five or six years old, came in. He was 4a brown torn coat with dirty sleeves. His shoes were scuffed (磨破)and his one shoelace was torn. The little boy looked poor to me — too poor to5to buy anything. He looked6the toy section, picked up this item and 7, and carefully put them 8in their place.
Dad came down the stairs and walked over to the boy. His steel blue eyes9and the dimple(酒窩)in his cheek stood out as he asked the boy what he could do for him. The boy said he was looking for a Christmas 10 to buy his brother. I was impressed that Dad treated him with the same respect as any adult. Dad told him to take his11and look around. He did.
After about 20 minutes, the little boy carefully picked up a toy 12, walked up to my dad and said, “How much for this, Mister?”
“How much you got?” Dad asked.
The little boy held out his hand and13it. His hand was creased(起皺) with14lines of dirt from holding his15too tightly. In his hand16two dimes, a nickel and two pennies—27 cents. The price on the toy plane he’d picked out was $3.98.
“That’11 just17it,” Dad said as he18the sale. Dad’s reply still 19in my ears. When the little boy walked out of the store, I didn’t notice the dirty, worn coat or the single torn shoelace. What I saw was a happy child with a 20.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      Because
   2. B.
      Since
   3. C.
      As
   4. D.
      After
2. 2.
   1. A.
      survival
   2. B.
      labor
   3. C.
      hardship
   4. D.
      entertainment
3. 3.
   1. A.
      way
   2. B.
      mind
   3. C.
      life
   4. D.
      time
4. 4.
   1. A.
      putting on
   2. B.
      dressing
   3. C.
      having
   4. D.
      wearing
5. 5.
   1. A.
      try
   2. B.
      attempt
   3. C.
      afford
   4. D.
      manage
6. 6.
   1. A.
      for
   2. B.
      around
   3. C.
      up
   4. D.
      over
7. 7.
   1. A.
      that
   2. B.
      one
   3. C.
      it
   4. D.
      this
8. 8.
   1. A.
      up
   2. B.
      away
   3. C.
      back
   4. D.
      off
9. 9.
   1. A.
      opened
   2. B.
      smiled
   3. C.
      shone
   4. D.
      looked
10. 10.
    1. A.
       tree
    2. B.
       card
    3. C.
       present
    4. D.
       cake
11. 11.
    1. A.
       effort
    2. B.
       word
    3. C.
       time
    4. D.
       courage
12. 12.
    1. A.
       car
    2. B.
       gift
    3. C.
       plane
    4. D.
       section
13. 13.
    1. A.
       showed
    2. B.
       opened
    3. C.
       gave
    4. D.
       turned
14. 14.
    1. A.
       long
    2. B.
       straight
    3. C.
       wet
    4. D.
       main
15. 15.
    1. A.
       toy
    2. B.
       pocket
    3. C.
       hand
    4. D.
       money
16. 16.
    1. A.
       lay
    2. B.
       had
    3. C.
       held
    4. D.
       laid
17. 17.
    1. A.
       work
    2. B.
       cover
    3. C.
       need
    4. D.
       take
18. 18.
    1. A.
       took
    2. B.
       returned
    3. C.
       made
    4. D.
       offered
19. 19.
    1. A.
       rings
    2. B.
       stays
    3. C.
       remains
    4. D.
       gets
20. 20.
    1. A.
       bag
    2. B.
       treasure
    3. C.
       package
    4. D.
       thing

Until 1954 it was thought that no man could run one mile in less than four minutes. As years

 36  ,the record came closer and closer to four minutes and Roger Bannister, a young English    37   ,began to believe be might   38  this almost magic barrier.

It was a cold afternoon on May 6^th, 1954, when Bannister knew be had a   39  chance. Bannister had been   40   hard and was very fit, but the weather conditions were a real   41  to him. Describing the   42  later, Bannister said,“On the way to the track the wind blew strongly. As I  43  for the start I glanced at the flag. It moved  44  now. This was the moment when I made my decision.”

“The gun fired.  My legs  45  to meet no resistance, as if I was  46  forward by some unknown force. The noise from the faithful  47  gave me greater strength. I felt the  48  of a lifetimes had come.”

“I was driven on by a   49  of fear and pride. My body had long since used up all its energy   50  it went on running just the same. This was the critical moment when my legs were strong enough to carry me over the last few yards as they   51  could have done in previous years. When I leapt at（沖向）the    52  tape, I fell, almost    53  .

“I knew I had done it, even before I  54  the time. The announcement came. ‘Result of the one mile…Time, three minutes…’the test was  55 in the noise of excitement.”

 We may look at the world around us, but somehow we manage not to see it until whatever we've become used to suddenly disappears.  36 , for example, the neatly-dressed woman I 37  to see -- or look at -- on my way to work each morning.

     For three years, no matter  38 the weather was like, she was always waiting at the bus stop around 8:00 am. On   39   days, she wore heavy clothes and a pair of woolen gloves. Summertime  40   out neat, belted cotton dresses and a hat pulled low over her sunglasses.  41   , she was an ordinary working woman. Of course, I  42   all this only after she was seen no more. It was then that I realized how  43  I expected to see her each morning. You might say I   44   her.

“Did she have an accident? Something  45 ?” I thought to myself about her  46  .  Now that she was gone, I felt I had  47  her. I began to realize that part of our  48   life probably includes such chance meetings with familiar 49 : the milkman you see at dawn, the woman who  50   walks her dog along the street every morning, the twin brothers you see at the library. Such people are   51   markers in our lives. They add weight to our  52   of place and belonging.

Think about it.   53   , while walking to work, we mark where we are by  54  a certain building, why should we not mark where we are when we pass a familiar, though  55  , person

It suddenly ________ me that I had to go to the station to see my friend off．

1. A.
   took
2. B.
   struck
3. C.
   occurred
4. D.
   surprised