My parents ran a small restaurant in Seattle. It was open twenty-four hours a day, six days a week. And my first real job, when I was six years old, was
36 the diners’ shoes. My father had done it when he was young, so he taught me
37 to do it well, telling me to
38 to shine the shoes again if the customer wasn’t
39 .
I was proud of working in the restaurant
40 I was also working for the good of the family. But my father
41 said that I had to meet certain standards(标准) to be part of the team. I
42 to be on time, hard-working, and polite to the
43 . I was
44 paid for the work I did at the restaurant. One day I made the mistake of suggesting to Dad that he
45 give me $10 a week. He said, “OK. How about you paying me for three meals a day you have here? And for the times you bring in your friends
46 free soft drinks?” He
47 the amount of money I owed him, about $40 a week.
I remember returning to Seattle after being
48 in the US Army for about two years. I had just been promoted（升职） to Captain at that time. And full of pride, I walked into my parents’ restaurant, but the
49 thing Dad said was, “How about your
50 up tonight?” I couldn’t
51 my ears! I am an officer in the Army! But
52 didn’t matter. As far as Dad was concerned, I was just
53 member of the team. I reached for the mop(拖把).Working for Dad has taught me that the devotion(奉献) to a
54 is above all. It has nothing to do with
55 that team is for a family restaurant or the US Army.
| 小题1: | | A．washing | B．shining | C．changing | D．repairing |
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| 小题3: | | A．offer | B．refuse | C．continue | D．forget |
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| 小题4: | | A．interested | B．annoyed | C．relaxed | D．satisfied |
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| 小题5: | | A．if | B．because | C．when | D．though |
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| 小题6: | | A．anxiously | B．strangely | C．clearly | D．secretly |
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| 小题7: | | A．had | B．tended | C．hated | D．pretended |
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| 小题8: | | A．family | B．workers | C．customers | D．friends |
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| 小题9: | | A．never | B．always | C．seldom | D．already |
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| 小题10: | | A．must | B．should | C．might | D．could |
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| 小题12: | | A．worked out | B．decided on | C．set aside | D．cut down |
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| 小题13: | | A．absent | B．over | C．away | D．alone |
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| 小题14: | | A．usual | B．last | C．next | D．first |
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| 小题15: | | A．washing | B．going | C．cleaning | D．turning |
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| 小题16: | | A．cover | B．follow | C．believe | D．understand |
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| 小题18: | | A．no | B．either | C．any | D．another |
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| 小题19: | | A．team | B．family | C．leader | D．restaurant |
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| 小题20: | | A．when | B．whether | C．how | D．why |
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