I am a person who doesn’t like waiting.

I am a person who doesn’t like waiting. I don’t like to wait in line, being put on hold when making a phone call, or arriving at an apartment to find that my companion will be         . And of course, I don’t like waiting rooms.
      , I realize that my agony(痛苦) will not be good for me, as an         crowded world can only mean one thing – more waiting.
       this, I have taken an action and decide to turn my frustration to productive ends. In short, I am looking for what I call “waiting-in-line”        .
These are volumes that contain materials         for being read in shortened words, so there is no extended story line to lose track of. Another          is that they be         enough to slip neatly into my back pocket.
The other day I went to the supermarket.         that the rain would keep most people away, I was         to see that the place was filled with        . Every checkout was open – and jammed! But I can         my pocket book and go to work.
The more the world demands that I        , the more I learn from my waiting library. Look at the followings: One Hundred Things Every American Should Know; The Poetry of Robert Frost; Living Thoughts of Leading Thinkers; Still More Toasts. I have learned interesting and enriching things and much         from these books.
On a recent visit to the general store, I placed my order at the         along with six or seven people. The old female employee seemed to have her hands full as she rushed        . “Young man, just be        ,” she said to me.
No problem. I quietly opened my dictionary prose(散文) and poetical quotations. Perhaps the other customers         me as a bookish, lonely soul. But         did they realize that I was enjoying the         of Shakespeare, Thoreau, Homer and Ben Johnson.

小题1:	A．dismissed B．delayed C．disappeared D．delighted

小题2:	A．Furthermore B．However C．Despite D．Besides

小题3:	A．actually B．importantly C．increasingly D．accurately

小题4:	A．Instead of B．Apart from C．Rather than D．Owing to

小题5:	A．rooms B．goods C．reasons D．books

小题6:	A．searched B．afforded C．designed D．charged

小题7:	A．convenience B．requirement C．agreement D．distinction

小题8:	A．small B．pretty C．active D．vivid

小题9:	A．Believed B．Determined C．Puzzled D．Convinced

小题10:

A．surprised B．worried C．excited D．satisfied

小题11:

A．shoppers B．readers C．employees D．volunteers

小题12:

A．put out B．set down C．send for D．take out

小题13:

A．suffer B．wait C．watch D．read

小题14:

A．advantage B．benefit C．knowledge D．patient

小题15:

A．counter B．pocket C．market D．service

小题16:

A．about B．away C．over D．across

小题17:

A．polite B．patient C．careful D．helpful

小题18:

A．thought B．looked C．regarded D．treated

小题19:

A．certainly B．obviously C．secretly D．hardly

小题20:

A．relation B．moment C．company D．novel