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 drive 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 (挡风玻璃), then standing back to admire it; scrubbing (擦净) 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.
| 小题1: | | A．forces | B．allows | C．causes | D．forbids |
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| 小题2: | | A．otherwise | B．therefore | C．however | D．besides |
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| 小题3: | | A．parking lot | B．bus stop | C．school | D．market |
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| 小题4: | | A．interesting | B．surprising | C．awful | D．useful |
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| 小题5: | | A．noticed | B．recognized | C．called | D．assisted |
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| 小题6: | | A．back | B．handle | C．wheel | D．seat |
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| 小题7: | | A．searched | B．left | C．moved | D．wandered |
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| 小题8: | | A．stopped | B．started | C．intended | D．finished |
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| 小题9: | | A．crossed | B．slipped | C．disturbed | D．inspired |
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| 小题10: | | A．attractive | B．shiny | C．simple | D．expensive |
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| 小题11: | | A．repairmen | B．businessmen | C．drivers | D．cyclists |
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| 小题12: | | A．busy | B．content | C．careful | D．bored |
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| 小题13: | | A．waving | B．looking | C．laughing | D．pointing |
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| 小题15: | | A．worry | B．respect | C．sympathy | D．pride |
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| 小题16: | | A．cleaning | B．fixing | C．replacing | D．covering |
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| 小题17: | | A．still | B．yet | C．again | D．soon |
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| 小题18: | | A．lesson | B．subject | C．skill | D．fact |
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| 小题19: | | A．business | B．living | C．success | D．right |
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| 小题20: | | A．tired | B．doubtful | C．fearful | D．ashamed |
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