Question

A few years ago, I worked a 12-hour night shift(夜班) and got home from work.

I was on my way back home and was very tired. I____at a restaurant to have breakfast. Right after I placed my order, I saw a man come in. He was carrying a small backpack and looked like he had seen better times. He reached in his pocket and pulled out some____He asked the waitress if 38 cents was____to buy a cup of coffee. She looked at his backpack and said, “____Have a seat.” (Coffee was 50 cents a cup at the time.) It really touched me how she had tried to protect his pride and how he hadn’t asked for any charity.

Shortly before my____came, I asked the waitress to come over. I said, “You know, I am not feeling well. I don’t think I am going to be able to eat my breakfast. Do you think there is____here who might eat it?” She first asked if I was OK and then she____She said, “I think so. Are you sure?” I told her that I was sure.

She then walked over to the gentleman and told him that I had ordered food and it was too____to stop the order but I didn’t feel like eating. Would he be so kind as to take it____they wouldn’t have to throw it away? I had walked to the cash register(收銀臺(tái)) and was paying for the meal. At the cash register, I asked if they had gift cards. They did. I bought one____$25.00 and asked them to give it to the gentleman after I left.

1.A. looked B. stood C. waited D. stopped

2.A. notes B. tickets C. change D. paper

3.A. enough B. short C. good D. able

4.A. Not really B. Never mind C. With pleasure D. Of course

5.A. menu B. food C. coffee D. bill

6.A. anyone B. everyone C. someone D. no one

7.A. accepted B. refused C. understood D. left

8.A. early B. late C. slow D. quick

9.A. because B. if C. so that D. unless

10.A. at B. for C. with D. by

Answer 1