Question

It was the end of my first day as a waitress in a busy New York restaurant. My cap had gone away,and my feet1      The loaded plates I carried 2      to be heavier and heavier. Tired and discouraged,I didn't seem able to do anything 3      . As I made out a check for a family with several children who had changed their ice-cream 4      a dozen times，I was ready to stop. Then the father 5      at me as he handed me my tip. "Well done," he said, "you've 6      us really well.”Suddenly my tiredness 7      I smiled back,and later, when the man?ager asked me how I'd like my first day,I said, " 8      ！" Those few words of praise had 9      everything. Praise is like 10      to the human spirit;we cannot flower and grow without it. And 11      ，while most of us are only too 12      to apply(應(yīng)用) to others the cold wind of criticism(批評) ，we are 13      to give our fellows the warm sunshine of praise. Why― when one word of praise can bring such 14      ？

It's strange how chary(吝嗇) we are about praising. Perhaps it's because 15      of us know how to accept it. It's 16      rewarding(值得做的) to give praise in areas in which

17      generally goes unnoticed or unmentioned. An artist gets admired for a glorious picture,

a cook for a 18      meal. But do you ever tell your laundry manager how pleased you are when the shirts are 19      just right? In fact,to give praise 20      nothing but a moment's thought and a moment's effort.

(   ) 1.A. refused   B. broke   C. hurt   D. slipped

(   ) 2.A. remained   B. seemed   C. became   D. appeared

(   ) 3.A. new   B. special   C. wrong   D. right

(   ) 4.A. order   B. price   C. material   D. boxes

(   ) 5.A. stared   B. smiled   C. glanced   D. nodded

(   ) 6.A. called on   B. looked after   C. passed by   D. thought of

(   ) 7.A. reduced   B. continued   C. disappeared   D. developed

(   ) 8.A. Tiring   B. Well   C. Fine   D. Terrible

(   ) 9.A. made   B. changed   C. found   D. improved

(   ) 10.A. wind   B. warmth   C. snowstorm   D. sunlight

(   ) 11.A. but   B. thus   C. therefore   D. yet

(   ) 12.A. ready   B. doubtful   C. satisfied   D. disappointed

(   ) 13.A. unable   B. unwilling   C. likely   D. anxious

(   ) 14.A. attention   B. choice   C. pleasure   D. difficulty

(   ) 15.A. few   B. many   C. some   D. none

(   ) 16.A. finally   B. especially   C. silly   D. fortunately

(   ) 17.A. effort   B. attempt   C. deed   D. feeling

(   ) 18.A. daily   B. light   C. perfect   D. poor

(   ) 19.A. done   B. sold   C. chosen   D. given

(   ) 20.A. adds   B. leaves   C. offers   D. costs

Answer 1

1-5 CBDAB      6-10 BCCBD 11-15 DABCA 16 -20 BACAD

本文作者以親身經(jīng)歷講述了表揚對人的成長的重要意義。

1.C從下文My cap had gone away和Tired and discouraged看應(yīng)該是腳扭傷了疼痛。

2.B appear外表給人的印象，暗含事實并非如此。而seem判斷有一定依據(jù)，接近事實。There seems to be;It seems that;sb. seems to do;become無此用法；remain表"仍然是"，與情節(jié)的發(fā)展不符。

1.D從tired and discouraged處可知，作者感覺似乎沒有能力把事情做好了。

2.A冰淇淋的價格、材料和盒子顧客是不可以隨便更改的，而冰淇淋的種類很多，訂單可以更改。

3.B下文he handed me my tip. "Well done," he said表明顧客對作者的服務(wù)滿意而朝其微笑。stare at glance at,nod at me都與下文I smiled back不相吻合。

4.B從上文"Well done,"可以判斷顧客對作者的服務(wù)很滿意。

5.C聽到顧客的贊揚，作者所有的疲勞都消失了。而reduce—般做及物動詞用。

6.C當顧客對作者的服務(wù)給予贊揚時，作者的疲勞都消失了 ，其實是源自情感由厭倦到喜愛的變化。所以當老板問作者對第一天的感受時，他會說不錯。

7.B Those few words of praise是指顧客的"Well done," "you've looked after us really well."等贊揚語。在此之前，作者還感到疲倦、泄氣，但聽到贊揚之后，立刻感到毫無倦意，這就是因為那寥寥幾字所產(chǎn)生的變化。

10. D下文we cannot flower and grow without it中的flower意為"開花"和"成熟"。而花朵或植物開花是離不開陽光的。

11.D and yet表"但是"之意，且yet為副詞，其后可跟逗號表轉(zhuǎn)折。其他詞跟and后無此用法。

12.A be only too ready to do sth.表”非常樂意做什么"之意。

13.B然而我們中絕大多數(shù)人一邊只是非常樂意地對別人冷嘲熱諷，一邊又不肯給自己的同伴以陽光溫暖般的贊揚。

14.C一句贊揚的話會給人帶來如此的快樂。

15.A因為只有當我們中很少有人知道如何接受這種觀點(對別人贊揚很吝嗇) 時，才會出現(xiàn)上述情況。填many不合邏輯;填some表肯定意思；填none則過于絕對，起碼作者肯定是知道的。

16.B especially強調(diào)程度。

17.A在某些人們努力了而不被注意或提及的方面，贊揚尤其是值得做的。

18.C藝術(shù)家因為其出色的畫而受到贊美，那么廚師就會因為他的美味可口 /精致的菜肴而受到人們的贊賞。

19. A衣服熨燙得平平整整時你有沒有跟洗衣 店的經(jīng)理說一聲你非常高興呢？ 

20. D事實上，給人以贊揚不需要花什么成本，只需即時的想法和努力而已。