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Jessie's Glove

I do a lot of management training each year for the Circle K Corporation, a national chain of convenience stores.      21    the topics we discuss is the retention （保持）of quality employees -- a real challenge to managers when you consider the pay scale （薪水標(biāo)準(zhǔn)）in the service industry. During these discussions, I asked the participants, "What has caused you to stay long enough to become a manager?" Some time back a new   22    took the question and     23      said, "It was a $19 baseball glove."

Cynthia told the group that she    24    took a Circle K clerk job as an interim （過(guò)渡時(shí)期）position   25      she looked for something   26     .On her second or third day behind the counter, she received a phone call from her nine-year-old son, Jessie. He needed a baseball glove for Little League. She explained that    27     a single mother, money was very    28    , and her first check would    29    go for paying   30    . Perhaps she could buy his baseball glove with her second or third check..

When Cynthia arrived for work the next morning, Patricia, the store manager, asked her to come to the small room in the back of the store that    31    as an office. Cynthia    32    if she had done something wrong or left some part of her job incomplete from the day before. She was concerned and confused．

Patricia handed her a box. "I overheard you talking to your son   33    ," she said, "and I know that it is hard to   34     things to kids. This is a baseball glove for Jessie because he may not understand how    35    he is, even though you have to pay bills    36    you can buy gloves. You know we can't pay good people like you as much as we would like to; but we    37   care, and I want you to know you are important to    38  ."

The thoughtfulness, sympathy and    39  of this convenience store manager demonstrates vividly that people remember more how much an employer  40     than how much the employer pays. An important lesson for the price of a Little League baseball glove.

In a class I teach for adults, I recently did the “unpardonable．” I gave the class homework!

The assignment （任務(wù)） was to “go to someone you love   36   the next week and tell them you love them．It   37   to be someone you have never   38   those words to before or at least haven’t shared those words with for a long time．” That doesn’t   39   like a very tough assignment,   40   you stop to realize that most of the men  were over 35 and were   41   in the generation of men that were taught that expressing emotions is not “macho （男子漢氣概的）．” Showing feelings or crying （heaven forbid!） was just not done   42  this was a very threatening assignment for some．

At the   43   of our next class, I asked if someone wanted to   44   what happened when they told someone they loved them．I fully expected one of the   45   to volunteer, as was usually the   46  , but on this evening one of the men raised his hand．He appeared quite moved and a bit   47  ．As he unfolded out of his chair, he began by saying, “Dennis．I was quite   48   with you last week when you gave us the assignment．I didn’t think that I had   49  to say those words to and   50  , who were you to tell me to do something that personal? But as I began driving home my conscience （良知） started talking to me．It was telling me that I   51   exactly who I needed to say I love you to．You see, five years ago, my father and I had a heated   52   and really never resolved it since that one．We   53   seeing each other unless we absolutely had to at Christmas or other family gatherings．But   54   then, we hardly spoke to each other．So last．Tuesday   55   I got home, I had convinced myself．I was going to tell my father I loved him．”

A．a(chǎn)fter          B．before          C．for             D．within

A．has to        B．ought to        C．had better     D．can

A．told           B．said           C．talked           D．spoken

A．look          B．hear          C．listen           D．sound

A．when         B．until            C．that             D．unless

A．born          B．grown          C．raised           D．risen

A．And           B．But             C．So             D．For

A．beginning      B．end           C．middle          D．stating

A．a(chǎn)nnounce      B．share           C．a(chǎn)nswer          D．a(chǎn)sk

A．men           B．a(chǎn)dults           C．students         D．women

A．case           B．thing           C．story            D．experience

A．a(chǎn)fraid        B．shaken          C．terrible         D．worried

A．happy        B．pleased         C．a(chǎn)ngry           D．satisfied

A．everybody     B．nobody          C．someone       D．a(chǎn)nyone

A．else           B．except          C．beside           D．besides

A．thought      B．considered       C．knew         D．guessed

A．disagreement B．encouragement C．disappointment D．discouragement

A．imagined       B．risked           C．a(chǎn)voided         D．escaped

A．still               B．even            C．just           D．only

A．by the time    B．a(chǎn)t the time       C．for the time      D．during the time

Bill White’s father is a lawyer. In his 36 time, he likes to get out in the country and take some 37 of animals.

For a long time, Bill had wanted to go with his father on one of his 38. But his father didn’t take Bill along with him 39 he was fifteen.

He and Bill drove to the farm which 40 to his uncle in the afternoon. They 41 the night there, so that they could 42 out early the next morning. Uncle Steve and his son Larry, who was sixteen, were going to go out with them.

It was still dark when Bill heard the alarm 43 the next morning. He wondered why it was running so early. He couldn’t remember 44 he was. He turned over 45 and looked at the clock. It was 5 o’clock. Then he 46 that he was at the 47 and that he was going out to take pictures with his father. He jumped out of bed and got 48 quickly.

He ran downstairs. The others were already in the 49. Uncle Steve was cooking bacon and eggs. There was a pot of coffee on the stove. It 50 good.

They ate breakfast quickly. They didn’t talk 51, because they didn’t want to 52 up the other people in the house. They filled a thermos bottle 53 hot coffee and took some sandwiches 54 Aunt Grace, Uncle Steve’s wife, had made for them. They gathered their camera 55 and started out.

I don’t remember her name and would not recognize her if I were to pass her on the street. But I do__36__the kindness given by a stranger and the difference it has made in my life.

One Sunday, I was told to dress in my best clothes for I was going to __37__ . She smiled brightly as I got into her car, the car of a __38__I did not even know her name, but here I was , along with four others I __39__from our low-income neighborhood, on our way to church.

As we __40__ into the parking lot, I remember how beautiful the old stone building was with its tall steeple(尖塔)and stained glass windows. The__41__seemed long, and not accustomed to the rituals(儀式)of the Catholic Church, I felt out of place. Once the service had ended, I __42__ to be taken home, but __43__ we headed in the opposite direction. We were taken to a small__44__with the furnishings that portrayed a simple lifestyle. Two tables were set up with large boxes__45__ puzzles. As she made us hot chocolate, we were__46__ to begin working the puzzles. It was a quiet and happy time.

I came to __47__ Sundays，to hot chocolate, to puzzles that__48__ where we had left off the week before, and to the love I felt whenever she __49___at me .

Once our 1,000-piece puzzles had been completed, she no longer came to__50__us up on Sundays .I was told she was__51__ and no longer able to travel. However, I _52__ if perhaps it was time for her to “rescue” the next group of children. To give them hope that kindness still__53__ and can be found within those we call strangers.

I am forty-four years old now and often show__54__to strangers when given the chance. I know she may not move amongst us now, but I hope she smiles when she sees that her efforts to reach out to those less fortunate__55__.

1.                A．forget          B．understand      C．remember D．see

2.                A．school         B．college         C．hospital   D．church

3.                A．friend          B．stranger        C．teacher   D．leader

4.A recognized        B. described          C. realized         D. offered

5.                A．pulled          B．pushed         C．broke    D．stopped

6.                A．service         B．holiday         C．cure D．ceremony

7.                A．imagined       B．recommended   C．expected D．expressed

8.                A．besides         B．except         C．instead   D．still

9.                A．park           B．a(chǎn)partment       C．field D．path

10.               A．consisting       B．concluding      C．including  D．containing

11.               A．instructed      B．explored       C．convinced D．determined

12.               A．pay attention to B．devote to       C．look forward to D．lead to

13.               A．covered        B．replaced        C．changed   D．remained

14.               A．stared         B．smiled         C．threw D．glared

15.               A．make          B．pick           C．take  D．bring

16.               A．lost            B．gone           C．ill    D．old

17.               A．wondered      B．wandered       C．hoped D．insisted

18.               A．gathers         B．exists          C．drops D．moves

19.               A．respect        B．guidance       C．signs  D．kindness

20.A appear           B. fade              C. continue        D. create

完型填空（共20分）
A boy selling magazines walked up to a house people seldom visited. The house was old and the owner  36  came out. When he did come out he wouldn’t say hello to anybody  37  simply stared at them.
The boy knocked on the door and  38 . as he was ready to  39  away, the door slowly opened. “What do you want? ” the old man said.
“Uh, sir, I’m selling these magazines and I was  40  if you’d like to buy one.” The old man  41  stared at the boy. The boy could see the inside of the house and  42  some dog figurines （小雕像）. “Do you  43  dogs?” the boy asked. “Yes, I do. They’re my family here and they’re all I have.” The boy felt sorry for the man, as he seemed to be very  44 . “I’ve a magazine here for collectors. It’s perfect for you. I also have one about dogs since you like dogs so much.” But the old man said, “I need  45  of the magazines, now goodbye.”
The boy was sad. He went home and then an idea 46  to him. He had a little dog figurine. He walked back to the old man’s house with the  47 . He knocked on the door again and this time the old man came right to the door. “Boy, I  48  I told you no magazines.”
“No, sir. I know that. I wanted to bring you a  49 . ” The boy handed him the figurine and the old man’s face  50 . “It’s a Golden Retriever. I have one at home. This one is  51  you. ” The old man was  52 ; no one had ever shown him so much  53 . “Boy , you have a big  54 . Thank you!” From that day on the old man   55 coming out of the house and talking with people.
36．A．regularly             B．never          C．hardly                  D．nearly
37．A．but                                 B．when          C．a(chǎn)s                          D．so
38．A．hurried                          B．remained   C．waited                 D．left
39．A．drive                     B．run                        C．escape                 D．walk
40．A．wondering          B．saying                  C．doubting             D．hoping
41．A．ever                      B．yet                        C．still                       D．just
42．A．loved                    B．noticed                C．contacted  D．sensed
43．A．help                      B．raise           C．collect                  D．like
44．A．lonely                            B．cruel           C．old                        D．terrible
45．A．nothing                B．none           C．either                   D．some
46．A．happened           B．reached               C．brought               D．occurred
47．A．fear                      B．magazine  C．figurine                D．idea
48．A．imagined             B．thought               C．wished                 D．expected
49．A．friend                            B．dog                       C．gift                        D．book
50．A．went up               B．turned up  C．grew up               D．lit up
51．A．with                      B．for                         C．on                         D．in
52．A．surprised            B．calm            C．disappointed      D．encouraged
53．A．pity                       B．kindness              C．politeness D．happiness
54．A．hand                     B．eye                       C．heart          D．head
55．A．continued           B．started                C．a(chǎn)voided               D．risked