Question

根据短文内容和所给中文提示，在空白处写出单词的正确形式．每空限填一词．

When I was 18，my family left China. And a year later, we made our way to New York. Unluckily, my father 1. （失败）to find a job, so I had to help support my family. I looked through the want ads every morning and later had an 2. （面试）for a job at Waterbury Hospital Health Centre. There I was told my work would 3.（包括）sweeping floors. I smiled and remembered my father's advice.

"Take pride in what you do,”my lather said, "whether you're a 4. （老板）or are sweeping floors.”

So even if my job was the lowest, I was5. （激动的）to do it. Each morning, I 6. （想象）all the patients not being able to eat if I wasn't there to clean the plates and bowls. Once7. （早饭）was made, I cleaned toilets, swept floors and did some other dirty work. I wanted people to say "That young man sure does a nice job"， 8. （尽管）I was dead tired.

Through 9. （十一）jobs I've ever held, my father's   10. （明智的）words have stayed with me. I've swept floors，and I've been the manager. I think Dad would be proud.

Answer

1.failed

2.interview

3.include

4.boss

5.excited

6.imagined

7.breakfast

8.though/although

9.eleven

10.wise

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：作者十八岁时去美国，因为父亲没有找到工作，他不得不干活以帮助维持生计。他找到了在医院当清洁工的工作，又脏、又苦、又累，但是他一直以父亲的话“无论你是老板还是一个清洁工，以你做的一切感到自豪”鞭策自己，换了十一次工作，最后他当上了经理。

1.failed 句意：我的父亲没有成功地找到工作。失败：fail，讲述18岁时的经历，有一般过去时态，故填：failed。

2.2】interview句意：我每天早上看招聘广告，后来在沃特伯里健康中心医院得到了一个工作面试。 面试：interview.

3.3】include句意：在那儿，告诉我，我的工作包括扫地。助动词would后跟动词原形，故填：include。

4.4】boss句意：无论你在老板或是在扫地。老板：boss。

5.5】excited句意：因此，即使我的工作最低贱，我还是激动地做。指我感到激动，故填：excited。

6.6】imagined句意：每天早上，我想像着如果我没有洗干净盘子和碗，所有的病人就不能吃。想象：imagine，指当时在医院工作时的状态，用一般过去时，故填：imagined。

7.7】breakfast句意：早饭做好后，我就打扫厕所、扫地并做一些其它的脏活。早饭：breakfast。

8.8】though/although句意：虽然我累坏了，但是我还是想要人们说：“那位年轻人干得漂亮”。虽然，尽管：though/although

9.9】eleven句意：在我做过的十一样工作中，父亲明智的话一直和我在一起。十一种工作，表示数量，用基数词，故填：eleven。

10.0】wise句意：在我做过的十一样工作中，父亲明智的话一直和我在一起。明智的，wise，用形容词作定语，故填：wise。

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