Question

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

In college I had a part-time job at a shop downtown that sold doughnuts(a kind of cake) and coffee. The small shop,  1on a block where a dozen buses stopped, it provided food to people who had a few minutes to wait for their  2.

    I  3coffee in takeout cups and patiently waited on customers who’d point through the glass case and say, “No, not that one, the one two rows over.”

    Every afternoon around four o’clock, a group of school children would burst   4the  shop. Adults would glance in, see the crowd and   5on. I didn’t   6if the kids waited for the bus in the shop.

    I came to know them pretty well. The girls would talk about school. The boys were more quiet, choosing not to   7their secrets, but still, they’d wait every day in the store   8their bus came.

       Sometimes I'd hand out bus fare （车费） when a ticket went  9— always repaid the next day．When ii snowed, the kids and I would wait  10for a very late bus．They'd call their parents to let them know they were okay．At _ closing time I wouldn't  11the door, and the kids and I would wait in the warm store until their bus finally arrived．

       I  12a lot of doughnuts on snowy days．I enjoyed my pals （伙伴）, but it never  13to me that I played an important part in their lives—until one Saturday afternoon when a serious-looking man came into the store and asked if I was the girl who worked weekdays around four o'clock．I  14it was true, and he introduced himself   15the father of two of my favorites—a brother and sister team．

       "I want you know I appreciate what you do for my children．I  16about them having to take two buses to get home．It  17a lot that they can wait here and you are keeping an eye on them．"

       I told him it wasn't a big  18．that I enjoyed the kids．

       "No, you don't understand．When they're with the doughnuts lady, I know they're  19．It is a big deal．And I'm grateful．"

       So I was the Doughnuts lady．I not only had received a   20．I had become a landmark．

1.A．existed                B．located          C．lied                 D．stood

2.A．ride                  B．train            C．passengers         D．cars

3.A．tasted                 B．had             C．made               D．poured

4.A．into                  B．out            C．for                  D．along

5.A．go                    B．come            C．pass                                    D．pull

6.A．consider              B．mind            C．think               D．realize

7.A．hear                  B．notice           C．share               D．show

8.A．when                 B．before           C．after                D．until

9.A．stealing                B．disappearing      C．missing             D．remaining

10.A．happily              B．anxiously        C．sadly               D．bravely

11.A．lock                 B．open            C．watch              D．keep

12.A．ate up               B．gave away       C．let out              D．sent away

13.A．stuck               B．reminded         C．moved           D．occurred

14.A．admitted             B．talked           C．guessed           D．refused

15.A．for                 B．to             C．as                  D．like

16.A．care                B．worry           C．frighten           D．wonder

17.A．means               B．takes            C．has                 D．gives

18.A．pride                B．pleasure         C．deal                 D．help

19.A．controlled            B．behaved         C．alive              D．safe

20.A．word                B．title              C．prize              D．award

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.A

5.C

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.C

10.B

11.A

12.B

13.D

14.A

15.C                               

16.B

17.A

18.C

19.D

20.B