Question

There is a small shop about 200 meters from where I live that sells groceries, meat and other basic necessities. About 10 years ago, there was a beggar who would go into the shop every day and ask the owner for a      . The owner, although he would love to help, simply didn’t have any jobs available, so he kept        the man’s request.

This situation continued        for a few months, until the owner        to give the homeless man a job which        sweeping outside the shop. Every single day from 5 am, the homeless man was there doing the very best he could for the       , and it did earn him some pennies.       , the owner saw how good a job the man was doing and gave him a job working as a cashier. He was watched closely to make sure that he didn’t       any of the money received from the sales. He was still homeless, after all. The homeless man did a/an        job as a cashier for over 2 years, and did such a good job that he was promoted to       the finance for the whole shop.

    To my      , this was the arrangement up until 2 years ago, when the owner      . In his will, he only had one      , to give the whole shop to the now stable, “homeless” man. Now, I could walk into that shop and see him working as hard as ever, with his own business that is still        and active 10 years after getting his job as a sweeper.

    From this story, we can probably get the inspiration: work hard and give everything your best effort, even if it isn’t your       situation, it very well may turn out to be some day in the future.

1.A. coin                            B. home                             C. job                                   D. meal

2.A. ignoring                 B. considering                     C. accepting                      D. refusing

3.A. again                     B. weekly                          C. often                D. daily

4.A. wanted          B. agreed            C. planned                  D. expected

5.A. meant               B. involved               C. included              D. kept

6.A. family                B. owner                           C. shop                               D. money

7.A. Normally                B. Accurately                    C. Generally                 D. Eventually

8.A. lose                            B. pocket                           C. spend                            D. save

9.A. honest              B. practical         C. fantastic                D. kind

10.A. take                    B. raise                       C. provide                    D. manage

11.A. knowledge   B. mind                              C. regret                            D. joy

12.A. got tired                  B. grew old              C. passed away                 D. gave up

13.A. thought                   B. purpose                        C. request                         D. suggestion

14.A. big                            B. new                      C. different         D. popular

15.A. ideal               B. current                         C. reasonable                   D. financial

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.D

4.B

5.B

6.B

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.D

11.A

12.C

13.C

14.D

15.A

【解析】试题分析：文章大意：有一个乞丐每天都去商店，恳请老板给他一份工作。虽然老板愿意帮他，但商店里没有任何空缺的工作。因为他的坚持，老板最终给了他一份打扫商店外卫生的工作。勤奋的乞丐受到老板的青睐，逐层考验之后，最终在老板去世前将商店赠给了他。

1.C 上下文。根据后文……simply didn’t have any jobs available,所以得知乞丐想得到一份工作，答案选C job。

2.D 动词辨析。尽管老板愿意帮忙，但是他没有任何空缺的职位，所以他一直拒绝（refuse）这个乞丐的要求，所以答案选D。A 期待；预料； B  考虑； 认为； C 接受

3.D 副词辨析。上文提到“……go into the shop every day”，所以用daily表示“每天”，选择D。

A又，再； B每周地；C经常地

4.B 动词辨析。最终，老板同意给这位无家可归的人一份工作。agree to do sth 同意做某事。A want to do sth 想做某事；C plan to do sth 计划做某事； D expect to do sth 期待做某事

5.B 动词辨析。A 意图；B 涉及；需要，包含 C 包括；D 训练  根据句意：工作需要他打扫商店外的卫生，所以用B更恰当。

6.B 名词辨析。这个无家可归的人要竭尽全力为店老板（owner）工作。A 家庭； C 商店； D钱

7.D副词辨析。最终（eventually），店老板看到他工作兢兢业业，就给他换了一份收银员的工作。A 正常地；B精确地；C 一般地

8.B 动词辨析。pocket作动词表示“盗用；窃取；侵吞”他被密切监视，以确保他没有偷钱。A 丢失；C花钱； D 省钱

9.A 形容词辨析。两年来，这个无家可归的男人当收银员干得很实在（honest）。B 有实践意义的；实际的； C 极好的；D 善良的，所以答案用A。

10.D动词辨析。由于工作出色，老板提拔了他，让他管理（manage）全店的财务。A保卫；B提出；上升；C提供，答案选D。

11.A 名词辨析。A知识；知晓to one’s knowledge表示“据……所知” B想法； C遗憾；后悔 D 高兴，to one’s joy表示“使某人高兴的是……”所以用A。据我所知，这是两年后的安排……

12.C 动词短语辨析。根据下一句的“in his will”知道老板两年前去世了（pass away）A疲劳；B变老；D放弃，所以选C。

13.C 名词辨析。老板在遗嘱里只有一个要求（request），那就是把整个商店留给这位无家可归的人。A 想法；B 目的；D 建议

14.D 形容词辨析。十年前他的老板给了他一份清洁工的工作，现在老板把整个商店给了他，生意依然很受欢迎（popular）。A 大的；B新的；C不同的

15.A 形容词辨析。即使不是理想的（ideal）工作，你也要努力工作，将来某一天可能就成为你理想的工作。B现在的；C合理的；D财政的；经济的

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