We e by business naturally in our family. Each of the seven children in our family worked in our father’s store. 11 we worked and watched, we learned that work was about more than 12 and making a sale.
One lesson stands out in my 13 . It was shortly before Christmas. I was in eighth grade and was working evenings, straightening the toy section. A little boy, five or six years old, came in. He was 14 a brown torn coat with dirty sleeves. His shoes were scuffed （磨破）and his one shoelace was torn. The little boy looked poor to me — too poor to 15 to buy anything. He looked 16 the toy section, picked up this item and 17 , and carefully put them 18 in their place.
Dad came down the stairs and walked over to the boy. His steel blue eyes 19 and the dimple（酒窝）in his cheek stood out as he asked the boy what he could do for him. The boy said he was looking for a Christmas _20 to buy his brother. I was impressed that Dad treated him with the same respect as any adult. Dad told him to take his 21 and look around. He did.
After about 20 minutes, the little boy carefully picked up a toy 22 , walked up to my dad and said, “How much for this, Mister?”
“How much you got?” Dad asked.
The little boy held out his hand and 23 it. His hand was creased(起皱) with 24 lines of dirt from holding his 25 too tightly. In his hand 26 two dimes, a nickel and two pennies—27 cents. The price on the toy plane he’d picked out was $3.98.
“That’ll just 27 it,” Dad said as he 28 the sale. Dad’s reply still 29 in my ears. When the little boy walked out of the store, I didn’t notice the dirty, worn coat or the single torn shoelace. What I saw was a happy child with a 30 .
【小题1】A．BecauseB．SinceC．AsD．After【小题2】A．survivalB．laborC．hardshipD．entertainment【小题3】A．wayB．mindC．lifeD．time【小题4】A．putting onB．dressingC．havingD．wearing【小题5】A．tryB．attemptC．affordD．manage【小题6】A．forB．aroundC．upD．over【小题7】A．thatB．oneC．itD．this【小题8】A．upB．awayC．backD．off【小题9】A．openedB．smiledC．shoneD．looked【小题10】A．treeB．cardC．presentD．cake【小题11】A．effortB．wordC．timeD．courage【小题12】A．carB．giftC．planeD．section【小题13】A．showedB．openedC．gaveD．turned【小题14】A．longB．straightC．wetD．main【小题15】A．toyB．pocketC．handD．money【小题16】A．layB．hadC．heldD．laid【小题17】A．workB．coverC．needD．take【小题18】A．tookB．returned C．madeD．offered【小题19】A．ringsB．stays C．remainsD．gets【小题20】A．bagB．treasureC．packageD．thingC
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(答案→)C
解析：本文讲述了小时候帮助父亲做生意的过程中，目睹父亲对一个身穿破烂衣服的小男孩做生意的过程，父亲的爱心和对人一视同仁的品质给我上了很好的一堂课。
【小题1】C考查连词辨析。我们一边工作一边用心观察，这让我们明白了，在工作中除了生存和交易还有很多更有意义的东西。As一边…一边….；在这里引导时间状语从句。because和since引导原因状语从句，after不符合句意。
【小题2】A考查名词辨析。解析同11题。survival生存labor 劳动 hardship困苦entertainment娱乐
【小题3】B考查名词辨析。有一个教训在我的脑海(mind)里留下了深刻的印象。
【小题4】D考查动词辨析。他穿着(wearing)一件棕色大衣袖口又破又脏。
【小题5】C考查动词辨析。这个小男孩看上去真是太穷了，我觉得他应该什么都买不起的。afford买得起
【小题6】B考查介词辨析。在玩具柜台看来看去(look around)，…around是副词。
【小题7】A考查代词辨析。拿起这个，又拿起那个(that)。
【小题8】C考查副词辨析。放回(put back)原来的地方。put up提供，建造 put away放好；储存 put off推迟
【小题9】B考查动词辨析。父亲炯炯有神的蓝色眼睛带着笑意(smiled)，脸上的笑容也荡漾开了，生成了两小酒窝。
【小题10】C考查名词辨析。因为是圣诞节，所以应该是给弟弟买礼物(present)。
【小题11】C考查固定短语。take one’s time别着急，慢慢来。父亲又让男小孩随便看看，不要着急，小男孩照做了。
【小题12】C考查上下文串联。根据下文The price on the toy plane he’d picked out was $3.98.可知答案为C。
【小题13】B考查动词辨析。小男孩伸出并打开(opened)了他的手
【小题14】C考查形容词辨析。因为长时间紧握着钱(money)，他的手心满是汗渍(wet)、脏兮兮的。
【小题15】D考查名词辨析。解析同24题。小男孩手里握着钱。
【小题16】A考查动词辨析。他的手里躺着(lay)两块银元，一个五分硬币，两个一分的便士，一共是27美分。
【小题17】B考查动词辨析。cover够只付…；work工作need需要take花费。根据意思，应选B。
【小题18】C考查动词辨析。make the sale成功销售，也就是说父亲完成了这个生意，把玩具飞机给了小男孩。
【小题19】A考查动词辨析。父亲的回答在我耳边回响(rang).
【小题20】B考查名词辨析。我所看到的是一个光芒四射的孩子，他有着宝石(treasure)一样美丽的心灵。bag袋子；package包裹 ting东西。