That holiday morning I didn’t have to attend school. Usually, on holidays, Mother 36 me to sleep in. And I would certainly take full advantage of it. On this particular morning, 37 ,I felt like getting up early.
I stood by my window overlooking the 38_ , having nothing better to do. But as it turned out, I was soon to learn about something 39_ in life.
As I watched several people go by, get into their cars and drive off, I 40 an old man on a bicycle with a bucket on its 41_ and a basket rags and bottles on its back-carriage. He 42 from one car to another, washing and cleaning them. From the water on the ground, it seemed that he had already 43 washing and cleaning about a dozen or more cars. He must have begun to work quite early in the morning.
Several thoughts 44 my mind as I watched him work. He wasn’t well-dressed. He had on a pair of shorts and a(n) 45 T-shirt. The bicycle he rode was not by any means the kind modern 46 would want to be seen riding on. But he seemed 47 with life. There he was, working hard at his small business, 48 at passers-by and stopping to chat now and then 49 elderly men and women on their way to the market nearby.
There was a noticeable touch of 50 in the way he seemed to be doing things— 51 the windscreen (挡风玻璃), then standing back to admire it; scrubbing (擦净) the wheels and 52 , standing back to see what they look like after the scrub.
It was a 53 to learn, I felt. At no age need one have to beg for a 54 if one has good health and is willing to work hard. For a while I felt 55 of myself. Young as I am—just sixteen, and there was this old man who must have been usefully engaged perhaps before the sun appeared above the horizon.
【小题1】A．forcesB．allowsC．causesD．forbids【小题2】A．otherwiseB．thereforeC．howeverD．besides【小题3】A．parking lotB．bus stopC．schoolD．market【小题4】A．interestingB．surprisingC．awful D．useful【小题5】A．noticedB．recognizedC．calledD．assisted【小题6】A．backB．handleC．wheelD．seat【小题7】A．searchedB．leftC．movedD．wandered【小题8】A．stoppedB．startedC．intended D．finished【小题9】A．crossedB．slippedC．disturbedD．inspired【小题10】A．attractiveB．shinyC．simpleD．expensive【小题11】A．repairmenB．businessmenC．driversD．cyclists【小题12】A．busyB．contentC．carefulD．bored【小题13】A．wavingB．lookingC．laughingD．pointing【小题14】A．aboutB．forC．withD．like【小题15】A．worryB．respectC．sympathyD．pride【小题16】A．cleaningB．fixingC．replacingD．covering【小题17】A．stillB．yetC．againD．soon【小题18】A．lessonB．subjectC．skill D．fact【小题19】A．businessB．livingC．successD．right【小题20】A．tiredB．doubtfulC．fearfulD．ashamedB
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解析：某假日的早晨，作者起得早早的。窗外停车场上，一位普通洗车工忙碌而怡然自得的情景令他悟得人生之真谛：身体棒，肯劳动，就会成为有用之人！
【小题1】假日不用上学，所以母亲允许我睡懒觉。forbid 禁止。不符合文章语义。
【小题2】在这一天，我一反常态，起得早早的。与上文含对比转折之意。所以选however.
【小题3】由第三段第一句和下文洗车工忙碌的介绍可推测作者俯瞰窗外的停车场。
【小题4】从最后一段看出作者通过观察普通洗车工忙碌而怡然自得的情形感悟到人有着勤劳而健康的双手就会成为有用之人。这确实是有益的一颗课。
【小题5】在忙绿而有序的洗车场上作者注意到一位前来洗车骑着单车的老人。
【小题6】描绘洗车工自行车的扶手上挂着一只水桶，后车架上载着抹布和装水的瓶瓶罐罐。Handle 有“手柄，车把”之意。
【小题7】洗车时当然从一辆车洗到另一辆车。有“move “之意。
【小题8】从文章描述淌满地的水，可以看出洗车工已洗完十二三辆车之多。故用finish.
【小题9】作者看到洗车工工作专注而勤劳的情形，各种想法不禁涌上心头。Crowd做动词有“涌入”之意。另有教材短语crowd in on sb 为证。
【小题10】由第四段首句得知，洗车工穿着纯朴，简单。一条休闲短裤和简朴的T血衫。
【小题11】洗车工用的车绝不是专业自行车骑手所用的一类。Cyclists 指自行车赛手。
【小题12】be content with 表示“对……满意”。根据文章所述，洗车工虽忙碌辛苦却对此活得怡然自得。
【小题13】描述洗车工工作时时而向过路人挥手，时而停下手中活与去市场的老人小叙一番。一种怡然自得的自在。
【小题14】chat…with sb 表与某人闲聊。
【小题15】根据下文描述洗车工擦完挡风玻璃时而“admire”一番，洗完车轮后时而“apprieciate”一番，一股自豪（pride）满意之情溢于言表。
【小题16】由后文的分号和scrubbing综合得知此处用scrubbing的同义词。
【小题17】前文说洗车工擦洗完挡风玻璃，就“standing back to admire it ”；当然洗干净车轮后又“standing back”to see…。
【小题18】自此前文叙述作者看到洗车工感人而令人遐思的忙碌又怡然自得的场景。恍如给作者上了一堂人生之课。
【小题19】作者得出的人生真谛——有着健康的身体和勤劳的双手，任何年龄段的人都不应该为谋生而乞讨（过着不劳而获的生活）。
【小题20】作者为自己的这么年轻而无所事事感到羞愧。