I was 15 when I walked into McCarley’s Bookstore in Ashland. As I was looking at 1 on the shelves, the man behind the counter, 2 , asked if I’d like 3 . I needed to start 4 for college, so I said yes. I 5 after school and during summers for the lowest wages and the job helped pay for my freshman year of college. I would work many other jobs; I made coffee in the Students Union during college, I was a hotel maid and even made maps for the U. S. Forest Service. But selling books was one of the most 6 . One day a woman asked me for books on cancer. She seemed fearful. I showed her almost 7 we had at that time 8 and found other books we could order. She left the store less 9 . I’ve always remembered the 10 I felt in having helped her.
Years later, as a 11 in Los Angeles, I heard about an immigrant child who was born with his fingers connected, webline. His family could not 12 a corrective operation, and the boy lived in 13 , hiding his hand in his pocket.
I 14 my boss to let me do the story. After my story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the 15 for free.
I visited the boy in the recovery room soon after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his 16 hand and say, “Thank you.” I felt a sense of 17 .
In the past, while I was 18 , I always sense I was working for the customers, not the store. Today it’s the same. NBC News pays my salary, 19 I feel as if I work for the 20 , helping them make sense of the world.
1. A. maps B. titles C. articles D. reports
2. A. the reader B. the college student C. the shop owner D. the customer
3. A. a book B. a job C. some tea D. any help
4. A. planning B. saving C. preparing D. studying
5. A. read B. studied C. cooked D. worked
6. A. boring B. surprising C. satisfying D. disappointing
7. A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything
8. A. in need B. in all C. in order D. in store
9. A. worried B. satisfied C. excited D. puzzled
10. A. pride B. failure C. regret D. surprise
11. A. doctor B. store owner C. bookseller D. TV reporter
12. A. pay B. cost C. afford D. spend
13. A. shame B. honour C. horror D. danger
14. A. advised B. forced C. persuaded D. permitted
15. A. action B. program C. treatment D. operation
16. A. repaired B. connected C. injured D. improved
17 A. pleasure B. sadness C. interest D. disappointment
18. A. at the TV station B. in the Students Union
C. at the U. S. Forest Service D. at McCarley’s Bookstore
19. A. so B. and C. but D. because
20. A. readers B. viewers C. customers D. passengers1—5BCBBD 6—10CDDAA 11—15DCACD 16—20 AADCB
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解析： 本文叙述作者读大学时在外做兼职时所经历的一些事情以及对现在工作的影响。
1. B。当你到书店的书架前，你首先看到的是书的“名称/题目”。
2. C。柜台后面一般是售货员或店老板，因为选项中没有售货员，因此答案是“店老板”。
3. B。根据下文作者的回答可知老板问作者是否想找“一份工作”。
4. B。因为上大学需要钱，所以需要“积攒，节省”。
5. D。根据上文“找工作”可得出答案。
6. C。根据下文，尤其是 I felt in having helped her 这句话可以猜出答案。
7. D。根据下文和本句中的副词 almost(我几乎把书店里所有的书都给她看了)可得出答案。
8. D。文章开头第一句就交代了“书店”，上下文都可以证实。
9. A。根据上文作者的热情服务把书店几乎所有的书都拿给她看，以及下文作者对自己工作的满意心情可以判断，那位妇女走时是带着“不太着急的”心情离开的。
10. A。从上文的叙述和下文的 I felt in having helped her 可知作者因帮助了这样一位妇女而感到很“自豪”。
11. D。根据下文的 NBC News 得出答案是电视台记者。
12. C。因为是移民，因此判断他家里“付不起”矫正的手术费。
13. A。因为手是残疾，再根据后面“把手藏在口袋里”判断答案为“害羞”。
14. C。根据下文“我写的故事被播出了”可知我“说服”了老板让我写这个故事。
15. D。从上文提到“矫正手术”得出答案(from www.nmet168.)。
16. A。从上文，手术后在医院康复期间，作者看望了那个小孩，他做的第一件事就是举起他那动手术“修复过”的手。
17. A。看到那个小孩举起他的手，我有一种“高兴”的感觉。
18. D。从文章的第一句话可得出答案。
19. C。从句子的前后意思可知表示转折关系。
20. B。因为作者现在是一位电视工作者，所做的工作是为“看电视的观众”而做的。