I was fifteen when I walked into Black Stump Bookstore in Liverpool. As I was looking at on the shelves, the shop owner asked if I’d like . I needed to start for college, so I said yes. I worked after school and during summers for the lowest wages, and the job helped my first year of college. I had worked in many other jobs: I made coffee in the Students’ Union during college, I was a hotel maid and I make maps for the Forest Service. But selling books was one of the most . One day a woman asked me for books on women’s diseases. She seemed fearful. I showed her almost everything we had at that time and found other books we could order. She left the store less . I’ve always remembered the felt in having helped her. Years later, as a in London, I heard about a black child born his fingers connected. His family could not a corrective operation, and the boy lived in hiding his hand in pocket. I my boss to let me do the story. After my story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the for free. I visited the boy in the room soon after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his hand and say “ Thank you.” I felt a sense of . In the past I was at Black Stump Bookstore, I always sensed I was working for the customers, not the store. Today, it’s the same. BBC News pays my , but I feel as if I work for the viewers, helping them understand the world.
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小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:C
小题6:C
小题7:D
小题8:A
小题9:A
小题10:D
小题11:B
小题12:C
小题13:C
小题14:C
小题15:D
小题16:B
小题17:A
小题18:A
小题19:D
小题20:B
题目分析：文章介绍作者在上大学期间做过很多兼职工作，为自己付学费，期间他努力工作，让顾客满意，自己也很自豪，工作后，做为电视台的记者，作者总是将观众放在心上。
小题1:考查名词：A. maps 地图，B. titles标题，C. articles文章，D. reports报告，因为是书店，所以书架上是书名，选B
小题2:考查名词：A. a book一本书，B. any help任何帮助，C. any suggestions 任何建议，D. a job 一个工作，从后面的句子;and the job helped 24 my first year of college.可知店主问作者需不需要一个工作为大学做准备，选D
小题3:考查动词： A. planning 计划，B. leaving离开，C. preparing准备，D. studying学习，从下文：I worked after school and during summers for the lowest wages, and the job helped 24 my first year of college.可知作者是为上大学做好准备，选C
小题4:考查动词短语：A. pay for付钱，B. fit for适合，C. run for参加竞选， D. enter for参加，工作为我的第一年的大学做好准备，选A
小题5:考查连词：A. so 因此，B. never 从不，C. even甚至，D. still仍然，我做过旅店服务员，甚至做过地图，选C
小题6:考查形容词：A boring令人厌烦的， B. exciting令人兴奋的，C. satisfying令人满意的， D. disappointing 令人失望的，根据下文，尤其是 I felt in having helped her 这句话可以猜出答案。可知作者对卖书的工作最感兴趣，选C
小题7:考查介词短语：A in need需要，B. in all总共，C in order秩序井然，D. in store储存，根据下文和本句中的副词 almost(我几乎把书店里储存的所有的书都给她看了)可得出答案。选D
小题8:考查形容词：A. worried担心的，B. surprised惊讶的，C. doubted怀疑的，D puzzled困惑的，那位妇女走时是带着“不太担心的”心情离开的。选A
小题9:考查名词：A. pride骄傲，B. failure失败，C. regret遗憾，后悔，D. wonder奇迹，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”。选A
小题10:考查名词：A. doctor 医生，B. store owner 商店主人，C. bookseller书商，D. TV reporter电视台记者，根据下文的 NBC News 得出答案是电视台记者。选D
小题11:考查介词短语：A. in在…里面，B. with和…一起，C. by 通过，D. for为了，我听说一个男孩天生手指就是相连的，这里是with复合结构，选B
小题12:考查动词：A. pay付钱，B. offer 提供，C. afford负担，D. spend花费，因为是移民，因此判断他家里“付不起”矫正的手术费。选C
小题13:考查名词：A. peace宁静，B. honor荣誉，C. horror 恐惧， D. danger危险，因为手是残疾，再根据后面“把手藏在口袋里”判断答案为“害怕”。选C
小题14:考查动词：A. chose选择，B. forced 强迫，C. persuaded 说服，D. permitted允许，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。选C
小题15:考查名词：A. action行动，B. program 课程，C. treatment对待，D. operation手术，从上文提到“矫正手术”得出答案，选D
小题16:考查动词：A. waiting 等待，B. recovery恢复，C. reading读，D. guest客人，手术后不久我就在康复室见到这个男孩，选B
小题17:考查动词：A. repaired修理，B. connected连接，C. injured受伤，D. improved提高，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。选A
小题18:考查名词：A. pleasure快乐，B. sadness悲伤，C. humor 幽默，D. responsibility责任，看到那个小孩举起他的手，我有一种“高兴”的感觉。选A
小题19:考查连词：A. if 如果，B. though虽然，C. until 直到，D. while然而，从句子的前后意思可知表示转折关系。选D
小题20:考查名词：A. prize奖品，B. salary 薪水，C. cost成本，D. bill账单，BBC新闻付我的工资，但是我觉得自己是为观众做事的。选B