It was the end of my first day as waitress in a busy New York restaurant.My cap had gone away,and my feet were ____.The loaded plates I carried ____ to be heavier and heavier.Tired and discouraged,I wasn’t able to do anything ____.As I made out a check for a family with several children who had changed their icecream ____ a dozen times,I was ready to stop.Then the father ____ at me as he handed me my tip.“Well done,”he said,“you’ve ____ us really well.” Suddenly my tiredness ____.I smiled back,and later,when the ____ asked me how I’d like my first day,I said,“Fun!” Those few words of praise had ____ everything.Praise is like ____ to the human spirit;we cannot grow without it.And ___,while most of us are only too ____ to apply to others the cold wind of criticism,we are ___ to give our fellows the warm sunshine of praise.Why—when one word of praise can bring such ____? It is strange how chary(吝啬的) we are about praising.Perhaps it’s ____ few of us know how to accept it.It’s ____ rewarding to give praise in areas in which ___ generally goes unnoticed or unmentioned.An artist gets admired for a glorious picture,a cook for a ____ meal.But do you ever tell your laundry manager how pleased you are when the shirts are ____ just right?In fact,to give praise ____ the giver nothing but a moment’s thought and a moment’s effort.
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小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:B
小题6:B
小题7:C
小题8:B
小题9:B
小题10:D
小题11:D
小题12:A
小题13:B
小题14:C
小题15:A
小题16:B
小题17:A
小题18:C
小题19:A
小题20:D
小题1: B
解析 经过在饭店一天的辛苦劳动,作者的帽子掉了,脚也酸痛(painful)。
小题2: C
解析 由前两句和后一句可知,作者已经很累了。不是盛满菜的盘子越来越重,而是作者感觉它们越来越重。seem好像,似乎,符合语境。
小题3: D
解析 作者由于劳累,事情都做不好了。
小题4: A
解析 由句意可知,孩子们不断地更换想点的冰激凌的品种。
小题5: B
解析 根据下文“I smiled back...”可知,他应该是朝作者微笑。stare at凝视;call at拜访;nod at朝……点头。
小题6: B
解析 他们是顾客,而作者是服务生,二者是照顾(looked after)与被照顾的关系。
小题7: C
解析 因为受到了赞扬,作者的疲劳感消失了(disappeared)。
小题8: B
解析 根据语境可知,应是经理(manager)问起作者第一天上班的感受。
小题9: B
解析 赞扬的话让作者的疲劳感消失,可知这些话改变了(changed)一切。
小题10: D
解析 根据下文的“...give our fellows the warm sunshine of praise.”可知,赞扬就像阳光一样温暖着我们的心。
小题11:D
解析 根据空格后面的句意“我们大多数人都总是批评别人而不是赞扬”可知,此处与前句构成转折关系。
小题12: A
解析 然而我们大多数人总是爱批评别人。be ready to do sth有“情愿/急于做某事”之意,符合语境。
小题13: B
解析 根据下一段的首句“It is strange how chary(吝啬的) we are about praising.”可知,我们总是不愿意给我们的伙伴赞美之辞。
小题14: C
解析 根据上文可知,一句赞美的话可以带给别人很大的快乐(pleasure)。
小题15:A
解析 此句用perhaps引出“It is strange...about praising.”的原因,“few of us know how to accept it”是作者揣摩这种现象的原因。
小题16: B
解析 根据下文可知,在一些努力通常不被注意和提及的领域给予赞扬尤其有意义。especially尤其;finally最后;probably很可能地;fortunately幸运地。
小题17:A
解析 根据上面叙述的作者的打工经历可知,这里指的是劳动或者努力(effort)。
小题18: C
解析 与上句的a glorious picture相对应。perfect完美的,符合语境。
小题19: A
解析 洗衣店把衣服洗干净。
小题20: D
解析 由句意可知,赞扬别人并不需要称赞者花费(costs)什么,除了片刻的思考和努力。