One fine afternoon I was walking along the Fifth Avenue, when I remembered that it was necessary to buy a pair of socks．I
36 the first sock shop that caught my eye, and
37 , not more than 17, came forward. "What can I do for you, sir?" "I wish to
38 a pair of socks."
39 glowed. "Did you know that you had come into
40 in the world to buy socks?" I had not been
41 that, as my entrance had been accidental．"Come with me,”"said the boy happily．He began to
42 down from the shelves box after box．
"
43 , boy, I'm going to buy only one pair!" "I know that, but I want you to see how beautiful these are．Aren't they wonderful?" There was
44 an expression of joy,
45 he were revealing(透露） to me the
46 of his religion．I became far more interested in him than in the socks．"My friend,"said I, "if this is
47 the enthusiasm from freshness, and you can keep it up
48 , in ten years you’ll own every sock in the United States．"
My amazement at his pride in
49 will be understood by all who read this article．In many shops the customer has to wait for someone to
50 him．When
51 some clerk does notice you, you are made to feel as if you were interrupting him．
52 possibly that very clerk who is now so
53 began his career with enthusiasm．The freshness
54 ; He became a mechanical salesman．
I’ve observed such change in the lives of so many men in so many occupations that I've come to the
55 that the fastest road to failure is to do things mechanically．
| 小题1: | | A．turned into | B．broke into | C．came across | D．met with |
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| 小题2: | | A．a female clerk | B．a boy clerk | C．a girl clerk | D．an old man |
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| 小题4: | | A．His face | B．The room | C．His eyes | D．The fire |
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| 小题5: | | A．the worst | B．the right place | C．the wrong | D．the best place |
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| 小题6: | | A．curious about | B．aware of | C．sensitive to | D．attached to |
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| 小题7: | | A．push | B．force | C．look | D．drag |
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| 小题8: | | A．Hold up | B．Just you wait | C．Hold on | D．Hang up |
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| 小题9: | | A．on his face | B．to my surprise | C．for some reason | D．to some degree |
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| 小题10: | | A．when | B．as if | C．even if | D．while |
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| 小题11: | | A．beliefs | B．stories | C．values | D．mysteries |
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| 小题12: | | A．hardly | B．only | C．no more than | D．not merely |
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| 小题13: | | A．day after day | B．day by day | C．the other day | D．to this day |
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| 小题14: | | A．passion | B．salesmanship | C．enthusiasm | D．job |
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| 小题15: | | A．serve on | B．care for | C．wait upon | D．deal with |
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| 小题16: | | A．accidentally | B．occasionally | C．finally | D．disrespectfully |
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| 小题18: | | A．enthusiastic | B．unconcerned | C．different | D．responsible |
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| 小题19: | | A．wore of | B．wore on | C．wore over | D．wore off |
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| 小题20: | | A．response | B．realization | C．conclusion | D．circumstance |
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