My parents ran a small restaurant in Seattle. It was open twenty-four hours a day, six days a week. And my first real job, when I was six years old, was
31 the diners’ shoes. My father had done it when he was young, so he taught me
32 to do it well, telling me to
33 to shine the shoes again if the customer wasn’t
34 .
I was proud of working in the restaurant
35 I was also working for the good of the family. But my father
36 said that I had to meet certain standards(标准) to be part of the team. I
37 to be on time, hard-working, and polite to the
38 . I was
39 paid for the work I did at the restaurant. One day I made the mistake of suggesting to Dad that he
40 give me $10 a week. He said, “OK. How about you paying me for three meals a day you have here? And for the times you bring in your friends
41 free soft drinks?” He
42 the amount of money I owed him, about $40 a week.
I remember returning to Seattle after being
43 in the US Army for about two years. I had just been promoted(升职) to Captain at that time. And full of pride, I walked into my parents’ restaurant, but the
44 thing Dad said was, “How about your
45 up tonight?” I couldn’t
46 my ears! I am an officer in the Army! But
47 didn’t matter. As far as Dad was concerned, I was just
48 member of the team. I reached for the mop(拖把).Working for Dad has taught me that the devotion(奉献) to a
49 is above all. It has nothing to do with
50 that team is for a family restaurant or the US Army.
小题1: | A.washing | B.shining | C.changing | D.repairing |
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小题3: | A.offer | B.refuse | C.continue | D.forget |
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小题4: | A.interested | B.annoyed | C.relaxed | D.satisfied |
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小题5: | A.if | B.because | C.when | D.though |
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小题6: | A.anxiously | B.strangely | C.clearly | D.secretly |
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小题7: | A.had | B.tended | C.hated | D.pretended |
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小题8: | A.family | B.workers | C.customers | D.friends |
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小题9: | A.never | B.always | C.seldom | D.already |
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小题10: | A.must | B.should | C.might | D.could |
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小题12: | A.worked out | B.decided on | C.set aside | D.cut down |
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小题13: | A.absent | B.over | C.away | D.alone |
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小题14: | A.usual | B.last | C.next | D.first |
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小题15: | A.washing | B.going | C.cleaning | D.turning |
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小题16: | A.cover | B.follow | C.believe | D.understand |
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小题18: | A.no | B.either | C.any | D.another |
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小题19: | A.team | B.family | C.leader | D.restaurant |
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小题20: | A.when | B.whether | C.how | D.why |
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