09届高考英语完形填空与阅读理解训练309届高考英语完形填空与阅读理解训练3.doc

完形填空 I was 15 when I walked into McCauley’s Bookstore in Ashland. As I was looking at 21 on the shelves，the man behind the counter，if Id like 22 .I needed to start preparing for college， I said yes. I worked after school and during the summer for the lowest wages，and the job helped my freshman year of 24 . I would work many other jobs: I made coffee in the Students Union during college; I was a hotel maid and 25 made maps for the U.S. Forest Service. But selling books was one of the most 26 . One day a woman asked me for books on cancer. She seemed fearful . I showed her almost everything we had at that time 27 and found other books we could order. She left the store less 28 . I’ve always remembered the 29 I felt in having helped her. Years later，as a in Los Angeles，I heard about an immigrant hild who was 31 with his thumb attached, weblike, to the other fingers. His family could not afford a corrective operation, and the boy lived in 32 ，hiding his hand in his pocket.I 33 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 recovery room soon after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his 35 hand and say; Thank you. I felt a sense of 36 . In the past， I was at McCauley’s Bookstore, I always sensed I was working for the customers，not he store. Today it’s the . NBC :News pays: my salary, and I 39 as if I work for the viewers, helping them make 40 of the world. 21. A. maps B. titles C. articles D. reports 22. A. a book B. a job C. some tea D. any help 23. A. but B. so C. thought D. because 24. A. life B. education C. family D. college 25. A. so B. yet C. even D. still 26. A. boring B. surprising C. satisfying D. disappointing 27. A. in need B. in all C. in order D. in stock 28. A. worried B. satisfied C. excited D. puzzled 29. A. pride B. failure C. regret D. surprise 30. A. boss B. storeowner C. bookseller D.