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中考组合训练3
一、完形填空
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
When I saw her in the supermarket tonight she smiled and recognized(认出) me. I smiled back at her. She was looking more 1 even though she was still doing her job. I have noticed her several times last few months and she 2 looks so happy. Tonight when I chatted with her I 3 her name tag(标签). Her name is Pamela.
Pamela works at the express checkouts in a busy 4 . She deals with it when the self-service checkout experiences a problem. She watches these checkouts and has usually dealt with one complaint 5 another is created.
When I first talked to Pamela, I had called her to the checkout I was 6 . There weren't any problems with the checkout though. My problem or what I should say was about Pamela. 7 looked tired and was under a lot of stress as she quickly moved from one checkout to the next. It looks like a bit of a fire-fighting 8 .
I told Pamela that she needed to 9 and that we, the customers, could wait. And it was very 10 for her health to be putting herself under such pressure. I 11 to her that our expectations as customers were not as harsh(苛刻的) as the ones she set for herself. I could tell she was touched 12 my care for her health.
When I saw a new her tonight, she told me that not only did she tell her husband what I said, but that she also shared it with a lot of her 13 . As I walked away from Pamela I felt very happy. She had listened to me and
14 her workmates to slow down. A day's work means just that. It doesn't mean filling two days’ work into one day.
I am 15 myself. Not only have I caused Pamela to think about the stress she was putting herself under but she in turn has encouraged her workmates to do the same. This is a positive effect.
( ) 1. A. relaxed B. nervous C. thin D. surprised
( ) 2. A. hardly B. always C. seldom D. never
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