Question

完形填空 　　I do a lot of management training each year for the Circle K Company．Among the 　　1　　 we discuss in our classes is the 　　2　　 of quality employees(雇員)． 　　“What has caused you to stay 　　3　　 enough to become a manager?” I asked．After a while a new manager took the 　　4　　 and said slowly, “it was a baseball glove．” 　　Cynthia said she used to 　　5　　 a Circle K clerk job as an interim(臨時(shí)的)one while she looked for something 　　6　　．On her second day behind the counter, she received a(an)　　7　　 from her nine-year-old son, Jessie．He 　　8　　 a baseball glove for the little League．She 　　9　　 that as a single mother, money was 　　10　　, and her first check would have to go for paying 　　11　　． 　　When Cynthia arrived for work the next morning, Partircia, the store manager asked her to come to her small office and handed her a box．“I overheard you 　　12　　 to your son yesterday, ” she said, “and I know that it is 　　13　　 to explain things to kids．This is a baseball glove for Jessie．I know you have to pay bills 　　14　　you can buy gloves．You know we can’t 　　15　　good people like you as 　　16　　 as we would like to; but we do 　　17　　 and I want you to know how 　　18　　you are to us．” 　　The thoughtfulness, empathy(同情)and love of the store manager show vividly that people 　　19　　 more how much a(n)　　20　　 cares than how much he pays． (1) [　　] A． topics B． problems C． difficulties D． lessons (2) [　　] A． employing B． praising C． keeping D． improving (3) [　　] A． soon B． long C． strong D． calm (4) [　　] A． position B． decision C． question D． advice (5) [　　] A． take B． change C． lose D． consider (6) [　　] A． lighter B． easier C． better D． higher (7) [　　] A． letter B． call C． answer D． email (8) [　　] A． bought B． kept C． needed D． offered (9) [　　] A． complained B． explained C． understood D． admitted (10) [　　] A． short B． enough C． spare D． tight (11) [　　] A． food B． education C． clothes D． bills (12) [　　] A． talking B． crying C． arguing D． scolding (13) [　　] A． easy B． hard C． simple D． nice (14) [　　] A． after B． until C． when D． before (15) [　　] A． value B． remain C． pay D． fire (16) [　　] A． much B． many C． pleasant D． possible (17) [　　] A． regret B． agree C． worry D． care (18) [　　] A． excellent B． important C． thankful D． thoughtful (19) [　　] A． remember B． refuse C． thank D． realize (20) [　　] A． mother B． clerk C． official D． manager ?

Answer 1

答案：1．A;2．C;3．B;4．C;5．A;6．C;7．B;8．C;9．B;10．D;11．D;12．A;13．B;14．D;15．C;16．A;17．D;18．B;19．A;20．D;
解析：

(1)	在我們的管理培訓(xùn)課上所討論的“話題、論題”，意為“the subject of a discussion”。
(2)	從全文可以得知，商店的經(jīng)理的所作所為目的是“留下”高素質(zhì)的雇員，答案是keeping，這種提示稱為文章的“暗示”。
(3)	本題考查形容詞的辨析，根據(jù)上下文得知要表達(dá)“become a manager”的時(shí)間長(zhǎng)短，不是快慢，排除了A、C、D三項(xiàng)。
(4)	上一句是在問(wèn)問(wèn)題，答話“it was a baseball glove緊跟其后，所以是“一個(gè)新經(jīng)理明白這個(gè)問(wèn)題，并回答說(shuō)……”。
(5)	take a job是過(guò)去做一項(xiàng)工作，全文沒(méi)有“換工作和失業(yè)”的意思。
(6)	Partircia在做臨時(shí)店員同時(shí)要找一個(gè)更好的工作，而不是容易或輕松的工作，修飾高職位用higher。
(7)	receive a call“接到一個(gè)電話”，文章中“behind the counter”說(shuō)明她在上班，兒子沒(méi)有在場(chǎng)。
(8)	從下文得知兒子在同母親商量，告訴母親他“需要”而不是“買了”一個(gè)棒球手套。
(9)	母親在解釋為什么不能買棒球手套的原因。A、C、D項(xiàng)意思不符。下文的explain things to kids也作了提示(明示)。
(10)	作為單親母親，錢是“緊張的”。不能說(shuō)Money is short．應(yīng)該說(shuō)sb．is short of money．
(11)	錢很緊張，首要支付的是賬單。下文的“I know you have to pay bills before you can buy gloves．”中的bills也作了提示(明示)。
(12)	經(jīng)理無(wú)意中的聽(tīng)到母子之間的“談話(talking)”，沒(méi)有“爭(zhēng)吵(arguing)和責(zé)罵、責(zé)備(scolding)”的意思。
(13)	母親愛(ài)自己的孩子又不能滿足孩子，解釋原因是很困難的“hard”。
(14)	根據(jù)上文“…and her first check would have to go for paying bills．”可以知道買棒球手套之前必須先支付賬單，before符合邏輯關(guān)系。
(15)	value“評(píng)價(jià)”；remain“保持”，pay“給報(bào)酬”，fire“開(kāi)除”。文章最后一詞提示得到答案C項(xiàng)。
(16)	as much as“很多”，這里指支付報(bào)酬，用于不可數(shù)的情況。
(17)	從文章最后一句的“how much a manager cares”得到“明示”，選擇D項(xiàng)。
(18)	經(jīng)理送給店員的兒子禮物，表示對(duì)店員價(jià)值的肯定。important符合本意。
(19)	對(duì)店員的體貼、愛(ài)、同情會(huì)讓人“銘記”經(jīng)理的關(guān)心勝似錢財(cái)。
(20)	全文談?wù)撊绾巫龊靡粋€(gè)經(jīng)理，Partircia所做的一切說(shuō)明商店的經(jīng)理應(yīng)該做什么。