Years ago, I worked in an office in Halifax. We had large windows overlooking a busy street. I stood by one of them. When a woman in a passing car __
36__and made eye contact, naturally, I __
37__.
It was the beginning of a year of window antics（古怪行径）. When things were __
38 _, I stood in the window and waved at the passengers who looked up. And this made me laugh- work __
39__ was washed away. It didn't
__40__ long to attract the following - a man with a construction truck, the carpool crowd and the business lady with her children…. When waving became ___
41___, I made signs: "Hi!", "Hello!", "Be Happy!" I ___
42__ them in the window and waved.
Christmas approached. Job cuts were announced. Several co-workers would ___
43___their jobs. Stress reached a high point. Everyone was ___
44__. We needed something to break the tension. While working a night
__45 _, a red lab jacket __
46_ my attention. I used my __
47__ and turned it into a Santa’s costume. The next day my co-workers gathered around me and __
48 _for the first time in weeks. Just then my boss walked through the door. He looked up, saw me, paused, __
49__ his head, turned and left.
I __
50_ trouble. The phone on the desk rang. It was my boss. "Mike, come to my office!" Entering his office, I felt nervous. "Mike... "That was all he managed to say. Tears
_51__ in his eyes, as I sat silent and confused. When he regained __
52_ , he said, "Thanks, Mike! With the job cuts, it's been hard to enjoy the __
53__season. Thanks for the laugh, I needed it.”
That evening, and every evening of the Christmas season, I stood __
54__ in the window and waved to my __
55_ . The bus crowd waved wildly, and the little children smiled at the strange Santa. My heart filled with joy. For a few minutes each day, we could forget the loss of jobs.
| 小题1: | | A．speeded up | B．broke down | C．looked up | D．pulled though |
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| 小题2: | | A．shouted | B．hid | C．left | D．waved |
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| 小题3: | | A．slow | B．bad | C．right | D．important |
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| 小题4: | | A．pleasure | B．stress | C．experience | D．challenge |
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| 小题6: | | A．encouraging | B．embarrassing | C．moving | D．boring |
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| 小题7: | | A．saw | B．read | C．posted | D．painted |
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| 小题8: | | A．lose | B．seek | C．finish | D．take |
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| 小题9: | | A．terrified | B．satisfied | C．depressed | D．exhausted |
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| 小题10: | | A．class | B．shift | C．club | D．party |
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| 小题11: | | A．pulled | B．attracted | C．deserved | D．attacked |
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| 小题12: | | A．imagination | B．relation | C．experience | D．strategy |
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| 小题13: | | A．spoke | B．laughed | C．acted | D．returned |
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| 小题14: | | A．nodded | B．shook | C．raised | D．lower |
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| 小题15: | | A．took | B．put | C．feared | D．avoid |
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| 小题16: | | A．fell | B．formed | C．dried | D．disappeared |
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| 小题17: | | A．confidence | B．balance | C．control | D．strength |
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| 小题18: | | A．Labor | B．Christmas | C．Thanksgiving | D．National |
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| 小题19: | | A．luckily | B．eagerly | C．proudly | D．naturally |
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| 小题20: | | A．boss | B．children | C．co-workers | D．fans |
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