There were once three little butterfly（蝴蝶）brothers, one white, one red, and one yellow. They played among the flowers in the garden, but never grew tired because they were so happy. One day there came a 1 rain, and it wet their wings. They 2 home, but when they got there they found the door 3 and the key gone. So they had to stay outdoors in the 4 .
Soon they flew to the 5 and yellow tulip（郁金香）, and said, “Friend Tulip, will you open your flower and let us 6 till the storm is over?” The tulip 7 , “The red and yellow butterflies may enter, because they are 8 me, but the white one may not come in.” 9 the red and yellow butterflies said, “If our white brother may not find shelter in your flower, we’ll stay 10 in the rain with him.”
It fained harder and harder, and the 11 little butterflies flew to the white lily and said, “Good Lily, will you 12 your bud（花蕾）a little so we may fly in out of the rain?” The lily answered, “The white butterfly may 13 , because he is like me , but the red and yellow ones must stay outside in the storm..” Then the little white butterfly said, “If you won’t 14 my red and yellow brothers, I’ll stay out in the rain with them. We would rather be 15 than be separated.”
So the three little butterflies flew away. But the 16 , who was behind a cloud, 17 it all, and he knew what good little 18 the butterflies were. So he pushed his face through the clouds, drove away the rain, and 19 brightly on the garden. He dried the 20 of the butterflies, and warmed their bodies. They danced among the flowers till evening. When they flew back home, they found the door wide open.
| 小题1: | | A．thick | B．light | C．heavy | D．small |
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| 小题2: | | A．flew | B．walked | C．jumped | D．moved |
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| 小题3: | | A．dragged | B．locked | C．protected | D．repaired |
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| 小题4: | | A．tree | B．water | C．wind | D．Rain |
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| 小题5: | | A．black | B．green | C．red | D．blue |
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| 小题7: | | A．apologized | B．roared | C．shouted | D．answered |
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| 小题8: | | A．from | B．like | C．through | D．with |
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| 小题10: | | A．inside | B．above | C．below | D．outside |
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| 小题11: | | A．poor | B．lucky | C．rich | D．happy |
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| 小题12: | | A．close | B．shake | C．open | D．show |
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| 小题13: | | A．go out | B．come in | C．get up | D．take off |
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| 小题14: | | A．invite | B．touch | C．trouble | D．receive |
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| 小题15: | | A．wet | B．sorry | C．dry | D．lonely |
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| 小题17: | | A．noticed | B．heard | C．reached | D．caught |
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| 小题18: | | A．sisters | B．classmates | C．workers | D．brothers |
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| 小题19: | | A．pointed | B．arrived | C．shone | D．returned |
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| 小题20: | | A．wings | B．heads | C．feet | D．legs |
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小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:C
小题6:A
小题7:D
小题8:B
小题9:C
小题10:D
小题11:A
小题12:C
小题13:B
小题14:A
小题15:A
小题16:C
小题17:A
小题18:D
小题19:C
小题20:A |
试题分析：本文叙述了三只蝴蝶在雨中一起避雨的故事。红，黄，白蝴蝶兄弟遇到大雨，因钥匙不见了进不去家门。于是分别请求红黄相间的郁金香和白郁金香让他们进到花瓣里避雨，但这两都朵郁金香不让蝴蝶兄弟一起进入。因为他们宁愿淋雨也不愿意分开，于是继续待在雨中。最后，太阳注意到了这一切，露出脸来，赶走了雨，晒干了蝴蝶的翅膀，温暖了他们的身体。
小题1:考查形容词及上下文的呼应。A. thick 厚的，浓的；B. light 轻的，光亮的；C. heavy沉重的；D. small 小的。根据后文的 it wet their wings.可知雨下得大，把他们的翅膀淋湿了。heavy rain大雨。句意：有一天下了一场大雨。故选C。
小题2:考查动词及上下文的呼应。A. flew飞翔；B. walked 散步；C. jumped 跳；D. Moved移动。根据前文的There were once three little butterfly（蝴蝶）brothers,可知他们是蝴蝶，所以他们应是飞着回家。句意：他们飞回家。故选 A。
小题3:考查动词及上下文的呼应 A. dragged拖拉；B. locked 锁住；C. protected 保护；D. repaired修理。根据后文的the key gone.they had to stay outdoors钥匙不见了，他们不得不待在门外，可推测此处应是门锁住了。句意：当他们到家时，发现门锁着，钥匙不见了。故选B。
小题4:考查名词及上下文的呼应A. tree 树；B. water 水；C. wind 风；D. rain雨。根据前文的One day there came a rain, 可知下着雨。句意：他们不得不在雨中待在门外，故选D。
小题5:考查形容词及上下文的呼应。A. black 黑色的；B. green 绿色的；C. red 红色的；D. Blue蓝色的。根据后文的The red and yellow butterflies may enter, because they are me,可推测此处郁金香有两种颜色，红色和黄色。句意：不久，他们飞向了红黄相间的郁金香那儿。故选 C。
小题6:考查介词及上下文的呼应。 let in 让......进来； let out 发出，泄漏；let up让......上去；let down 放下，使失望。根据后文的The red and yellow butterflies may enter,可知此处蝴蝶请求郁金香让他们进入花瓣中避雨。句意：郁金香朋友，你能让打开花瓣，让我们进来，知道暴风雨结束？故选A。
小题7:考查动词及上下文的呼应。A. apologized道歉；B. roared咆哮；C. shouted呼喊， D.answered回答。根据前文的“Friend Tulip, will you open your flower and let us till the storm is over?”可知蝴蝶问，此处郁金香花回答。句意：郁金香答道，故选D。
小题8:考查介词及上下文的呼应。A. from 来自；B. like 像； C. through通过；D. with用。根据后文的“The white butterfly may , because he is like me ,与此处是相同的结构，故用介词like。句意：因为他们很像我，故选B。
小题9:考查连词及上下文的呼应。A. However然而，后面用逗号隔开；B. If 如果；C. But 但是，不用逗号隔开；D. Or否则。根据后文的we’ll stay in the rain with him.”可推测，郁金香让红色和黄色的蝴蝶进来，此处他们要待在外面，可知前后转折关系，又没有逗号隔开，因此此处用连词but。句意：但是红色和黄色的蝴蝶说。故选C。
小题10:考查介词及上下文的呼应。A. inside在里面；B. above 在......上面；C.below在......下面；D. outside 在外面。 根据后文的flew to the white lily 可知他们没进到那朵郁金香里，应是在外面。句意：如果白蝴蝶兄弟不能进去避雨，我们就和它一起在雨里。故选D。
小题11:考查形容词及上下文的呼应。 A. poor B. lucky C. richD. Happy根据前文的It fained harder and harder,可知雨很大，而三只蝴蝶又没处避雨，因此说他们很可怜。句意：雨越下越大，可怜的小蝴蝶飞到了白色郁金香那儿 。故选A。
小题12:考查动词及上下文的呼应。A. close关闭；B. shake 摇动；C. open 打开； D. show 出示，展示。根据后文的we may fly in out of the rain可知他们想飞进白郁金香里，所以此处应是郁金香先打开，他们才能飞进去。句意：好郁金香，您能打开花蕾，让我们可以从雨中飞进去。故选C。
小题13:考查动词短语及上下文的呼应。A. go out 出去；B. come in 进来； C. get up 起床；D. take off 脱掉，起飞。 根据后文的but the red and yellow ones must stay outside in the storm可知红色和黄色蝴蝶必须呆在外面，因为前后转折，此处是说白色蝴蝶可以不呆在外面即可以进去。句意：白蝴蝶可以进来。故选B。
小题14:考查动词及上下文的呼应。A. invite 邀请；B. touch 触摸； C. trouble 麻烦；D. receive 收到，接纳，接待。根据后文的I’ll stay out in the rain with them. 白蝴蝶要和红蝴蝶，黄蝴蝶呆在外面，可知白郁金香不让他们进，即白郁金香不邀请红蝴蝶和黄蝴蝶。句意：如果你不邀请我的红蝴蝶和黄蝴蝶兄弟，我要和他们一起呆在外面。故选A。
小题15:考查形容词及上下文的呼应。 A. wet 湿的；B. sorry 遗憾的；C. dry 干燥的；D. Lonely孤独的，偏僻的。根据前文的stay out in the rain with them. 呆在雨里，将会淋湿。句意：我们宁愿淋湿也不愿意分开。 故选A。
小题16:考查名词及上下文的呼应。A. moon 月亮；B. sky天空； C. sun太阳； D. star 星星。根据后文的 He dried the of the butterflies, and warmed their bodies. 可知能晒干蝴蝶，温暖他们的是太阳。句意：太阳在一片云后面。故选C。
小题17:考查动词及上下文的呼应。A. noticed 注意；B. heard 听到；C. reached 到达； D. caught 抓住。太阳在天上，所以对于蝴蝶的遭遇，他应是能够看到或注意到。句意：太阳注意到了一切。故选A。
小题18:考查名词及上下文的呼应。A. sisters 姐妹；B. classmates 同学；C. workers 工人；D. brothers 兄弟。根据前文的There were once three little butterfly（蝴蝶）brothers, 可知三只蝴蝶是兄弟。句意：他知道小蝴蝶们是多么好的兄弟。故选D。
小题19:考查动词及上下文的呼应。 A. pointed 指向；B. arrived到达；C. shone发光；D. returned回来。根据后文的 brightly明亮的，可知太阳正在放射他的光芒，句意：在花园上空闪闪发光。故选C。
小题20:考查名词及上下文的呼应。 A. wings 翅膀；B. heads 脑袋；C. feet 脚；D. legs 腿。根据前文的 it wet their wings蝴蝶淋湿了翅膀，所以此处应是太阳把它们的翅膀晒干了。 句意：他晒干了蝴蝶的翅膀，温暖了他们的身体。故选A。 |
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The secret of happiness
An old man walked slowly with a cane(手杖)into the restaurant .His old jacket, worn-out shoes and warm personality made him stand out from the usual crowd.
A young waitress watched him move toward a table by the window. She ran over to him, and said: “Here, sir……let me help you with that chair.”
Without saying a word, he smiled and nodded(点头)a thank you. She pulled the chair away from the table and helped him sit. Then she put his came against the table.
“Thank you, miss.”he said, kindly.
“You’re welcome, sir.”she said.
After he had finished his breakfast, the waitress brought him the change(零钱)from his bill. He left it on the table. She helped him up and walked with him to the front door.
When she went to clean his table, she found a business card under his plate and note on a napkin(纸巾). Under the napkin was a 100-dollar bill.
The note on the napkin read: “Dear miss, I respect you very much and I can see you respect yourself, too. It shows by the way you treat others. (3)You have found the secret of happiness. Your kindness will shine through to all those who meet you.”
The man she had waited on was the owner of the restaurant where she worked. This was the first time that she or any of the other workers had ever seen him in person.
By Steve Brunkhorst
小题1:The old man left﹩100 under the napkin because he| A．had a habit of giving tips to waitresses | | B．thought the meal was delicious | | C．wanted to thank the waitress for her good attitude | | D．learned the secret of happiness from the waitress |
小题2:What do we know about the waitress and the old man?| A．The waitress knew who the old man was from the note. | | B．The waitress knew the old man before she served him. | | C．The old man wanted to have the waitress as his secretary. | | D．It was the first time that the waitress had ever seen her boss. |
小题3:We can tell from the story that the old man went to the restaurant to .| A．have a good meal | | B．enjoy good service | | C．see the restaurant for himself | | D．show his love for common people |
小题4:The underlined phrase“waited on”means .| A．looked at | B．served | C．waited for | D．Found |
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A year ago I paid no attention to English idioms, 36 ___my teacher said again and again that it was important.
One day, I happened to 37 ___an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to 38____. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner shook his head, saying, “You don’t say! You don’t say!” I was 39 ____, I thought, perhaps this is not a 40 topic. Well, I’d 41____ change the topic. So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? 42 ___the way, have you ever 43 ____ there?”
“Certainly, everyone back home will 44 ___me if I leave China without seeing 45 ___” It was great. I said, “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. It is a place of 46 ____.” Soon I was interrupted again by his words, “ 47 _____ !” I couldn’t 48 ____asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well, I didn’t ask you to do 49___”, he answered, gently surprised.
I said, “Didn"t you say "You don’t say"?”
Hearing this, the Englishman 50 ____to tears. He began to 51 ____, “"You don"t say" actually means "really?". It is an 52 ___of surprise. Perhaps you don"t pay attention 53____ English idioms.”
Then I knew I had made fool of 54____. Since then I have been more 55 ____with idioms.
| 小题2: | | A．look | B．meet | C．pick up | D．find out |
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| 小题4: | | A．pleased | B．angry | C．afraid | D．surprised |
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| 小题5: | | A．proper | B．strange | C．safe | D．polite |
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| 小题8: | | A．gone | B．visited | C．seen | D．been |
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| 小题9: | | A．look at | B．think of | C．send for | D．laugh at |
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| 小题10: | | A．it | B．them | C．anything | D．something |
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| 小题11: | | A．fun | B．interest | C．business | D．mountain |
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| 小题12: | | A．Really | B．Good | C．You don"t say | D．You are right |
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| 小题14: | | A．this | B．so | C．anything | D．me a favor |
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| 小题15: | | A．laughed | B．cried | C．moved | D．came |
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| 小题16: | | A．explain | B．shout | C．prove | D．say |
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| 小题17: | | A．experience | B．expression | C．explanation | D．example |
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| 小题19: | | A．me | B．myself | C．him | D．somebody |
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| 小题20: | | A．helpful | B．popular | C．careful | D．satisfied |
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I was working as a consultant(顾问) in a beer company, helping the president and senior vice-presidents with something important. It was a big 16 . At the same time, my mother was in the 17 stages of cancer. .
I worked during the day and 18 40 miles home to be with her every night. It was 19 and stressful, but it was what I wanted to do. My promise was to continue to do excellent consulting during the day, 20 my evenings were very hard. I didn’t want to 21 the president with my situation. 22 I felt someone at the company wanted to 23 what was going on. So I told the vice-president of Hunan Resources, asking him not to 24 the information with anyone.
A few days 25 , the president called me into his office. I 26 he wanted to talk to me about one of the many issues we were 27 on. When I entered, he asked me to sit down. He faced me from across his large 28 , looked me in the eye and said, “I 29 your mother is very ill.”
I was totally 30 by surprise and burst into tears. He just looked at me, let my 31 subside(平息)，and then he 32 said a sentence I will never forget: “Whatever you need.” That was it. His 33 and willingness to both let me be in my pain and to offer me 34 were qualities of compassion(同情) that I 35 with me to this day.
| 小题1: | | A．honour | B．success | C．challenge | D．task |
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| 小题2: | | A．previous | B．final | C．fine | D．developing |
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| 小题3: | | A．walked | B．rode | C．ran | D．drove |
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| 小题4: | | A．tiring | B．exciting | C．boring | D．frightening |
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| 小题5: | | A．as if | B．after all | C．even though | D．now that |
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| 小题6: | | A．help | B．puzzle | C．cheat | D．bother |
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| 小题8: | | A．know | B．realize | C．hear | D．announce |
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| 小题9: | | A．enjoy | B．learn | C．share | D．hide |
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| 小题10: | | A．after | B．ago | C．before | D．later |
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| 小题11: | | A．knew | B．figured | C．doubted | D．found |
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| 小题12: | | A．working | B．getting | C．living | D．going |
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| 小题13: | | A．room | B．office | C．desk | D．computer |
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| 小题14: | | A．guess | B．hear | C．believe | D．think |
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| 小题16: | | A．crying | B．explaining | C．talking | D．worrying |
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| 小题17: | | A．suddenly | B．sadly | C．gently | D．carefully |
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| 小题18: | | A．happiness | B．understanding | C．excitement | D．sadness |
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| 小题19: | | A．everything | B．anything | C．nothing | D．something |
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| 小题20: | | A．take | B．bring | C．help | D．carry |
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My wife and I used to feel that it was impossible to be a true friend to someone whose name we didn"t know. How wrong we were! Years of Sunday-morning bus trips through the city with the same group of “nameless” people have changed our thinking. Before the bus takes off, we all join in a conversation: where’s the silent woman who sits up front and never responds to our cheery greetings? Here she comes. Her worn clothing suggests she doesn"t have much money to spare, but she always takes an extra cup of coffee for the driver.
We get smiles from a Mexican couple as they get on the bus hand in hand. When they get off, they’re still holding hands. The woman was pregnant late last year, and one day her change of shape confirmed that she’d delivered the child. We even felt a little pride at the thought of our extended family.
For many months, our only sadness lay in our inability to establish the same friendship with the silent woman at the front of the bus. Then, one evening, we went to a fish restaurant. We were shown to a table alongside someone sitting alone. It was the woman from the bus.
We greeted her with friendly familiarity we’d shown all year, but this time her face softened, then a shy smile. When she spoke, the words escaped awkwardly from her lips. All at once we realized why she hadn’t spoken to us before. Talking was hard for her.
Over dinner, we learned the stay of a single mother with a disabled son who was receiving special care away from home. She missed him desperately, she explained. “I love him… and he loves me, even though he doesn’t express it very well,” she murmured. “Lots of us have that problem, don’t we? We don’t say what we want to say, what we should be saying. And that’s not good enough.” The candles flared on our tables. Our fish had never tasted better. But the atmosphere grew pleasant, and when we parted as friends—we shared names.
小题1:All the following statements can describe the woman except ______.| A．poor | B．warm -hearted | C．silent | D．cold |
小题2:The underlined word “establish” in the 3th paragraph has the same meaning as_________.| A．keep | B．discover | C．set up | D．accept |
小题3:The woman had the same problem with her son in the way that ______.| A．they both disabled people | | B．they both had some difficulty in expressing | | C．they both liked bus travel | | D．they both brought interest to the passengers |
小题4:Which of the following might be the best title of this passage?| A．Friends of the Road | B．The Silent Woman on the Bus | | C．Going to Work by Bus | D．Different Kinds of Friendship |
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Like lots of small-business owners, Lola Gonzalez had to decide to cut down her company’s nine-person staff (员工) when the economic recovery began to fail last spring. Unlike other companies, she picked an unlikely employee to lay off (解雇): herself.
Her business began to have problems in 2008 after going through her books (账簿)
One day, her husband, Marcos, told her she had to reduce her payroll（薪金总额）by one person. Gonzalez said at a meeting, “I want you all to know that I have to lay somebody off and it’s been a very difficult decision. And that person is me.” Employees first froze in amazement and then burst into laughter until they realized she was serious. Gonzalez ’s employees said they were grateful for her kindness.
Her reason was simple. Although she ran the business and her employees did the legwork (跑腿), she thought she could find work more easily than her staff. Sure enough, she soon got a job as a social worker for a non-profit organization called Devereux Kids. She enjoys her social-worker job now, but the salary (薪水) cut has required some lifestyle changes. She and Marcos no longer eat out daily; they no longer pay for their son’s car and mobile phone, and they changed their car to a smaller one to save $300 a month.
Her business has picked up a bit recently and Marcos has begun to work part-time at Gonzalez’s company. Gonzalez says she has no plan to return to work at her company until the economic situation becomes better, perhaps in a year. Her employees, however, will get Christmas bonuses (奖金) this year.
小题1:How many workers are there in Gonzalez’s company at present?小题2:How did her employees feel at first when they heard Gonzalez’s decision?| A．Happy. | B．Grateful. | C．Surprised. | D．Unbelievable. |
小题3:After leaving her company, _____________. | A．Gonzalez sold her car and went to work by bus | | B．Gonzalez always had meals in a restaurant | | C．Gonzalez’s son helped her a lot | | D．Gonzalez changed her lifestyle a lot |
小题4:From the text, we can learn that ___________.| A．Gonzalez will not return to her company in future | | B．Gonzalez’s business has improved a little lately | | C．Gonzalez got her social-worker job with great difficulty | | D．Marcos lost his job and had to work at Gonzalez’s company |
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