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cleaner, cleaning offices in a big building.
She trained as a nurse, but had to give it up when her elder child became seriously ill.“I would have
liked to go back to it, but the shifts（工作班次） are all wrong for me, as I have to be home to get the
children up
and off to school.”So she works as a cleaner instead, from 9 p.m.till 6 a.m.five nights a week for just ￡90, before tax
and insurance.“It’s better than it was last year, but I still think that people who work ‘unsocial hours’
should get a bit extra.”
The hours she’ s chosen to work mean that she sees plenty of the children, but very little of her
husband.However, she doesn’t think that puts any pressure on their relationship.
Her work isn’t physically very hard, but it’s not exactly pleasant, either.“I do get angry with people
who leave their offices like a place for raising pigs.If they realized people like me have to do it, perhaps
they’d be a bit more careful.”
The fact that she’s working all night doesn’t worry Margaret at all.Unlike some dark buildings at
night, the building where she works is fully lit, and the women work in groups of three.“Since I’ve got to
be here, I try to enjoy myself-and I usually do, because of the other girls.We all have a good laugh, so the
time never drags.”
Another challenge Margaret has to face is the reaction of other people when she tells them what she
does for a living.“They think you’re a cleaner because you don’t know how to read and write,” said
Margaret.“I used to think what my parents would say if they knew what I’d been doing, but I don’t think
that way any more.I don’t dislike the work though I can’t say I’m mad about it.”
B.she had suffered a lot of mental pressure
C.she needed the right time to look after her children
D.she felt tired of taking care of patients
B.
they look down upon cleanersC.they never do their work carefully
D.they always make a mess in their offices
A.light-hearted because of her fellow workers
B.happy because the building is fully lit
C.tired because of the heavy workload
D.bored because time passes slowly
B.regret what they had said
C.show sympathy for her
D.feel disappointed in her
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Ben and his wife Susan were on their way to have dinner with their friends, Ian and Betty. It was a
dark, 1 night, and they did not know the road very well. They 2 through Cookstown, until they
found 3 they thought was the road to Dorling, 4 Ian and Betty lived. 5 it soon became clear that
they were not on the road to 6 at all. The road that they were on was getting 7 , and there were not
other 8 on it. The wind was blowing 9 with every minute that passed.
They came to a small 10 . They drove past a church, and then two houses without lights on. There
was 11 about to tell them where they 12 , or where the road went. Just then Ben saw a
telephone-box, fifty metres or so further on. While he walked 13 along the road to see if there was a
name outside the church, Susan 14 Ian and Betty to tell that they were still 15 .
Betty was just saying that the 16 as already rather dry, when Ben came back to the 17 , his head
down 18 the wind. He said that there was a tree 19 across the road, and that the telephone lines
were down, Susan heard 20 more from Betty about the dinner.
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| When I met Mr Jim Lemon I was a seventeen-year-old freshman at Houston"s Jackson Junior High.The chances of my finishing high school were __1 _. I was a troubled teenage. Mr Lemon taught American history and was quite __2 _ from the other teachers I had known. Not only was he __3 _, but also he was a great teacher. He pushed and never tolerated the mediocrity(平庸) that had become my standard. On the occasion of our first semester report cards, Mr Lemon __4__ me aside and asked how it was possible that I was a B student in his class and a C student in the __5 _ of my classes. I passionately told him about my __6 _ parents, the local gangs, the drugs, the fights, the police---all of the evils I had been _7 __ to. It was then that Mr Lemon __8__ explained that the only person __9 _ for my situation was me. And the only person with the __10 to change my situation was me. He __11 me that I was failing not because I was a failure. He inspired me to become a better student and he __12 my life. Ten years later I was preparing to graduate from a university when I spoke to him again ._ 13 I did get him on the phone, I told him that I had been saving money so that I could invite him to come to Hawaii at my__14_ to be a part of my graduation. I"ll never forget his __15_. He said,"Who is this again?" I was just one of hundreds of the students whose life he changed __16_ he had no idea of his influence. Mr Lemon never came to my graduation, but his __17 taught me another valuable lesson. His final lesson for me was that we will never know or understand the __18 we have on other people"s lives. He taught me that we all have the __19 to effect people"s lives for the __20 ... Or for the worse. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| One summer in college, I was invited to be an instructor at a high school leadership camp. I first 1 a boy under the tree on the first day of camp. His obvious 2 and shyness made him appear weak and lonely. Nearby, 200 3 campers were playing and joking, but the boy seemed to want to be anywhere 4 where he was. I was instructed to care more about campers who might feel 5 . So I 6 him and said, "Hi, I"m Kevin. It"s nice to meet you. How are you?" 7 a shaky voice he 8 answered, "Okay, I guess." I calmly asked him to join in the activities and 9 some new people. He quietly replied, "No, this is not really my thing." I could 10 that this whole experience was 11 to him. But I somehow knew it wouldn"t be right to 12 him, either. It was going to take more time and 13 . The next day, I was leading camp songs for the campers. They eagerly participated. But the boy was just sitting alone, 14 out the window. That evening at our nightly staff meeting, I made my 50 about him known. I asked them to pay special attention and spend time with him 51 they could. The days flew by fast. When the "last dance" came, surprisingly, the boy from under the tree was now a shirtless dancing 52 . He owned the dance floor 53 meaningful time with others. I couldn"t" believe it was him. In that instant, I realized how easy it is to give a bit of 54 every day. You may never know how much each gesture may mean to someone else. I tell this story as 55 as I can, and I advise others to look out for their own "boy under the tree." | |||||||||||||||||||
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5 a strong spring wind, and looked 6 . Suddenly the cart hit a bump and everything