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2014宝山中学高二上第三次月考 12 新题型（A） (A) Now I still remember my first day at a fast food restaurant three years ago. I wanted to save up money and buy my own car, so I applied everywhere I (25)__________ that summer. The restaurant called me right away and I thought to (26)__________, “This is going to be easy.” But within four hours of my first shift, I had angry customers who complained how slow I was. I watched in fear as a kid spilled his milk everywhere, and I heard (27)__________ words that no 16-year-old boy or anyone for that matter wants to hear: “Mike, there’s a problem in the men’s bathroom and you might want gloves for this one.” I realized right away that (28)__________ (work) at the restaurant was not going to be a picnic. Over three years later I still work at that restaurant whenever I go home during vacations. I love my co-workers there and all the customers know (29)__________ I am. Every morning the same senior citizens come in and get their morning coffees. They chat with us and joke around. Our smiles have just as (30)__________ (much) to do with them making us a part of their everyday lives as the coffee does. From my first job at the restaurant, I learned teamwork and devotion. I also learned staying positive (31)__________ __________ __________rough things seem to get. I will forever carry the experience that I gained at the restaurant (32)__________me as I go forward in my life. (B) On Christmas morning, Linda wakes up, and tries to imagine the wide-eyed surprise of children in another household as the well-chosen presents (33)__________ (unwrap). Linda has never met the children, but that’s all part of the joy of giving as secret Santas. “It’s an amazing feeling to buy gifts on an anonymous (匿名的) basis,” says Linda, who does charitable work as a member of the American Women’s Club of Toronto. To find her “adopted” family, Linda goes to the local schools and requests a wish list for a family that’s struggling (34)__________ (survive)