第一节完形填空(共20小题:每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面的短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Lunch hour is crazy at SAME Cafe, the 40-seat restaurant my husband and I run in Denver.
A woman in a(n)_ 41 suit stepped in. "Hi, Libby." she said.Wow, what a 42 ! The first time she came to the cafe two years ago, she had no money to pay. 43 many customers, she volunteered to wash dishes and 44 .' Look at her now: confident and hopeful.Wasn't this what we'd hoped for?
In 2003, we'd 45 this crazy dream: start a restaurant with a donation box instead of a cash register(收款台). Right away we hit hurdles(阻碍). "There is no such thing as a 46 lunch," one potential landlord (房东) sniffed. I met brokers, bankers and suppliers, only to watch them 47 , shaking their heads. No bank would lend us the money to open a restaurant with no 48 .The only fund we could get was our individual retirement account. 49 we rented space from a landlord on Colfax Street.We put flyers(传单) around the neighborhood, asked friends to 50 the word, and held our breath.
Word traveled fast, 51 stories in the papers and on TV. Soon we had more than 50customers a day.A few ate without paying or 52 an hour of work.But most gave what they could, 53 it was just a doilar.Those with money gave, and then more.One of our customers left a 54 for 500 dollars.Another bought 1000 dollars in gift certificates. 55 another donated a truck so we could transport 56 from suppliers.
People came here partly for what our cafe 57 —SAME: So A11 May Eat, We treat everyone with 58 .We hoped to develop a sense of community- so that we might 59 one another.The woman in business suit was one of them.Our 60 to open the cafe was worth it,
41. A. dinner B. evening C. business D. summer
42.A. change B. beauty C. fool D. coincidence
43.A. With B. Like C. Besides D. Towards
44.A. wait B. sing C. perform D. sweep
45.A. lived B. hatched C. ignored D. achieved
46.A. packed B. delicious C. free D. delivered
47.A. crowd together B. flood in C. walk away D. turn up
48.A. staff support B. regular customers C. lunch boxes D. cash register
49.A. Unfortunately B. Finally C. Interestingly D. Illegally
50.A. analyze B. read C. spread D. approve
51.A. thanks to B. apart from C. ahead of D. according to
52.A. regretting B. gaining C.donating D. balancing
53.A. only when B. and forever C.so that D. even if
54.A. reward B. check C. bill D. list
55.A. Still B. Instead C. Otherwise D. Thus
56.A. lunch B. customers C. dishes D. produce
57.A. stood for B. applied for C. benefited from D. depended on
58.A. patience B. generosity C. confidence D. dignity
59.A. protect B. trust C. help D. treasure
60.A. dream B. struggle C. management D. style
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