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This happened years ago when I was a waitress,but I still remember this specific incident so vividly.As the end of the night was__1__,ten minutes before our restaurant closed,a gentleman came in.I was the __2__waitress who got to stay after closing to serve him his food. The customer was quite__3__with how his food was prepared.He sent his__4__back twice.When it eventually arrived to his liking,he__5__some fresh coffee.Meanwhile,my manager and our cooks were __6__me closely,as they wanted the last customer of the__7__to finally leave so that we could__8__the shop and go home. At that time I was frustrated and tired.I also knew he would probably not__9__very well,seeing his inexpensive meal.__10__,I tried to give him good service. Then in the last ten minutes,as I was refilling his coffee,I somehow__11__it on the table as well as his plate.I apologized,but I was__12__to get him another plate of food as everything was shut down in the __13__.Knowing his previous temperament (性情),I had a certain__14__of how he might react.He asked to speak to the manager. But he__15__shocked me at this point.Instead of__16__to my boss,he simply said,"This young lady"s done a fine job.You need to keep her__17__as long as you can!" After that he paid his bill and left,and I eagerly went home. The next morning when I came to work and __18__my tips-you often don"t get it till the next day __19__a customer charges it on a credit card-I was__20__that thecustomer had offered a $15 tip for his $8 dinner.People are often much nicer than they look! | |||
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To some people, happiness is something to do with simplicity, and it is the ability to extract pleasure from the simplest things-such as a peach stone (桃核). It is obvious that it has nothing to do with success. For Sir Henry Stewart, it was certainly successful. I remember some ten years ago when he was made King"s Counsel, Amos and I went to congratulate him. We smiled happily; he merely looked as miserable as though he"d received a punishment. He took his success as a child does his medicine. And not one of his achievements brought even a sign of a smile to his tired eyes. I asked him one day what it was like to achieve all one"s ambitions. He looked down at his roses and went on watering them. Then he said, "The only value in achieving one"s ambitions is that you then realize that they are not worth achieving." Yesterday, I was passing his house and he called me, "Come and see, Jan. Look! I have done it at last! "There he was, holding a small box of earth in his hand. I observed three tiny shoots out of it. "And there were only three!" he said, his eyes laughing to heaven. "Three what?" I asked. "Peach stones," he replied."I"ve always wanted to make peach stones grow, even since I was a child, when I used to take them home after a party, or as a man after a banquet. And I used to plant them, and then forgot where I planted them.But now at last I have done it. I had only three stones, and three shoots," he counted. Then Sir Henry ran off, calling for his wife to come and see his achievement-his achievement of simplicity. | |||
1. From what fact could we see Sir Henry was successful? | |||
A. He felt happy from the simplest things. B. He was made King"s Counsel. C. He was able to make the peach stones shoot. D. He didn"t take his success seriously. | |||
2. The author compares Sir Henry"s attitude towards his success to a child"s taking medicine________. | |||
A. to show that Sir Henry felt miserable when he was promoted B. to prove that Sir Henry didn"t want to be successful C. to suggest that Sir Henry"s future job would be hard to do D. to tell us that Sir Henry took his success as a tiny thing in his life | |||
3. According to Sir Henry Stewart, the value in achieving one"s ambitions is________. | |||
A. that he discovers it valueless B. that he finds it worth his efforts C. that he has achieved it D. that he fails to realize it | |||
4. The writer"s opinion about Sir Henry"s attitude towards success is________. | |||
A. criticism B. disapproval C. admiration D. tease | |||
A man was driving at 70 miles in a 40milezone, when a police car came behind him with the light on. 1.________ As the policeman came to him, he said, "Hi, officer, I guess you caught me a little bit over the limit. I was in a rush to get home, to be with my wife and kids, you know my younger son wasn"t feeling well when I left home this morning." The policeman said, "Well, I guess so, " and started writing something in his notebook.2.________A few moments later, the policeman came to his window and handed him a paper, and returned to his car without saying a single word. The man started to wonder, how much this ticket was going to be as he began to look at the paper.3.________ But something which read: "I had a daughter who was killed by a speeding car at the age of six, by a speeding driver like you. He got a fine, a few months in prison, and was free, free to hug two other daughters.4.________I have tried to forgive that man a thousand times, and I thought I had. Maybe I really forgive him, but I have to do it again, even right now.5.________." The man was very surprised and could not move for the next few minutes. When finally he did, he drove slowly, even a few miles under the speed limit, praying for forgiveness. A. So pray for you, and be careful when you drive again, your daughters all you have left. B. I only had one, and now I had to wait I go to heaven before I can hug her again. C. Right away the man started thinking of excuse to give. D. He was surprised it was not a ticket. E. So pray for me, and be careful when you drive again, my son is all I have left. F. As minutes went by, he hadn"t asked for his driver"s license. G. He was surprised it was not a ticket as he began to read. |