1. I arrived late one night, on a business trip, and had dinner in a restaurant. As I was finishing my meal, an old couple came in to dine. They were holding hands and had
smiles on their faces. Shortly after I ended a 20-year
, I still had pain in my heart and I was
at the love they show for one another. As a result, when I paid my bill I gave the waiter another $50 to pay the couple’s bill and then left without
them.
The next day my business meeting
two hours before the flight back to Houston. So I had enough time left to enter the restaurant to dine
. After I had been
, the waiter, from the night before, came up to my table
. She can’t wait to tell me what happened after I
last night: when the old couple were
that another guest had paid for them, they asked whom it was. The waiter said that she had never
me before, and told them what I told her, “I just wanted to repay
for the true love that they were showing.” Feeling surprised , they
, and paid the bills for another two young couples saying “Love begets (产生) love”. I
with delight and said “ That’s nice”. Then I read the menu and
my meal.
When my dinner was
and I intended to pay, my waiter was
to be found. I had to walk over to the Hostess Stand and
that I needed to pay for my meal and hurry to the
. She said that my
had paid for me just to repay the joy that I brought to the faces of the elderly couple and the amazement of the two young couples.
【小题1】 | A.bitter | B.lovely | C.standard | D.stressful |
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【小题2】 | A.job | B.date | C.marriage | D.journey |
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【小题3】 | A.amazed | B.angry | C.confused | D.sad |
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【小题4】 | A.comparing | B.encountering | C.recognizing | D.greeting |
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【小题5】 | A.lasted | B.started | C.ended | D.held |
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【小题6】 | A.again | B.either | C.instead | D.altogether |
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【小题7】 | A.seated | B.served | C.dressed | D.focused |
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【小题8】 | A.anxiously | B.crazily | C.hopefully | D.quickly |
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【小题9】 | A.arrived | B.left | C.slept | D.escaped |
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【小题10】 | A.comforted | B.reminded | C.warned | D.told |
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【小题11】 | A.charged | B.appreciated | C.seen | D.helped |
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【小题13】 | A.looked around | B.turned up | C.went over | D.dressed up |
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【小题14】 | A.believed | B.admitted | C.smiled | D.shook |
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【小题15】 | A.booked | B.ordered | C.paid | D.finished |
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【小题16】 | A.full | B.over | C.cold | D.available |
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【小题17】 | A.somewhere | B.anywhere | C.nowhere | D.everywhere |
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【小题18】 | A.protested | B.explained | C.declared | D.remarked |
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【小题19】 | A.hotel | B.office | C.airport | D.station |
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【小题20】 | A.waiter | B.boss | C.hostess | D.friend |
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