2014年高考英语完形填空训练-有详解(02)

I do a lot of management training each year for the Circle K Company. Among the ___1___ we discuss in our classes is the ___2___ of quality employees.

“What has caused you to stay ___3___ enough to become a manager?” I asked. After a while a new manager took the ___4___ and said slowly, “It was a baseball glove.”

Cynthia said she used to ___5___ a Circle K clerk job as an interim. One while she looked for something ___6___. On her second day behind the counter, she received a(an) ___7___ from her nine-year-old son, Jessie. He ___8___ a baseball glove for the little League. She ___9___ that as a single mother, money was ___10___, and her first check would have to go for paying ___11___.

When Cynthia arrived for work the next morning, Partircia, the store manager asked her to come to her small office and handed her a box. “I overheard you ___12___ to your son yesterday,” she said, “and I know that it is ___13___ to explain things to kids. This is a baseball glove for Jessie. I know you have to pay bills ___14___ you can buy gloves. You know we can’t ___15___ good people like you as ___16___ as we would like to; but we do ___17___ and I want you to know how ___18___ you are to us.”

The thoughtfulness, empathy and love of the store manager show vividly that people ___19___ more how much a(n) ___20___ cares than how much he pays.(www.nmet168.com)

1. A. topics               B. problems              C. difficulties            D. lessons

2. A. employing        B. praising                C. keeping                D. improving

3. A. soon                 B. long                     C. strong                  D. calm

4. A. position            B. decision                C. question               D. advice

5. A. take                  B. change                  C. lose                      D. consider

6. A. lighter              B. easier                   C. better                   D. higher

7. A. letter                B. call                      C. answer                 D. email

8. A. bought              B. kept                     C. needed                 D. offered

9. A. complained       B. explained              C. understood            D. admitted

10. A. short               B. enough                 C. spare                    D. tight

11. A. food               B. education              C. clothes                 D. bills

12. A. talking            B. crying                  C. arguing                D. scolding

13. A. easy                B. hard                     C. simple                  D. nice

14. A. after               B. until                     C. when                    D. before

15. A. value              B. remain                  C. pay                      D. fire

16. A. much              B. many                    C. pleasant                D. possible

17. A. regret             B. agree                    C. worry                   D. care

18. A. excellent         B. important              C. thankful               D. thoughtful

19. A. remember       B. refuse                   C. thank                   D. realize

20. A. mother            B. clerk                    C. official                 D. manager

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