第一节（共10个小题，每小题2.5分，满分25分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡

将该项涂黑。

A

One fine afternoon I was walking along Fifth Avenue when I remembered that it was necessary to buy a pair of socks. I turned into the first sock shop that caught my eye, and a boy clerk who could not have been more than 17 years old came forward.
“What can I do for you, sir?”
“I wish to buy a pair of socks.”
His eyes glowed. “Did you know that you had come into the best place in the world to buy socks?” I had not been aware of that.
“Come with me,” said the boy happily. He began to haul (用力拖) down from the shelves box after box.
“Hold on, boy, I am going to buy only one pair!”
“I know that,” said he, “but I want you to see how beautiful these are. Aren’t they wonderful?” There was on his face an expression of joy, as if he were showing to me the mysteries of his religion.
“My friend,” said I, “if this is not just the enthusiasm (热情) that comes from novelty (新鲜), if you can keep up this day after day, in ten years you will own every sock in the United States.”
In many shops the customer has to wait for someone to serve him. And when finally some clerk does notice you, you are made to feel as if you were disturbing him. He displays no interest either in you or in the goods he is paid to sell.
Yet possibly that very clerk who is now so cold began his career with enthusiasm. As time goes by, the enthusiasm is gradually gone; his only pleasures were found outside of working hours. He became a mechanical (机械的), not inspired, salesman.
I have observed such change in the lives of so many people in so many occupations that I have come to the conclusion that the fastest road to failure is to do things mechanically.

21. The writer was impressed by _______.

A. the boy’s young age B. the way the boy served him

C. the beautiful socks in the shop D. the boy’s selling skills

22. According to the writer, many shop clerks ______.

A. show no or little pleasure in serving their customers

B. have trouble in selling goods to their customers

C. become uninterested in their work because it’s hard

D. think it unnecessary to introduce their goods to the customer

23. The writer wrote this article to ______.

A. share an interesting shopping experience

B. tell a story of a successful young salesman

C. inspire people to go about their work with great interest

D. encourage sales people to become more creative in their work

B

Teenagers and adults have a difficult time in communicating. Teenagers often think adults don’t understand them. Adults often think teenagers just don’t listen to anything they say. That causes arguments and conflicts.

People very often use “generation gap” to explain the problems between parents and children. However, the problem of communication between parents and teenagers does not all lie in the “generation gap”. It lies in mostly underlying statements that are not fully communicated between a teenager and a parent. Here is an example. Mother says: “Please take out the trash.” The teenager replies: “OK.” However, one hour later the mother finds the trash is still in the kitchen and so becomes a bit unhappy. “I thought I asked you to take out the trash.” But the child replies: “You didn’t say I had to do it now.”

Are you familiar with his kind of conversation? In this conversation the mother feels that the teenager should know what she means, but the teenager just doesn’t. Conversations like this take place around our home every day. They cause some unhappiness but are totally normal, and can usually be solved quite soon. It is when this type of “lack of communication” gets involved with the bigger issues of teenagers that larger problems can be caused. It is more difficult to solve these larger problems and it takes the hard work of both parents and teenagers to overcome such problems.

24. According to the writer, the difficulty in communication between teenagers and their parents lies in______.

A. generation gap B. misunderstanding

C. lack of communication D. different style of thinking

25. The underlined word “underlying” in paragraph 2 is closest in the meaning to______.

A. slight B. indirect C. original D. intended

26. The writer believes that ______.

A. small incidents at home can cause lager problems

B. both parents and teenagers should learn to respect each other

C. the problems between parents and teenagers are easy to solve

D. larger problems can be caused if miscommunication arises in bigger issues

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