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At one time I was unemployed and money was running short. I needed a job   38   but it seemed as if no one was hiring. A very good friend of mine   39   me one day with an offer. “I’m going to have to let this job go and I was wondering if you would like to take it   40  ?” “That would be great,”I replied. I went to speak with the   41   and he said he could use me, but never gave me a start date. Really needing the job, I made it a point to go and   42  with him every day. Finally he said, “You can start Monday morning.” I showed up for   43    extra early, ready to do my best. When I went inside I was   44  that I would be buffing(拋光) the floors. My friend was there to show me how to   45   the buffer. “It's easy,”he said, running the machine very   46  . He handed it over to me and said, “Here, you give it a try.” I grabbed the handles with a “no problem”  47  . To my surprise, the buffer was rather   48   to operate. Several times, I tried to run it again and   49  . I really had to fight that thing to make it go. “What am I going to do?” I   50   to myself. “I finally found a job and I can’t do it. Am I going to have to tell them I have to quit?” After several rough   51  of buffing, I finally made up my mind that I was going to do this. For about a week, I   52    with the buffer, putting all my weight and   53    into it. Eventually, I learned the   54    was not to struggle with it at all, just go   55    the flow of it, and by the second week, I was   56    and running it with one hand. A few months later, I thought back and wondered what   57    have happened if I had given up that first week. I certainly would not have had the new found confidence or a paycheck.

38.  A. quickly                    ortably        C. lightly                      D. badly

39.   ructed                 B. encouraged               C. approached               D. persuaded

40.   A. away                       B. in                                                        D. over

41.   A. friend                       B. manager                   C. employee                  D. conductor

42.   A. catch up                   B. put up                      C. check in                   D. check out

43.   A. work                       B. breakfast                  rview                 D. practice

44.   A. commanded              B. requested                  C. informed                  D. advised

45.   A. repair                                               C. operate                     D. treat

46.   A. slowly                      B. gently                       C. entirely                    D. smoothly

47.   A. attitude                     B. response                   C. phrase                      D. opinion

48.   enient               B. light                         C. hard                         D. heavy

49.   A. failed                       B. wounded                  C. succeeded                D. won

50.   A. turned                      B. came                        C. thought                    rred     

51.   A. weeks                      B. months                     C. days                        D. years

52.   A. struggled                                           C. combined                 D. lived

53.   A. courage                    B. spirit                        C. body                        D. strength

54.   od                          B. technology                C. trick                        D. message

55.   A. among                            B. against                            C. under                       D. with

56.   A. hanging about           B. showing off                     C. calming down           D. pulling through

57.   A. must                        B. would                      ld                     D. can

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38-42 DCDBC     43-47 ACCDA      48-52 CACCA　　  53-57 DCDBB

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