Yesterday, I went to the bookstore to pick up a present for my mother's birthday. I found one book I wanted, but not the other. When I went to pay, I asked the ____21____ behind the counter (柜台) if I could order the second book.
A lady was ____22____ in line behind me at the checkout. The clerk said she could ____23____ the book for me, but asked me whether I would mind if she let the lady behind me ____24____ first. The lady behind me said “no”. She added, “It’s ____25____ , and I’d wait.”
It took nearly 15 minutes to ____26____ through my order! The lady behind me chatted kindly with us for the entire time.
____27____, it was time for me to pay. I placed two $10 ____28____ cards on the counter. The clerk told me that the offer was only useful for the book I was ____29____ in the bookstore but it wouldn’t _____30_____ for the book I’d ordered. So I’d have one $10 card _____31_____, which could help me save more.
“You can come back to buy another book,” the clerk smiled. “The offer is useful until the end of the week.” Then I turned around to face the lady behind me who’d been so kind and _____32_____ through the very long _____33_____ in line. “Here! I’ll give you the $10 card.”
She was very _____34_____ and said, “Really?” The gift didn’t cost me anything. I wouldn’t be back before the end of the week and I gave it to someone whose _____35_____ attitude impressed me. It’s a win-win moment.
21. A. clerk B. politician C. customer D. agent
22. A. complaining B. standing C. clicking D. performing
23. A. exchange B. order C. read D. sell
24. A. hang out B. dress up C. give up D. check out
25. A. violent B. illegal C. tough D. fine
26. A. see B. get C. look D. sort
27. A. Eventually B. Accurately C. Potentially D. Curiously
28 A. thank B. election C. discount D. insurance
29. A. buying B. writing C. searching D. publishing
30. A. compete B. respond C. work D. desire
31 A. gone B. left C. registered D. deserted
32. A. patient B. grateful C. independent D. frank
33. A. journey B. schedule C. wait D. procedure
34. A. scared B. disappointed C. bored D. amazed
35. A. horrible B. friendly C. passive D. professional
【答案】21. A 22. B 23. B 24. D 25. D 26. B 27. A 28. C 29. A 30. C 31. B 32. A 33. C 34. D 35. B
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者在书店柜台结账和订书时，排在作者后面的女士耐心友善地等待了将近15分钟，这使作者对她的好心充满感激，于是作者把剩下那张10美元折扣卡送给了她，这是一个双赢的时刻。
【21题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：当我去付款时，我问柜台后面的店员我是否可以订购第二本书。A. clerk店员；B. politician政治家；C. customer顾客；D. agent代理人。根据前文“When I went to pay”和后文“The clerk said...”可知，因为是去付款，所以此处指问柜台后的店员。故选A。
【22题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：结账时，一位女士站在我后面排队。A. complaining抱怨；B. standing站立；C. clicking点击；D. performing做，表演。根据前文描述可知，因为作者在排队付钱，所以此处指一位女士站在作者后面。故选B。
【23题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：店员说她可以帮我订这本书，但问我是否介意她让我后面的那位女士先结账。A. exchange交换；B. order订购；C. read阅读；D. sell出售。根据前文“if I could order the second book.”可知，此处指店员说她可以帮作者订第二本书。故选B。
【24题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意同上。A. hang out闲逛；B. dress up装扮；C. give up放弃；D. check out结账。因为在付款，所以店员问作者是否可以让后面的女人先结账。故选D。
【25题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：她补充说，“没关系，我可以等。”A. violent暴力的；B. illegal非法的；C. tough棘手的；D. fine可接受的。根据前文“The lady behind me said “no”.”和后文“and Iˈd wait.”可知，作者后面的女人说没关系，自己可以等。故选D。
【26题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我的订单花了将近15分钟才完成!A. see看见；B. get得到；C. look看；D. sort整理，分类。根据后文“it was time for me to pay.”可知，作者的订单花了将近15分钟才完成! get through完成，固定短语。故选B。
【27题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：最后，到我付钱的时候了。A. Eventually最后；B. Accurately精确地；C. Potentially 潜在地；D. Curiously好奇地。根据前文“The lady behind me chatted kindly with us for the entire time.”可知，作者在排队结账，此处表示最终轮到作者付钱了。故选A。
【28题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：我在柜台上放了两张10美元的折扣卡。A. thank感谢；B. election选举；C. discount折扣；D. insurance保险。根据后文“which could help me save more.”可知，此处指作者有两张10美元的折扣卡。故选C。
【29题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：店员告诉我，这个优惠只对我在书店买的书有用，但对我订购的书没用。A.buying买；B.writing写；C.searching寻找；D.publishing发行，出版。根据前文描述和“in the bookstore”可知，此处指在书店买的书才可以使用打折卡。故选A。
【30题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意同上。A. compete竞争；B. respond回应；C. work起作用；D. desire渴望。由转折连词but可知，折扣券不适用作者订购的书。故选C。
【31题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：所以我还剩一张10美元的折扣卡，这能帮我存更多钱。A. gone去；B. left剩下；C. registered注册；D. deserted遗弃。根据前文“but it wouldn’t 10 for the book I’d ordered.”可知，因为折扣券不适合作者订购的书，所以作者还剩一张折扣券。故选B。
【32题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：然后我转过身来面对我身后的那位女士，她在漫长的排队过程中一直是那么的善良和耐心。A. patient耐心的；B. grateful感激的；C. independent独立的；D. frank坦白的。根据前文“The lady behind me chatted kindly with us for the entire time.”可知，此处指那个女人在作者身后耐心地等待。故选A。
【33题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意同上。A. journey旅途；B. schedule日程；C. wait等待；D. procedure程序。根据前文描述“The lady behind me chatted kindly with us for the entire time.”可知，那个女人一直耐心地在等待。故选C。
【34题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：她非常吃惊地问：“真的吗？”A. scared害怕的；B. disappointed失望的；C. bored无聊的；D. amazed吃惊的。根据前文“Here! I gave her the $10 card.”和空后“Really?”可知，因为作者把10美元的折扣券给那位女士了，所以她很吃惊。故选D。
【35题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我不想在周末之前回来，我把它送给了一个人，他的友好态度给我留下了深刻的印象。A. horrible可怕的；B. friendly友好的；C. passive被动的；D. professional职业的。根据前文“Then I turned around to face the lady behind me whoˈd been so kind”可知，作者身后的那个排队的女人很友好。故选B。
