题组层级快练(二十三) Ⅰ.完形填空 I loved working with my dad, but I hated a summer job he gave me. He owned a small ___1___ in Bank Street. In his shop, the most recently ___2___ person got the worst job, and the boss’s son was also ___3___. I didn’t want to spend hours ___4___ the frost on the ceiling of the walk-in freezer, and it was the Saturday afternoon’s job that I hated most. We received fresh ___5___ every day. Chicken sat in wooden boxes and was ___6___ with crushed ice. During the week, the ice and the blood of the chicken slowly leaked into the container ___7___ the chicken, creating its bloody smell. There was only one ___8___ to get rid of the blood and wash the container: hold my ___9___ and carefully slide the container from under the chicken, as I tried not to ___10___ the contents over my clothes, and then ___11___ the contents into the drain. Soon, students who have cut lawns, painted houses, worked in offices, ___12___ maybe even worked in butcher’s will ___13___ to school. Some will have great memories ___14___ others will come back with ___15___ ones. Looking back, I think that my father could have ___16___ me from my weekly hell. However, my dad, who’d dropped out of school to help support his family after his father died, was a teacher for me ___17___. He knew that treating me ___18___ from his other employees would be an unfair thing. Most importantly, he taught me to ___19___ those who do the hard and ___20___ tasks in life. |