2012年西城一模

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I know a woman who tries hard to be a good custodian.I pass her every day after school as she pushes her cart down my hallway.Of course,she is my building's cleaner.

One Tuesday morning I came into school and saw a                  （36） on my desk from my custodian.

It seemed that some unbearable first year students had damaged the bathroom in a particularly disgusting way and she had been                  （37） to clean it.This took                  （38） than she had expected.She had left the typewritten note on my desk to                  （39） for not being able to clean my room as she was                  （40） to do.

At the beginning of the period,I shared her note with my first period                  （41）.When I mentioned that our custodian had apologized to us,their first                  （42） was to volunteer to seek out and beat up those first year students for making our custodian have to clean up their                  （43）.It turned out that just about all of my students also knew our custodian by name—all of them responded with smiles and                  （44） for a long time about this time or that time when she'd                  （45） each of them in the hallway.That she felt she needed to apologize                  （46） a strong reaction from many of the kids.

As the class period was about to end,I asked them to                  （47） the floor like I do every period and thanked them for picking up any garbage                  （48） it wasn't theirs.My entire class disappeared; they each disappeared instantly                  （49） their desks to pick up those annoying tiny pieces of paper that                  （50） so easily from notebooks.One girl made a （an）                  （51） that I later used with my other classes: “Her job might be to clean the room,but she shouldn't have to clean up                  （52） us.There's a difference.”

I believe that people know the difference between right and wrong.I believe that people appreciate it when others                  （53） take care of them.And I believe that people,even adolescents who are not quite yet mature,appreciate it when they see someone who takes                  （54） in her work.Sometimes we need a                  （55） of the things we take for granted... things like a good custodian to take care of us.

36  A. paper  B. handbook  C. note  D. letter

37  A. advised  B. persuaded  C. allowed  D. charged

38  A. shorter  B. longer  C. more  D. less

39  A. apologize  B. regret  C. appeal  D. complain

40  A. recommended  B. believed  C. approved  D. scheduled

41  A. class  B. colleagues  C. staff  D. members

42  A. answer  B. reaction  C. decision  D. behavior

43  A. room  B. desks  C. mess  D. chaos

44  A. talked  B. asked  C. quarreled  D. discussed

45  A. visited  B. called  C. praised  D. greeted

46  A. made  B. showed  C. earned  D. accepted

47  A. sweep  B. examine  C. check  D. mop

48  A. even if  B. only if  C. if only  D. if ever

49  A. above  B. under  C. beyond  D. across

50  A. leave  B. fall  C. fly  D. miss

51  A. promise  B. agreement  C. announcement  D. comment

52  A. after  B. before  C. with  D. for

53  A. freely  B. gently  C. hopefully  D. sincerely

54  A. advantage  B. pride  C. action  D. chance

55  A. keeper  B. caretaker  C. reminder  D. observer