必修二 Unit 4
[课下练熟高考]
阅读理解提速练——练速度
(限时：20分钟)
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(2017·河南省洛阳市统一考试)My husband and I have always been friendly with the clerks at the local convenience store where we often get gasoline (汽油)．I don't think people appreciate what a difficult job these folks have sometimes.They work for a little over minimum wage and I often wonder how they make ends meet.
One of the clerks, Charlie, was missing her glasses one day.I commented on it and she said they'd been broken and that she couldn't afford a new pair.It was obvious that she was having a difficult time.
We wondered how we could help, so turned to our own eye doctor for assistance with a plan.We had his secretary contact her, asking her to come in for an eye exam free of charge.We told the doctor to let her
