吉林省东北师大附中2015届高三上学期第二次摸底考试 英语试题
第二部分 英语知识运用（满分30分）
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I do a lot of management training each year for the Circle K Corporation, a national chain of convenience stores. Among the topics in our seminars is the retention (留住) of quality 21 . During these 22 , I asked the participants, “What has 23 you to stay long enough to become a manager?” Minutes later a new manager 24 the question and slowly, with her voice almost breaking, said, “It was a $19 baseball glove.”
Cynthia told the group that she 25 took a Circle K clerk job. On her second or third day behind the 26 , she received a phone call from her nine-year-old son, Jessie. He 27 a baseball glove for Little League. She 28 that as a single mother, money was 29 , and her first check would have to 30 for paying bills. Perhaps she could buy his baseball glove with her second or third check.
When Cynthia 31 for work the next morning, Patricia, the store manager, asked her to come to the office. Cynthia 32 if she had done something wrong or left some part of her job 33 from the day before. She was 34 and confused.
Patricia 35 her a box. “I overheard you talking to your son yesterday,” she said, “and I know that it is 36 to explain things to kids. This is a baseball glove for Jessie. He may not understand how important he is, even though you have to pay bills 37 you can buy gloves. You know we can’t pay good people like you as 38 as we would like to; but we do 39 , and I want you to know you are important to us.”
People 40 more how much an employer cares than how much the employer pays. An important lesson for the price of a Little League baseball glove.
21. A. goods B. employers C. customers D. employees
22. A. discussions B. tests C. preparations D. trips
23. A. taught B. caused C. urged D. impressed
24. A. took B. raised C. replied D. applauded
