It was a bright spring afternoon when Fieda told me she wouldn’t need me any more. I had just finished my four-hour work － 36    up and down the stairs of her three-storey home, cleaning the floor and washing the dishes. She was 37    jeans and a sweater, sitting at the table I had just 38    . a pile of papers spread around her. Her husband’  39    was going to be reduced by thirty percent. And they were trying to live as if it had 40   happened. I felt sorry for her. but I also felt a sense of 41   .

     I had been cleaning Freda’s house for five years and had 42    an unexpected relationship with the family. It was not just 43    I had become an expert at scraping（刮掉）dirt stuck to their wooden floor, 44    that I had learned exactly how to place toys on the girls’ beds. It was  45    than that, for I felt I had become a part of their 46   .Freda stayed at home with the kids, 47    I would often see her in the morning 48   them to school. And I’d be there when they 49   home at lunch for sandwiches and piano practice. I had 50   them grow up. Now I was tired, but the  51 thing was that I still wanted to keep scraping away the dirt and dust for the family.  

     I left Freda’s house that day, wondering about the 52     of my relationship with my clients（主顾）. Who am I  53    them? As a matter of fact, I’m  54     an employee － the lowest kind of employee. But I’m also a trusted  55   of the family. I can’t help worrying about what happens around me.

36.A.stepping         B.coming                    C.jumping              D.moving

37.A.hanging               B.making                     C.wearing                    D.changing

38.A.cleaned               B.washed               C.swept                       D.brushed

39.A.duty                    B.money                      C.work                        D.pay

40.A.already                B.seldom                     C.never                       D.yet

41.A.regret                  B.surprise                    C.fear                          D.loss

42.A.started                 B.developed           C.improved            D.broken

43.A.why                     B.what                        C.that                          D.which

44.A.but                      B.and                          C.or                            D.for

45.A.less                     B.least                         C.more                        D.most

46.A.life                      B.story                        C.activity                     D.experience

47.A.as                        B.so                            C.since                        D.however

48.A.taking                  B.bringing                    C.meeting                    D.calling

49.A.left                      B.returned                   C.went                        D.marched

50.A.found                  B.noticed                     C.watched                    D.realized

51.A.possible         B.great                       C.proper                      D.strange

52.A.meaning               B.nature                      C.result                       D.importance

53.A.for                  B.to                         C.with                         D.at

54.A.hardly            B.certainly                 C.probably                   D.merely

55.A.member         B.person                     C.relative              D.companion

It was a bright spring afternoon when Fieda told me she wouldn’t need me any more. I had just finished my four-hour work － 1    up and down the stairs of her three-storey home, cleaning the floor and washing the dished. She was 2    jeans and a sweater. Sitting at the table I had just 3    . a pile of papers spread around her. Her husband’a 4    was going to be reduced by thirty percent. And they were trying to live as if it had 5   happened. I felt sorry for her. but I also felt a sense of 6   .

I had been cleaning Freda’s house for five years and had 7    an unexpected relationship with the family. It was not just 8    I had become an expert at scraping（刮掉）dirt stuct to their wooden floor. 9    that I had learned exactly how to place toys on the girls’beds. It was  10    than that. For I felt I had become a part of their 11   .

Freda stayed at home with the kids, 12    I would often see her in the morning 13

 14 Them to school. And I’d be there when they 15  home at lunch for sandwiches and piano practice. I had 16 them grow up. Now I still wanted to keep scraping away the dirt and dust for I left Freda’s 17relationship with my clients（主顾）. Who am I 18Them? As a matter of fact. I’m  19 an employee － the lowest kind of employee. But I’m also a trusted  20f the family. I can’t help worrying about what happens around me.

1A.stepping                   B.coming                     C.jumping                      D.moving

2A.hanging                    B.making                       C.wearing                      D.changing

3.A.cleaned                   B.washed                      C.swept                               D.brushed

4.A.duty                        B.money                        C.work                         D.pay

5.A.already                    B.seldom                       C.never                    D.yet

6.A.regret                      B.surprise                C.fear                             D.loss

7.A.started                     B.developed                   C.improved                    D.broken

8.A.why                   B.what                          C.that                            D.which

9.A.but                     B.and                            C.or                              D.for

10.A.less                       B.least                           C.more                          D.most

11.A.life                        B.story                          C.activity                       D.experience

12.A.as                    B.so                        C.since                           D.however

13A.taking                     B.bringing                      C.meeting                      D.calling

14.A.left                        B.returned                     C.went                          D.marched

15.A.found                    B.noticed                       C.watched                     D.realized

16.A.possible                 B.great                          C.proper                        D.strange

17.A.meaning                 B.nature                               C.result                    D.importance

18.A.for                               B.to                              C.with                      D.at

19.A.hardly                    B.certainly                     C.probably                     D.merely

20.A.member                 B.person                        C.relative                       D.companion