Duringthewinterof1990Iwasworkingataconstructionsite.Iti...

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During the winter of 1990 I was working at a construction site. It is not unusual for construction workers’ hands to become very  41  in winter from working with concrete and mud. Cracking open and bleeding at the finger joints, my hand were  42  exception that year. Stopping work  43  because of hurting hands is not a(n)  44  in the construction industry. You just grit your teeth, keep working and cause further  45  to your hands in the process.

One morning I left for work at 5:00 a.m. and  46  a gas station to fuel up.  47  I got out of my truck, I noticed a newspaper delivery van and the driver  48  with bales(捆) of newspapers. Taking a second look, I was 49  to find that the man had no forearms.  50 he was doing a job that would otherwise  51  a very physically gifted person.

On my way to pay for the  52 , I asked him if I could help in any way. He politely  53 my offer.

Minutes later while I was refueling, he called, “Hey buddy, would you mind helping me tie my shoes?” I  54  agreed to help and he went on to explain that tying his shoes was the  55  thing he couldn’t do for himself.

He expressed his  56  as I got back into my truck and started to drive away.

I came to a full stop and looked back at him as he was getting into his van. I looked down at my hands. Suddenly it  57  me: I’d been  58  about the pain in my hands for weeks  59  that man back there would do anything, anything at all, to have my hurting hands. Just like magic, my hands  60  hurting.

41. A. uncomfortable B. painful                           C. freezing           D. numb

42. A. no                    B. an                          C. the                  D. such

43. A. especially         B. rarely                      C. generally         D. simply

44. A. habit                 B. option                            C. means                    D. advice

45. A. danger                    B. trouble                           C. damage           D. loss

46. A. pulled into               B. pulled out               C. pulled down     D. pulled over

47. A. Until                  B. As                               C. Unless                    D. Although

48. A. playing            B. providing                C. struggling        D. operating

49. A. delighted                B. annoyed                       C. frightened              D. surprised

50. A. Yet                   B. Thus                         C. Even                D. Instead

51. A. acquire            B. reflect                            C. require           D. employ

52. A. food                 B. newspaper                     C. gasoline          D. drink

53. A. ignored            B. turned down           C. held up            D. accepted

54. A. shyly                       B. casually                  C. readily                  D. unwillingly

55. A. first                  B. other                       C. last                  D. only 

56. A. regret                      B. gratitude                C. concern          D. disappointment

57. A. reminded          B. got through                    C. knocked into    D. struck

58. A. complaining      B. sensitive                C. talking             D. cautious

59. A. even if                     B. in case                           C. while                D. because

60. A. started                    B. kept                        C. prevented        D. stopped

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