山西榆社中学高二下期末考试英语试卷（带解析）_6

My wife and I have always been friendly with the clerks at the local convenience store. I don’t think many people appreciate what a difficult job these folks have. They work for a little over minimum wage and I often wonder how they make ends meet.
 
One of the clerks, Charlie, was always wearing his glasses but he didn’t one day. I asked him about it and he said they’d been out of order and that he couldn’t afford a new pair. His family needed money. It was obvious that he was having a difficult time.
 
We wanted to help him, so we turned to our own eye doctor for assistance with a plan. We had his secretary contact him, asking him to come in for an eye exam for free. We told the doctor to let him order whatever glasses he wanted and that we would pay for them. Although Charlie questioned what was going on, the doctor just told him that someone had offered the money for his new glasses. When we went in to pay the bill, the doctor told us he was so touched by our idea that he waived the exam fee and only charged us for half the price of the glasses!
 
It was so wonderful to see Charlie in her new glasses and he enjoyed telling all the regular customers how the gift came about. I’m sure that upon hearing her story, ideas of kindness may have emerged in the minds of many.
 
【小题1】What does the author think of the job at the local convenience store?A．less-stressedB．tiringC．easyD．low-paid【小题2】Why didn’t the clerk Charlie wear glasses one day?A．It was very warm and fine.B．His old glasses were broken.C．His glasses were missing.D．He forgot to wear his glasses.【小题3】From the passage, we can infer that ________.A．Charlie was a young man with skillsB．Charlie knew who paid the money for the new glassesC．Charlie didn’t support his family with enough moneyD．Charlie entirely accepted the money for the new glasses【小题4】The underlined word “waived” in the third paragraph can be replaced by ________.A．gave upB．took upC．cut down D．put off