The ______ waiter came up to us and said, "You are welcome."

A:smiling B:smiled C:smile D:to smile

In the dining room of my grandfather’s house stood a massive grandfather clock. Meals in that dining room were a ____(1)____ for four generations to become one. The table was always ____(2)____ with food from wonderful family recipes(食谱)all containing ____(3)____ as the main ingredient(成分). And always that grandfather clock stood like a trusted old family ____(4)____ , sharing our happiness. As I was a child, the old clock ____(5)____ me. I watched and listened to it during meals. I ____(6)____ how at different times of the day, that clock would strike with a wonderful ____(7)____ . Year after year, the clock struck a part of my ____(8)____ , a part of my heart. Even more wonderful to me was what my grandfather did each day. He ____(9)____ wound that clock with a special and magic key, which ____(10)____ the clock ticking and striking. He never let that clock wind down and ____(11)____ . When we grandkids got a little older, he showed us how to ____(12)____ the clock. Several days after my grandfather died, I entered the dining room, with tears flowing ____(13)____ . The clock stood deservedly ____(14)____ , seeming smaller and not as magnificent as before. I couldn’t ____(15)____ to look at it. Years later, my grandmother gave me the clock and the key. The old house was quiet. I opened the clock door with my shaking hand. Then ____(16)____ , reverently(虔诚地), I entered the key and wound the clock. It sprang to ____(17)____ Tick-tock, tick-tock, life and chimes were ____(18)____ into the dining room, into house and into my ____(19)____ . In the movement of the hands of the clock, my grandfather ____(20)____ again.

A:died B:lived C:smiled D:sang

It was the end of my first day as waitress in a busy New York restaurant. My cap had gone away, and my feet (21) . The loaded plates I carried (22) to be heavier and heavier. Tired and discouraged, I didn’ t able to do anything. (23) . As I made out a check for a family with several children who had changed their ice-cream (24) a dozen times, I was ready to stop. Then the father (25) at me as he handed me my tip. "Well done," he said, "you’ ve (26) us really well." Suddenly my tiredness (27) . I smiled back, and later, when the manager asked me how I’d like my first day, I said, " (28) !" Those few words of praise had 29 everything. Praise is like (30) to the human spirit; we cannot grow without it. And (31) ,while most of us are only too (32) to apply(应用)to others the cold wind of criticism (批评), we are (33) to give our fellows the warm sunshine (34) praise. Why-when one word of praise can bring such (35)

A:stared  B:smiled  C:glared  D:nodded

I knew she'd be a friend ______ she smiled at me.

A:a fraction B:that time C:the instant D:this moment

I knew she'd be a friend ______ she smiled at me.

A:a fraction B:that time C:the instant D:this moment

The exhausted mother smiled at the wail of her newborn baby（　）.

A:sad B:gloomy C:tired D:happy

The exhausted mother smiled at the wail of her newborn baby.

A:sad B:gloomy C:tired D:happy