(3)
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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Last summer, Steller pulled off the freeway on her way to work. She 21 at a traffic light, where a man was sitting with a 22 asking for help. She rolled down her 23 . “Hey!” she shouted. “I’m driving around giving 24 haircuts. Do you want one right now?”
The man looked to be in his 60s. He was strongly built, and missing a few 25 . “Actually,” he said, “I have a funeral to go to this week. I was really hoping to get a 26 .”
Steller unloaded a red chair from her car. The man took the 27 , and she 28 his curly graying hair. He 29 her about growing up in Mississippi about moving to Minnesota to be closer to his adult children, and how he still talks to his mom every day.
After Steller was 30 , Edward looked in a 31 . “ I look good!” he said. “I’ll have to remember to put my teeth in next time.”
Steller knows that a haircut can 32 a life. One changed hers: As a teen, she suffered from a severe 33 , and her hair thinned too much. Seeing this, her mother arranged for Steller’s first professional haircut.
“To sit down and have somebody 34 me and talk to me like a 35 and not just an illness, it helped me feel 36 about.” She says. After that, Steller knew she wanted to have her own salon (美发厅) so she could help people 37 the way she’d felt that day.
“It’s more than a free haircut.” Steller says. “I listen to people’s stories of loss, addiction, and 38 to get back on their feet. I can’t 39 their problems, but maybe I can help them feel less 40 for a moment.”
21. A. settled B. stood C. stopped D. met
22. A. sign B. video C. book D. friend
23. A. door B. window C. chair D. lamp
24. A. regular B. fancy C. latest D. free
25. A. years B. teeth C. things D. meals
26. A. pound B. job C. haircut D. response
27. A. seat B. risk C. advice D. chance
28. A. brushed B. colored C. pulled D. cut
29. A. asked B. told C. informed D. consulted
30. A. done B. paid C. left D. gone
31. A. box B. direction C. spot D. mirror
32. A. start B. save C. change D. escape
33. A. condition B. loss C. failure D. disease
34. A. look at B. believe C. call on D. judge
35. A. servant B. person C. poet D. fool
36. A. sorry B. proud C. bitter D. cared
37. A. clear B. lead C. feel D. smooth
38. A. ability B. struggle C. permission D. decision
39. A. fix B. cause C. ignore D. recognize
40. A. guilty B. ashamed C. alone D. connected
★文中我不认识的词汇有：_______________________________________________
★文中我不理解的句子有：（在文中用横线划出）
本文是一篇记叙文。通过夹叙夹议的方式向人们呈现理发的好处。通过作者一次上班路上的经历来展开故事，告诉我们理发不仅仅是理发，更多的时候是一种倾听。
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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Last summer, Steller pulled off the freeway on her way to work. She 21 at a traffic light, where a man was sitting with a 22 asking for help. She rolled down her 23 . “Hey!” she shouted. “I’m driving around giving 24 haircuts. Do you want one right now?”
The man looked to be in his 60s. He was strongly built, and missing a few 25 . “Actually,” he said, “I have a funeral to go to this week. I was really hoping to get a 26 .”
Steller unloaded a red chair from her car. The man took the 27 , and she 28 his curly graying hair. He 29 her about growing up in Mississippi about moving to Minnesota to be closer to his adult children, and how he still talks to his mom every day.
After Steller was 30 , Edward looked in a 31 . “ I look good!” he said. “I’ll have to remember to put my teeth in next time.”
Steller knows that a haircut can 32 a life. One changed hers: As a teen, she suffered from a severe 33 , and her hair thinned too much. Seeing this, her mother arranged for Steller’s first professional haircut.
“To sit down and have somebody 34 me and talk to me like a 35 and not just an illness, it helped me feel 36 about.” She says. After that, Steller knew she wanted to have her own salon (美发厅) so she could help people 37 the way she’d felt that day.
“It’s more than a free haircut.” Steller says. “I listen to people’s stories of loss, addiction, and 38 to get back on their feet. I can’t 39 their problems, but maybe I can help them feel less 40 for a moment.”
21. A. settled B. stood C. stopped D. met
22. A. sign B. video C. book D. friend
23. A. door B. window C. chair D. lamp
24. A. regular B. fancy C. latest D. free
25. A. years B. teeth C. things D. meals
26. A. pound B. job C. haircut D. response
27. A. seat B. risk C. advice D. chance
28. A. brushed B. colored C. pulled D. cut
29. A. asked B. told C. informed D. consulted
30. A. done B. paid C. left D. gone
31. A. box B. direction C. spot D. mirror
32. A. start B. save C. change D. escape
33. A. condition B. loss C. failure D. disease
34. A. look at B. believe C. call on D. judge
35. A. servant B. person C. poet D. fool
36. A. sorry B. proud C. bitter D. cared
37. A. clear B. lead C. feel D. smooth
38. A. ability B. struggle C. permission D. decision
39. A. fix B. cause C. ignore D. recognize
40. A. guilty B. ashamed C. alone D. connected
★文中我不认识的词汇有：_______________________________________________
★文中我不理解的句子有：（在文中用横线划出）
本文是一篇记叙文。通过夹叙夹议的方式向人们呈现理发的好处。通过作者一次上班路上的经历来展开故事，告诉我们理发不仅仅是理发，更多的时候是一种倾听。
