题型:完形填空 题类:常考题 难易度:困难
河北省邢台市宁晋县第五中学2019-2020学年高二下学期英语4月月考试卷
Not many 17-year-old girls know how to solder(焊)copper pipes together or clean the mess of plumbing(管道). These are1I've learned as an assistant to my2in his plumbing job.
My summer job deals with messes that constantly arouse physical and mental 3, and the work demands an attitude of determination and 4that I frequently struggle to adopt.
Each morning, I wrestle myself into large-thick men's jeans most girls would5to wear. I always6my hair back as I run out the door and climb into the passenger seat of the plumber truck. As my 7 begin babysitting, or selling groceries, my dad and I carry8toolboxes and work in the dark basements. I often become 9about looking for tools in messy storage boxes. Nothing around is beautiful or tidy.
Sometimes I10why I stand the dust and sweat when I could be in my air-conditioned house doing summer homework. Yet as much as I11the mess of plumbing. I look down upon myself for being so easily annoyed by disorder.12, the world was built by people willing to get their hands13.
Five such summers have14me that the messy parts of people's houses15the messy parts of their lives. As I learn to16the mess, I also learn to handle the17and the troubles in my adolescence. Life is a process of accepting18and learning to put it in order. Plumbing work is no different. And when customers express19I understand that, in a small way, we bring20to their lives.
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