Two years ago, a restaurant had fallen upon hard times. Only five 36 were left: the manager and four others, all over 60 years old.
In the town near the restaurant, there ___37 ___ a successful businessman who was good at managing business, so the manager 38 to ask the businessman if he could offer any advice that might 39 the restaurant. The manager and the businessman talked for a long period of time, 40 when he was asked for advice, the businessman 41 for a while and then said, “I have no __42___to give. The 43 thing I can tell you is that the saver(救星) is one of you.”
The manager, returning to the restaurant 44 , told the other people what the businessman had said. In the months that followed, the old restaurant workers thought ___45___ of the words of the businessman, “The saver is one of us?” they asked themselves. As they 46 about this possibility, they all began to treat each other with 47 respect. And thinking that each of themselves 48 be the saver, they also began to treat themselves with more care.
___49___ time went by, people coming to the restaurant 50 that some respect and warm kindness were around the five old members of the small restaurant. Hardly knowing 51 , more people began to come back to the restaurant. They began to 52 their friends, and theirs brought more friends. Two years later, the small restaurant had once again 53 a big food company, thanks to the businessman’s 54 . They understood that it was they themselves that were the _55____.
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I first went to hear a live rock concert when I was eight years old. My brother and his friends were all ___36____ of a heavy metal group called Black Wednesday. When they ___37____ that Black Wednesday were going to perform at our local theatre, they all bought ____38___ for performance. However, at the last minute, one of the friends couldn’t go, so my brother __39_____ me the ticket. I was really ___40____!
I remember the buzz (嘈杂声) of excitement inside the theatre as we all found our __41____ . After a few minutes, the lights went down and everybody became ___42____. I could barely make out the stage in the ___43____. We waited. Then there was a roar from the crowd, like an explosion, as the first members of the band ___44____ the stage. My brother leaned over and shouted something in my ear, but I couldn’t ____45___ what he was saying. The first song was already starting and the music was as ____46___ a jet engine. I could ___47____ the drum beats and bass notes in my stomach.
I can’t recall any of the songs that the band played. I just __48_ that I really enjoyed the show and didn’t want it to _ 49_. But in the end, after three encores (加演), the show finished. We left the 50_ and walked unsteadily out onto the pavement. I felt a little dizzy, as if I had just 51_from a long sleep. My ears were still 52_with the beat of the last song.
After the 53 , I became a Black Wednesday fan too for a few years before getting into other kinds of music. Once in a while, 54_, I listen to one of their songs and 55_I’m back at that first show.
40. A. relaxed B. embarrassed C. excited D. encouraged
41. A. seats B. entrance C. spots D. space
42. A. comfortable B. quite C. serious D. nervous
43. A. silence B. noise C. darkness D. smoke
44. A. fell upon B. got through C. broke into D. stepped onto
45. A. forget B. hear C. repeat D. bear
46. A. loud B. heard C. sweet D. fast
47. A. feel B. touch C. enjoy D. digest
48. A. realize B. understand C. believe D. remember
49. A. continue B. delay C. finish D. change
50. A. party B. theatre C. opera D. stage
51. A. escaped B. traveled C. benefited D. woken
52. A. aching B. burning C. ringing D. rolling
53. A. competition B. performance C. interview D. celebration
54. A. though B. otherwise C. instead D. besides
55. A. decide B. regret C. conclude D. imagine