My life as a tax-paying employed person began in middle school, when, for three whole days, I worked in a baking factory.

My best friend Betsy's father was a manager at Hough Bakeries, which, at Easter time, ____41____little bunny ( 兔子 ) cakes for all its ____42____throughout Cleveland. It happened that the plant downtown needed eight kids for ____43____help during our spring break, for which I had no ____44____beyond listening to my favorite records. I'd ____45____minimum wage. I'd see how a factory ____46____. My parents thought all of this was a grand idea and called Betsy's dad with their ____47____.

Our ____48____in the factory were simple: Place cakes on a moving belt. Attach icing (糖霜) ears. Apply icing eyes and nose. ____49____bunny from the belt. This was _____50_____than it sounds. _____51_____a bit and the cakes pile up. As I told my parents at dinner that first night, it was all a little more high-pressure than I'd _____52_____.

Dad ____53____. The son of a grocer, he'd spent the summers of his childhood _____54_____food in Benardsville, New Jersey. This was the sort of work that made you _____55_____the dollars you earned and respect those who did the work, he told me.

41.

A．

sold

B．

ordered

C．

made

D．

reserved

42.

A．

stores

B．

families

C．

schools

D．

citizens

43.

A．

generous

B．

financial

C．

technical

D．

temporary

44.

A．

plans

B．

problems

C．

excuses

D．

hobbies

45.

A．

offer

B．

earn

C．

set

D．

suggest

46.

A．

worked

B．

closed

C．

developed

D．

survived

47.

A．

ambition

B．

permission

C．

experience

D．

invitation

48.

A．

joys

B．

ideas

C．

roles

D．

choices

49.

A．

Save

B．

Keep

C．

Stop

D．

Remove

50.

A．

harder

B．

better

C．

longer

D．

cheaper

51.

A．

Calm down

B．

Slow down

C．

Stay on

D．

Move on

52.

A．

indicated

B．

witnessed

C．

expected

D．

remembered

53.

A．

cried

B．

smiled

C．

hesitated

D．

refused

54.

A．

tasting

B．

finding

C．

sharing

D．

delivering

55.

A．

withdraw

B．

donate

C．

receive

D．

appreciate