Directions: For each of the following sentences, there are four choices. Please choose the best choice according to Text A to complete the sentence.1) Stevie's Down's syndrome caused the following except __________.

A. mental handicap
B. thick-tongued speech
C. lung cancer
D. heart problems

The truck regulars adopted Stevie as their official truck-stop mascot because they __________ him.

A. pitied
B. liked
C. worried about
D. biased against

The rhetorical device used in the phrase "a ripple of excitement" is called __________.

A. simile
B. metaphor
C. hyperbole
D. irony

Frannie sighed when she told the truckers about Stevie's surgery because __________.

A. the surgery was not successful
B. Stevie would not be back for a few months
C. the truckers didn't show any concern
D. she worried about Stevie's medical bills

The Thanksgiving was a special day because of the following except __________.

A. Stevie's 10 confirmation calls
B. Stevie's first day back to work
C. the donation of over $10,000
D. the warm celebration

In the sentence "Truckers don't generally care whobusestables as long as the food is good and the pies are homemade."(para.2 line 2 of unit 1 in book 3), the word "buses" means ________.

A. large vehicles that carry passengers, especially one that travels along a fixed route and stops regularly to let people get on and off
B. to take the dirty plates, etc. off the tables in a restaurant, as a job
C. to transport sb. by bus

In the sentence (para.5 line 1 from the bottom of unit 1 in book 3) "Then he would hurry to the empty table and carefullybusthe dishes and glasses onto the cart and meticulously wipe the table with a practiced flourish of his rag." , the word "bus" here means ________.

A. large vehicles that carry passengers, especially one that travels along a fixed route and stops regularly to let people get on and off
B. to take the dirty plates, etc. off the tables in a restaurant, as a job
C. to transport sb. by bus

In the sentence(para.16 line 1 from the bottom of unit 1 in book 3) "Glancing over my shoulder, I saw booth after booth of grinning truckers empty and join the procession.", the word "empty" means________.

A. (adj.) with no people or things inside
B. (verb.) to remove everything that is in a container
C. (verb.) to move out from one place to another

Directions: In the text, the author talked about the process of how mentally handicapped Stevie was accepted, loved and helped by others. Please scan the text anduse the words with corresponding capitalized lettersinthe following tableto fill in the blanks.At the beginningThe restaurant owner tried not to be biased, but he had his1 about hiring Stevie. He had never had a mentally handicapped employee and wasn't sure he wanted one. He wasn't sure how his customers would react.ThenWithin a monththe truck regulars had adopted Stevie as their official truck-stop2 .Stevie took3in doing his job exactly right, and he tried hard to please each and every person he met.Over time, people learned about his disabled mother. Money was 4, and what Stevie could earn was probably the difference between them being able to live together and Stevie being sent to a group home.The restaurant was a 5 place the morning Stevie missed work to get a heart surgery.At lastA ripple of6 ran through the staff when word came that Stevie was out of surgery, in recovery and doing fine.Frannie, the head waitress, let out a war whoop and did a little 7in the aisle when she heard the good news.On Thanksgiving, the first day Stevie was supposed to be back to work. The restaurant owner arranged a celebration. Stevie and his mother were8 in the parking lot.The staff followed them as they marched through the dining room. The owner saw booth after booth of 9 truckers empty and join the procession.On the big table, there was over $10,000 in cash and checks from truckers and trucking companies that heard about Stevie's problems.It got real noisy about that time, with everybody shouting, and there were a few tears, too.The owner thought Stevie was the10 worker he had ever hired.

Directions: Read the following statements and then decide whether each of them is true or false based on the information in the text. Mark T for True and F for False.1)_____Stevie was mentally handicapped by Down's syndrome.2)_____Within a month the truck regulars loved Stevie because he was dumpy and cute.3)_____Stevie puckered his brows while working because he didn't like being watched by customers.4)_____It was not surprising for Stevie to have heart problems as a patient with Down's syndrome.5) _____ Belle Ringer was a 50-year-old grandmother of four who worked in the restaurant as the head waitress.6) _____ On the day of Stevie's surgery, some restaurant customers left $160 for him.7) _____ During the past three months, Stevie's placement worker called 10 times to confirm Stevie's job in the restaurant.8) _____ The owner gave Stevie and his mother free breakfast to celebrate his coming back.9)_____Stevie was asked to clean up the big table because the owner was unhappy about his absence for the three months.10)_____People were shouting, shaking hands and hugging each other because it was Thanksgiving.