It was a bright spring afternoon when Freda told me she wouldn’t need me any more. I had just finished my four-hour work － 36 up and down the stairs of her three-storey home, cleaning the floor and washing the dished. She was 37 jeans and a sweater. Sitting at the table I had just 38 a pile of papers spread around her. Her husband’s 39 was going to be reduced by thirty percent. And they were trying to live as if it had 40 happened. I felt sorry for her, but I also felt a sense of 41 . I had been cleaning Freda’s house for five years and had 42 an unexpected relationship with the family. It was not just 43 I had become an expert at scraping（刮掉）dirt stuck to their wooden floor. 44 that I had learned exactly how to place toys on the girls’ beds. It was 45 than that, for I felt I had become a part of their 46 . Freda stayed at home with the kids, 47 I would often see her in the morning 48 them to school. And I’d be there when they 49 home at lunch for sandwiches and piano practice. I had 50 them grow up. Now I was fired, but the 51 thing was that I still wanted to keep scraping away the dirt and dust for the family. I left Freda’s 52 relationship with my clients（主顾）. Who am I 53 them? As a matter of fact. I’m 54 an employee － the lowest kind of employee. But I’m also a trusted 55 of the family. I can’t help worrying about what happens around me. 小题1: A．moving B．coming C．jumping D．stepping 小题2: A．hanging B．making C．changing D．wearing 小题3: A．washed B．cleaned C．swept D．brushed 小题4: A．duty B．pay C．work D．money 小题5: A．never B．seldom C．already D．yet 小题6: A．loss B．surprise C．fear D．regret 小题7: A．started B．improved C．developed D．broken 小题8: A．why B．what C．that D．which 小题9: A．but B．and C．or D．for 小题10: A．less B．more C．least D．most 小题11: A．story B．life C．activity D．experience 小题12: A．so B．as C．since D．however 小题13: A．taking B．bringing C．meeting D．calling 小题14: A．left B．marched C．went D．returned 小题15: A．found B．noticed C．watched D．realized 小题16: A．possible B．great C．proper D．strange 小题17: A．meaning B．result C．nature D．importance 小题18: A．for B．to C．with D．at 小题19: A．merely B．certainly C．probably D．hardly 小题20: A．member B．person C．relative D．companion