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    Lunch hour is crazy at SAME Cafe, the 40-seat restaurant my husband and I run in Denver.

      A woman in a(n)_ 41  suit stepped in."Hi, Libby." she said.Wow, what a  42  ! The first time she came to the cafe two years ago, she had no money to pay. 43  many customers, she volunteered to wash dishes and  44 .Look at her now: confident and hopeful.Wasn't this what we'd hoped for?

    In 2003, we'd  45  this crazy dream: start a restaurant with a donation box instead of a cash register(收款台). Right away we hit hurdles(阻碍)"There is no such thing as a  46  lunch," one potential landlord (房东) sniffed. I met brokers, bankers and suppliers, only to watch them   47 , shaking their heads. No bank would lend us the money to open a restaurant with no  48  .The only fund we could get was our individual retirement account. 49  we rented space from a landlord on Colfax Street.We put flyers(传单) around the neighborhood, asked friends to  50  the word, and held our breath.

    Word traveled fast,   51  stories in the papers and on TV. Soon we had more than 50customers a day.A few ate without paying or  52  an hour of work.But most gave what they could,  53  it was just a dollar.Those with money gave, and then more.One of our customers left a  54  for 500 dollars.Another bought 1000 dollars in gift certificates.  55  another donated a truck so we could transport  56  from suppliers.

   People came here partly for what our cafe  57  —SAME: So A11 May Eat, We treat everyone with     58  .We hoped to develop a sense of community- so that we might  59 one another.The woman in business suit was one of them.Our 60  to open the cafe was worth it,

41.A. dinner                   B. evening                 C. business                D. summer

42.A. change                  B. beauty                   C. fool                      D. coincidence

43.A. With                     B. Like                      C. Besides                 D. Towards

44.A. wait                      B. sing                      C. perform                D. sweep

45.A. lived                     B. hatched                 C. ignored                 D. achieved

46.A. packed                  B. delicious                C. free                      D. delivered

47.A. crowd together      B. flood in                 C. walk away            D. turn up

48.A. staff support         B. regular customers  C. lunch boxes           D. cash register

49.A. Unfortunately        B. Finally                   C. Interestingly          D. Illegally

50.A. analyze                 B. read                      C. spread                  D. approve

51.A. thanks to               B. apart from             C. ahead of                D. according to

52.A. regretting              B. gaining                  C.donating                 D. balancing

53.A. only when             B. and forever            C.so that                    D. even if

54.A. reward                  B. check                   C. bill                        D. list

55.A. Still                      B. Instead                  C. Otherwise             D. Thus

56.A. lunch                    B. customers             C. dishes                   D. produce

57.A. stood for               B. applied for             C. benefited from       D. depended on

58.A. patience                B. generosity             C. confidence            D. dignity

59.A. protect                  B. trust                     C. help                      D. treasure

60.A. dream                   B. struggle                 C. management          D. style

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CABDB   CCDBC  ACDBA  DADCB

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