At the beginning of 1993, Harrison Textile Company, a plant that makes clothes for people,suffered a disaster. The plant, equipment, stock and so on, were 1________down and turned toashes.
More than 3,000 employees were completely 2________in the face of the unexpected disaster.Sad and depressed, they returned home, waiting with despair 3________ the chairman to declare thebankruptey(破产)and unemployment. But 4________, after long waiting, the company posted eachperson 5________ a letter:the company would pay one month's salary to all employees of thecompany.
When all of the workers almost 6________all hope for the life of future, the company's letter7________again;the company would pay one month's salary to all the staff of the company.
If the 8________ letter surprised and delighted thousands of employees, the second letter almost9________them to tears. Indeed, the whole country was suffering a lot in such a bad situation thatmany 10________ had no way for living, so who would not be touched by such 11________?
Just as the chairman 12________ , on the day of receiving the second letter, thousands of employeesrushed back to 13________. They cleaned up the ruins, tidied up the situations after the 14________ andworked again, and some of them even took the initiative to contact the interrupted supply of goods.
Three months 15________ , Harrison Company came to life. Today Harrison Company has becomethe largest American textile company.
单选题
1
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】根据空后的turned to ashes(化为灰烬)可推知，此处表达的是“工厂、设备、库存等都被烧毁了"。burn down:(被)焚毁；turn down:拒绝，把……调低；pull down:拆毁，摧毁(建筑物);pushdown:推动(价值、数量)下降。故选A。
【答案解析】根据上文可知，员工们都带着绝望的心情等待董事长宣布破产和失业。由此可推知，当他们收公司将会向全体公司员工支付一个月工资的信时，他们应该是惊讶的。to their surprise:令他们惊讶的是to their despair:令他们绝望的是；with good luck:运气好；with bad luck:运气不佳。