Question

After the birth of my second child, I got a job at a restaurant. Having worked with an experienced ______ for a few days, I was ______ to wait tables on my own. All went _____ that first week. When Saturday night came, I was luckily _____ the tables not far from the kitchen. _____, I still felt a little hard to carry the heavy trays (托盤).

Before I knew it, the ______ was full of people. I moved slowly, ______ every step. I remember how ______ I was when I saw the tray stand (架子) near the tables. It looked different from the one I was _____ on. It had nice handles, which made it ______ to move around. I was pleased with everything and began to ______ I was a natural at this job.

Then, an old man came to me and said, “Excuse me, dear, my wife and I loved ______ you work. It seems your tray stand has been very _____ to you, but we are getting ready to ______ now, and my wife needs her ______ back.”

At first his _____ did not get across. “What was he talking about?” Then I got it. I had set my trays on his wife’s orthopedic walker (助步器). I stood frozen as ice, but my face was _____. I wanted to get into a hole and ______.

Since then, I have learned from many mistakes such as the one I just ______. I have learned to be more ______ and not to be too sure of myself.

1.A. waitress B. assistant C. cook D. manager

2.A. promised B. invited C. allowed D. advised

3.A. well B. quickly C. safely D. wrong

4.A. left B. shown C. brought D. given

5.A. Therefore B. However C. Otherwise D. Finally

6.A. kitchen B. street C. restaurant D. table

7.A. changing B. minding C. taking D. saving

8.A. angry B. calm C. sad D. happy

9.A. fixed B. trained C. loaded D. waited

10.A. slower B. lighter C. quieter D. easier

11.A. believe B. agree C. regret D. pretend

12.A. letting B. making C. watching D. having

13.A. unusual B. familiar C. useful D. interesting

14.A. rest B. order C. eat D. leave

15.A. bag B. walker C. tray D. coat

16.A. message B. praise C. idea D. need

17.A. cold B. full of joy C. pale D. on fire

18.A. lie B. hide C. defend D. stay

19.A. repeated B. discovered C. corrected D. described

20.A. careful B. patient C. honest D. practical

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.B

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.B

10.D

11.A

12.C

13.C

14.D

15.B

16.A

17.D

18.B

19.D

20.A

【解析】

試題分析：作者生完第二個孩子之后找了一份在飯店當服務(wù)員的工作。跟著有經(jīng)驗的人學習了幾天之后，作者開始負責給客人上菜和收拾餐桌。作者有一次把客人的助步器誤當作了托盤架，這讓她很尷尬。作者在工作中犯了很多錯誤，同時也學到了很多。

1.I got a job at a restaurant”可知，作者是在一家飯店工作，和一位有經(jīng)驗的女服務(wù)員一起工作了幾天之后，作者開始自己負責餐桌，故選A。

2.I was ______ to wait tables on my own.和有經(jīng)驗的人一起工作了幾天以后，作者被允許親自負責餐桌，故選C。

3.All went ______ that first week.第一周一切進展得都很順利，故選A。

4.I was luckily ______ the tables not far from the kitchen讓作者感到幸運的是，她分到了離廚房不遠的餐桌，故選D。

5.I still felt a little hard to carry但是，作者仍然覺得端盤子有點困難，故選B。

6.the______ was full of people飯店里坐滿了吃飯的人，作者只好小心翼翼地挪動，故選C。

7.I moved slowly, ______ every step.作者小心翼翼地來回挪動著，這里指注意腳下，故選B。

8.I was pleased with everything”可知，作者看到托盤架時很開心，因為它跟其它的不同，故選D。

9.It looked different from the one I was______ on.這種托盤架和培訓時使用的不一樣，故選B。

10.It had nice handles, which made it ______ to move around.這種托盤帶有漂亮的手柄，使來回走動變得很容易，故選D。

11.began to ______ I was a natural at this job作者開始變得自信起來，她認為自己適合做這份工作，natural適合的人，故選A。

12.my wife and I loved_____ you work根據(jù)下文可知，兩位老人是飯店的客人，他們喜歡看作者工作的樣子，即他們本不想打斷作者的工作，故選C。

13.It seems your tray stand has been very ______ to you托盤架似乎對作者很有用，根據(jù)上文可知，托盤架讓作者的工作變得更容易，故選C。

14.and my wife needs her______ back.”可知，兩位老人要離開了，他們想要回他們的助步器，故選D。

15.I had set my trays on his wife’s orthopedic walker”可知，作者誤把顧客的助步器當成了托盤架，現(xiàn)在，老人要離開了，她需要她的助步器，故選B。

16.“What was he talking about?””可知，作者一開始沒有理解老人說的話的意思，故選A。

17.I stood frozen as ice, but my face was______.理解了老人的話之后，作者一下子僵住了，但是她的臉卻是火熱的，根據(jù)but表轉(zhuǎn)折可知，意識到自己犯了錯之后，作者的臉變得通紅，故選D。

18.I wanted to get into a hole and _____.作者恨不得找個縫鉆進去，作者感到很尷尬，故選B。

19.such as the one I just ______.這里指作者在上文敘述的誤把助步器當作托盤架的那個錯誤，故選D。

20.I have learned to be more_____ and not to be too sure of myself.作者從錯誤中學會了對待工作要更加認真，不能太自以為是的道理，故選A。

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