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 it a little hard to carry the heavy trays (托盘).

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 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. manager   B. assistant   C. cook    D. waitress

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

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

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

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

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

7.A. minding   B. changing   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. easier    D. quieter

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

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

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

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

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

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

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.B

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.C

11.A

12.C

13.A

14.D

15.B

16.C

17.D

18.B

19.D

20.A

【解析】

试题分析: 本文讲诉了作者在餐馆打工时一次难忘的经历以及自己的体会

1.D考查名词。A. manager经理 B. assistant助理，助教 C. cook厨师 D. waitress女服务员；根据后文的：…wait tables on my own和carry the heavy trays (托盘)可知，作者在餐馆找的是服务员的工作，在正式开工前有一个有经验的服务员会先带着她熟悉工作，故选D

2.C考查动词。A. promised答应 B. invited 邀请 C. allowed允许D. advised建议；句意：我被允许自己单独地等在餐桌旁。根据句意，故选C

3.

A. promised答应 B. invited 邀请 C. allowed允许D. advised建议；句意：我被允许自己单独地等在餐桌旁。根据句意，故选C

4.B 考查动词。A. left留下 B. given给 C. brought带来 D. shown表明，给予；句意：当星期六的夜晚到来时，我被幸运地安排在了离厨房不远的餐桌旁。根据句意，故选B

5.B考查副词。A. Therefore因此 B. However然而 C. Otherwise否则，不然D. Finally最后；根据后文：I still felt it a little hard to carry the heavy trays (托盘).可知即使“我”站的位置里厨房不远，但是我还是感觉到托着重托盘到“我”负责的餐桌有点不容易，故选B

6.C 考查名词。根据后文：I moved slowly（我移动地很慢）可知，餐馆里面的人很多，故选C

7.A 考查动词。A. minding介意，注意B. changing改成，改变 C. taking取得，拿 D. saving节约，节省；句意：我移动的很慢，注意着我的每一步。故选A

8.D考查形容词。A. angry生气的 B. calm冷静的 C. sad难过的，悲伤的 D. happy高兴的，幸福的；根据后文：I was pleased with everything可知“我”看到了“我”以为是“我的”托盘架是多么的高兴，开心。故选D

9.B考查动词。A. fixed修理，固定 B. trained训练 C. loaded加载 D. waited等待；句意：我记得我是多么的高兴当我看见在桌子附近的托盘架的时候；它看起来和我训练时候的那个不太一样。根据句意，故选B

10.C考查形容词比较级。A. slower更慢 B. lighter更轻 C. easier更容易D. quieter更安静；句意：它有一个漂亮的手柄，那样使它看起来更容易四处移动。根据句意，故选C

11.A考查动词。A. believe相信 B. agree同意 C. regret遗憾 D. pretend假装；句意：我对一切都感到满足，开始相信我天生就是做这份工作的料。根据句意，故选A

12.C 考查动词。A. letting让 B. making布置 C. watching看着 D. having有；句意：然后，一个老人来到我跟前对我讲：“打扰一下，你好，我和我的妻子都喜欢看你工作的样子。感觉你对这个托盘架用的得心应手，但是，我们现在准备走了，我的妻子需要拿回她的助步器了。”根据句意，故选C

13.A考查形容词。A. useful有用的 B. familiar熟悉的 C. unusual与众不同的 D. interesting有用的；根据前文：I was pleased with everything and began to I was a natural at this job.可知这个所谓的“托盘架”对“我”说很有用，故选A

14.D考查动词。A. rest休息 B. order命令 C. eat吃 D. leave离开；句意：但是，我们现在准备走了，我的妻子需要拿回她的助步器了。根据句意，故选D

15.B考查名词。根据第四段：I had set my trays on his wife’s orthopedic walker (助步器).可知“我”把客人的助步器当成了我的托盘架，可知此时老人是来找“我”要回他妻子的助步器，故选B

16.C 考查名词。A. idea主意 B. praise赞扬 C. message信息，消息 D. need需要，要求；句意：一开始他想传达给我的消息没有被我理解。根据句意，故选C

17.D考查形容词。A. cold冰冷的 B. full of joy满是喜悦 C. pale苍白的 D. on fire着火。句意：我像结了冰一样站在那里，但是我的脸像火烧一样红。根据句意，故选D

18.B考查动词。A. Lie说谎 B. Hide隐藏 C. Defend防卫 D. Stay呆着；由前文可知“我”将客人的助步器当成了我的托盘架，所以场面略显尴尬。句意：我想找个洞钻进去然后藏在那里。根据句意，故选B

19.19】D考查动词。A. repeated重复 B. discovered发现 C. corrected纠正，改正D. described描述；句意：从那时以来，我从许多就像我刚才描述的那个一样的错误中吸取了教训。根据句意，故选D

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