Question

After the birth of my second child, I got a job at a restaurant. Having worked with an experienced  21  for a few days, I was   22  to wait tables on my own. All went  23   that first week. When Saturday night came, I was luckily  24  the tables not far from the kitchen.   25   , I still felt a little hard to carry the heavy trays (托盤)。

    Before I knew it, the  26  was full of people. I moved slowly,   27  every step. I remember how  28   I was when I saw the tray stand near the tables, it looked different from the one I was  29   on. It had nice handles (手柄)，which made it  30   to move around. I was pleased with everything and began to  31  I was a natural at this job.

    Then, an old man came to me and said, “Excuse me, dear, my wife and I loved __32  you work. It seems your tray stand has been very  33  to you, but we are getting ready to  34   now, and my wife needs her  35  back.”

    At first his   36  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  37  . I wanted to get into a hole and  38  .

    Since then, I have learned from many mistakes such as the one I just   39   , I have learned to be more  40  and not to be too sure of myself.

 

21. A. manager	B. assistant	C. cook	D. waitress
22. A. promised	B. invited	C. allowed	D. advised
23. A. well	B. quickly	C. safely	D. wrong
24. A. left	B. given	C. brought	D. shown
25. A. Therefore	B. However	C. Otherwise	D. Finally
26. A. kitchen	B. street	C. restaurant	D. table
27. A. minding	B. changing	C. taking	D. saving
28. A. angry	B. calm	C. sad	D. happy
29. A. fixed	B. trained	C. loaded	D. waited
30. A. slower	B. lighter	C. quieter	D. easier
31. A. believe	B. agree	C. regret	D. pretend
32. A. letting	B. making	C. watching	D. having
33. A. useful	B. familiar	C. unusual	D. interesting
34. A. rest	B. order	C. eat	D. leave
35. A. bag	B. walker	C. tray	D. coat
36. A. idea	B. praise	C. message	D. need
37. A. cold	B. full of joy	C. pale	D. on fire
38. A. lie	B. hide	C. defend	D. stay
39. A. repeated	B. discovered	C. corrected	D. described
40. A. careful	B. patient	C. honest	D. practical

 

 

Answer 1

21 D

解析：前文說(shuō)在飯店找到一份工作，后文出現(xiàn)了carry the heavy trays (托盤)，可以可知“我”是在和有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的服務(wù)員一起干。

22.  C

解析：該句前面提到跟隨一位有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的服務(wù)員干了幾天，所以就允許自己獨(dú)自為顧客服務(wù)了。其它幾個(gè)動(dòng)詞不符合語(yǔ)境意思。

23 A

解析：從下文來(lái)看，周日那幾天All went well that first week.“一切都很順利。”只是在周末出了一點(diǎn)小狀況。

24 B

解析：題意是“周六晚上，我有幸被給機(jī)會(huì)在離廚房不遠(yuǎn)的一張桌子邊服務(wù)�！彼�以應(yīng)用give，其它幾個(gè)動(dòng)詞不合題意。

25 B

解析：從下文的I still felt a little hard可知盡管我給了這樣一個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)，但感到有點(diǎn)困難，語(yǔ)意轉(zhuǎn)折了，故用however然而。therefore因此；otherwise否則；finally最后，這幾個(gè)詞不合語(yǔ)意。

26. C

解析：既然是在飯店里當(dāng)服務(wù)員，自然是飯店擠滿了顧客，不會(huì)在其它地方擠滿顧客。

27. A

解析：前文提到飯店里擠滿了顧客，所以自己要慢慢移動(dòng)步子，“留意，當(dāng)心”每一步。mind有“注意，留心”之意。其余幾個(gè)不合語(yǔ)意。

28. D

解析：從空后的內(nèi)容可知，當(dāng)時(shí)看到的托盤與培訓(xùn)的不一樣，有一個(gè)漂亮的手柄，很好使，所以感到很高興。

29. B。

解析：fix安裝；train接受訓(xùn)練；load裝載；wait等候。正式上崗前要經(jīng)過(guò)學(xué)習(xí)培訓(xùn)，所以答案應(yīng)為選項(xiàng)B。

30 D。

解析：正式的托盤與訓(xùn)練的不一樣，很容易轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)，故選D項(xiàng)。

31. A。

解析：前文說(shuō)自己對(duì)店里的東西一切都很滿意，所以相信自己能自然而然地干好自己的工作，故選A項(xiàng)。

32. C。

解析：句意是“我和妻子愛(ài)看你工作。”其它三個(gè)是使役動(dòng)詞，意為“讓，使”，不合語(yǔ)意。

33 A。

解析：useful有用的；familiar熟悉的；unusual不普通的；interesting有趣的。 句意是“好像你的托盤對(duì)你很有用�！�

34. D。

解析：題意是“我們（就餐完了）要離開(kāi)了。”故選D項(xiàng)。

35. C。

解析：該句前部分出現(xiàn)了tray stand可知他們是想拿回“我”誤拿的托盤（助步器的托盤）。

36. C。

解析：idea想法；praise稱贊，表?yè)P(yáng)；message信息；need需要的東西。題意是“起初我沒(méi)有明白他表達(dá)的意思�！惫收�確答案為選項(xiàng)C。

37 D。

解析：cold冷；full of joy高興；pale蒼白的；on fire著火。題意是“我像冰人一樣站在那兒傻眼了，（因?yàn)樽鲥e(cuò)了事）臉變得通紅，像著了火一樣。

38. B。

解析：從該句前部分I wanted to get into a hole可知自己當(dāng)時(shí)因遇而真想找個(gè)洞藏起來(lái)，故選B項(xiàng)。其余選項(xiàng)與語(yǔ)意不符。

39. D。

解析：repeat重說(shuō)；discover發(fā)現(xiàn)；correct改正；describe�？v觀全文，作者在描述她以前親身經(jīng)歷的尷尬的事情，故選D。

40. A。

解析：從作者所描述的內(nèi)容可知，她的那次失誤是因?yàn)樽约翰蛔屑?xì)造成的，所以她要從錯(cuò)誤中吸取教訓(xùn)，認(rèn)真做事，不要對(duì)自己太自信。故選A，其它選項(xiàng)不合語(yǔ)意。