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 14 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 17 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     your 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. quieter       D. easier

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.D

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：本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了我在生完第二个孩子后，在餐馆找了一份工作，在独自候桌时发生的一次较尴尬的误会，教会我我做事要有耐心，认真负责。

1.D考查名词。A. Manager经理；B. Assistant助手；C. Cook厨师；D. Waitress女服务员；在餐馆应该是服务员的工作，故选D。

2.C考查动词。 A. Promised承诺；B. Invited邀请；C. Allowed允许；D. Advised建议；在跟着有经验的人学习了几天后我被允许独自候桌，故选C。

3.A考查形容词。 A. Well好的；B. Quickly快速的；C. Safely安全的；D. Wrong错误的；All went that first week. 应该是第一个礼拜所有事情都很顺利，就是都很好，故选A。

4.B考查动词。A. Left离开；B. Given既定的；C. Brought带来；D. Shown展示；I was luckily the tables not far from the kitchen. 我很幸运地在既定的离厨房不远的餐桌上服务，选B。

5.B考查连词。A. Therefore因此；B. However然而；C. Otherwise否则；D. Finally最终；I still felt it a little hard to carry the heavy trays(托盘)。但是我仍旧觉得端着很重的托盘有一点困难，表示转折，选B。

6.C考查名词。A. Kitchen厨房；B. Street大街；C. Restaurant餐馆；D. Table桌子；既然是在饭店里当服务员，自然是饭店挤满了顾客，不会在其它地方挤满顾客，故选C。

7.A考查动词。.A. Minding留意；B. Changing改变；C. Taking拿；D. Saving节约；前文提到饭店里挤满了顾客，所以自己要慢慢移动步子，“留意，当心”每一步。mind有“注意，留心”之意。其余几个不合语意，可知选A。

8.D考查形容词。.A. Angry生气；B. Calm平静；C. Sad伤心；D. Happy快乐；从空后的内容可知，当时看到的托盘与培训的不一样，有一个漂亮的手柄，很好使，所以感到很高兴，故选D。

9.B考查动词。A. Fixed安装；B. Trained接受训练；C. Loaded装载；D. Waited等待；正式上岗前要经过学习培训，选B。

10.D考查比较级。A. Slower更慢；B. Lighter更轻；C. Quieter更快；D. Easier更容易；根据It had nice handles，可知正式的托盘与训练的不一样，很容易转动，选D。

11.A考查动词。A. Believe相信；B. Agree同意；C. Regret遗憾；D. Pretend假装；根据I was pleased with everything可知我对这份工作感到满意，相信我在这份工作上已经做得很自然了，很得心应手了，选A。

12.C考查动词。A. Letting让；B. Making使得；C. Watching看；D. Having有，让，使；句意是“我和妻子爱看你工作。”其它三个是使役动词，意为“让，使”，不合语意，选C。

13.A考查形容词。 A. Useful有用的；B. Familiar熟悉的；C. Unusual不寻常的；D. Interesting有趣的；根据下文，可知这里是好像你的托盘对你很有用，其他选项均不和题意，故选A。

14.D考查动词。A. Rest休息；B. Order命令；C. Eat吃；D. Leave离开；根据下文my wife needs her 25 back.，可知他们是要离开了，故选D。

15.B考查名词。A. Bag袋子；B. Walker助步器；C. Tray托盘；D. Coat外套；该句前部分出现了tray stand可知他们是想拿回“我”误拿的托盘（助步器的托盘），故选B。

16.C考查名词。A. Idea想法；B. Praise赞扬；C. Message信息，言语；D. Need需要；根据What was he talking about!，可知他的话我并不明白，故选C。

17.D考查形容词。A. Cold冷；B. full of joy高兴；C. Pale苍白；D. on fire着火；我像冰人一样站在那儿傻眼了，（因为做错了事）脸变得通红，像着了火一样，人感到尴尬的时候脸会变红，故选D。

18.B考查动词。A. Lie躺着；B. Hide藏着；C. Defend保卫；D. Stay呆着；从该句前部分I wanted to get into a hole可知自己当时因遇而真想找个洞藏起来，故选B。

19.D考查动词。A. Repeated重复；B. Discovered发现；C. Corrected改正；D. Described描述；就像我之前描述的错误，作者通过前文描述了一个自己犯的错，故选D。

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