Question

After the birth of my second child, I got a job at a restaurant. Having worked with an experienced  36   for a few days, I was   37  to wait tables on my own. All went  38   that first week. When Saturday night came, I was luckily  39   the tables not far from the kitchen.   40   , I still felt a little hard to carry the heavy trays (托盤)。

   Before I knew it, the  41  was full of people. I moved slowly,   42  every step. I remember how  43   I was when I saw the tray stand near the tables, it looked different from the one I was  44   on. It had nice handles (手柄)，which made it  45   to move around. I was pleased with everything and began to  46  I was a natural at this job.

    Then, an old man came to me and said, “Excuse me, dear, my wife and I loved __47  you work. It seems your tray stand has been very  48   to you, but we are getting ready to  49   now, and my wife needs her  50  back.”

    At first his   51  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  52  . I wanted to get into a hole and  53  .

    Since then, I have learned from many mistakes such as the one I just   54   , I have learned to be more  55  and not to be too sure of myself.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

Answer 1

36.D。

【試題解析】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。

37. C。

【試題解析】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。

38. A。

【試題解析】從下文來(lái)看，周日那幾天All went well that first week.“一切都很順利�！敝皇窃谥苣┏隽艘稽c(diǎn)小狀況。

39 B。

【試題解析】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。

40. B。

【試題解析】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。

41.C。

【試題解析】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。

42. A。

【試題解析】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。

43.D。

【試題解析】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。

44. B。

【試題解析】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。

45. D。

【試題解析】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)。

46. A。

【試題解析】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)。

47.C。

【試題解析】句意是“我和妻子愛看你工作�！逼渌�三個(gè)是使役動(dòng)詞，意為“讓，使”，不合語(yǔ)意。

48. A。

【試題解析】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�！�

49. D。

【試題解析】題意是“我們（就餐完了）要離開了�！惫蔬xD項(xiàng)。

50. C。

【試題解析】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）。

51. C。

【試題解析】idea想法；praise稱贊，表?yè)P(yáng)；message信息；need需要的東西。題意是“起初我沒有明白他表達(dá)的意思。”故正確答案為選項(xiàng)C。

52. D。

【試題解析】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。

53. B。

【試題解析】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。

54. D。

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

55. A。

【試題解析】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。