题目内容
One day I came home from school, changed my clothes and got ready for work.I work at a local restaurant in town as a cashier, seater and waiter.
I went to work feeling 26 . And to make matters worse, I was busy that evening.It’s the same thing over and over again. 27 with customers who complain about their food and where they are 28 is too big or too small.Little things like that tend to 29 a lot of us 30 but we manage to deal with it.
Three elderly ladies walked in and sat by the windows.It happened to be the very _31 near where I keep the dirty 32 in the boxes.Trying to keep up with all the dirty tables, customers leaving and coming in and 33 running all over the house, it was crazy. 34 these elderly women were watching 35 I was working to make sure every table was clean and ready for the next customers.
When they 36 their meals, I took their plates back to the kitchen.They talked to me for a while about school, how I was doing, what 37 I was in and what I planned to do in the future.
38 they were leaving, they walked past me and one of them said to me in a 39 and gentle voice, “You are going places.And that was it.” They left the 40 and I had tears in my eyes, because they gave me 41 to believe in myself.They 42 my spirit from being down and gave me a 43 to keep on working hard.
People used to tell me that I couldn’t have a career in 44 until I had a degree.I’m now a co-anchor (联合主持人)of a student-produced television 45 . And the best thing is: I'm only 17 years old and I am a senior in high school.
26. A. tired B. excited C. up D. down
27. A. Dealing B. Helping C. Talking D. Meeting
28. A. sat B. seated C. laid D. seating
29. A. attract B. avoid C. adjust D. annoy
30. A. employees B. customers C. boss D. employers
31. A. table B. box C. spot D. kitchen
32. A. dishes B. rooms C. clothes D. chairs
33. A. men B. women C. servers D. people
34. A. And B. Otherwise C. But D. So
35. A. what B. how C. where D. why
36. A. finished. B. completed C. ordered D. got
37. A. place B. grade C. mark D. position
38. A. Before B. While C. As D. After
39. A. confident B. loud C. low D. pleasant
40. A. kitchen B. house C. restaurant D. table
41. A. ability B. courage C. imagination D. time
42. A. put down B. picked up C. took over D. pointed out
43. A. cause B. reason C. present D. permission
44. A. television B. government C. school D. restaurant
45. A. company B. station C. show D. advertisement
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Mark Twain was a great writer. He was from the USA. He was born in 1835. He was also a famous speaker. He was famous for his sense of humour. Many people liked to listen to him talk because he liked to tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all the time.
One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing. Before he was going to leave, one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes(蚊子) in the town and told him that he’d better not go there. Mark Twain waved (摇动) his hand and said, “It doesn’t matter. The mosquitoes are no relatives of mine. I don’t think they will come to visit me.”
After he arrived at the town, Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station. He went into his room, but when he was just about to have a rest, quite a few mosquitoes flew about him. The waiters felt very sorry about that. “I’m very sorry, Mr. Mark Twain. There are too many mosquitoes in our town.” One of them said to him.
Mark Twain, however, made a joke, saying to the waiter, “The mosquitoes are very clever. They know my room number. They didn’t come into the wrong room.” What he said made all the people present laugh heartily.
But that night Mark Twain slept well. Do you know why? That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night.
【小题1】Many people liked Mark Twain because________.
A.he was famous | B.he liked to talk | C.he was humourous | D.he was a writer |
A.to see one of his friends |
B.because he wanted to do something there for his writing |
C.because he was told there were a lot of mosquitoes there |
D.to see one of his relatives |
A.they did something wrong to Mark Twain |
B.their hotel was too small |
C.the room was not very clean |
D.there were quite a few mosquitoes in Mark Twain’s room |
A.the mosquitoes were very clever and they didn’t come into the wrong room |
B.the mosquitoes knew Mark Twain’s room number |
C.Mark Twain gave the waiters some nice presents |
D.Mark Twain made a joke |
A.no mosquitoes troubled Mark Twain in the night |
B.the owner of the hotel told the waiters to look after Mark Twain well at night |
C.Mark Twain didn’t have a good rest that night |
D.there were not mosquitoes in the hotel any longer |