题目内容
One day I came home from school,changed my clothes and got ready for work. I worked at a local res?taurant in town as a cashier and waiter.
I went to work feeling 1 .And to make mat?ters worse,I was busy that evening. It's the same thing over and over again,2 with customers who complain about their food and where they are 3 is too big or too small. Little things like that tend to 4 a lot of us 5 but we manage to deal with them.
Three elderly ladies walked in and sat by the win?dows. It happened to be the very 6 near where I keep the dirty 7 in the boxes. Trying to keep up with all the dirty tables,customers leaving and coming in and 8 running all over the house,it was crazy.9 these elderly women were watching 10 I was working to make sure every table was clean and ready for the next customers.
When they 11 their meals,I took their plates back to the kitchen. They talked to me for a while about school,how I was doing,what 12 I was in and what I planned to do in the future.
13 they were leaving,they walked past me and one of them said to me in a 14 and gentle voice, "You are going places. " And that was it. They left the 15 and I had tears in my eyes,because they gave me 16 to believe in myself. They 17 my spirit from being down and gave me a 18 to keep on working hard.
People used to tell me that I couldn't have a career in 19 until I had a degree. I'm now a coanchor (联合主持人) of a studentproduced television 20 . And the best thing is ： I'm only 17 years old and I am a senior in high school.
1. A. tired B. excited C. up D. down
2. A. dealing B. helping C. talking D. meeting
3. A. sat B. seated C. laid D. dressed
4. A. attract B. avoid C. adjust D. annoy
5. A. employees B. customers C. bosses D. employers
6. A. table B. box
C. spot D. kitchen
7. A. dishes B. rooms C. clothes D. chairs
8. A. men B. women C. servers D. bosses
9. A. And B. Otherwise C. But D. So
10. A. what B. how C. where D. why
11. A. finished B. completed C. ordered D. got
12. A. place B. grade C. mark D. position
13. A. Before B. While C. As D. After
14. A. confident B. loud
C. low D. pleasant
15. A. kitchen B. house C. restaurant D. table
16. A. ability B. courage C. imagination D. time
17. A. put down B. picked up C. took over D. pointed out
18. A. cause B. reason
C. present D. permission
19. A. television B. government C. school D. restaurant
20. A. company B. station .
C. show D. advertisement
1. D根据后Ifrf的to make matters worse n) "知此处选D.down在此意为"不高兴的，沮丧的"。
2. A作为服务员，"我"要与投诉的顾客打交道，处理他们投诉的问题。此处的deal whh意为"应付，对待，与…… 打交道"。
3. B seat为及物动词，表"坐下"应为be seated。而sit为不及物动词，不能用于被动语态。
4. D顾客投诉饭菜质量、投诉坐的地方太大或太小，此类小事常使服务员感到很烦(annoy) 。
5. A此处的us和后面的we指"饭店里的员工"，故A项正确。此处的us与employees为同位语关系。
6. C前面的by the windows和后flj的near where都说明此处填的是"地方"，the very spot强调"就是那个地方"。
7. A服务员在客人走后，要将吃剩的菜端走，然后收拾桌子,供后来的人就餐。所以，此处要选A项。
3. C在饭店中.进进出出的是顾客，在房子中来回穿梭忙碌的是服务员(server) 。故C项正确。
9. C这些老太太是来吃饭的，而现在却(bul) 看"我"如何工作，故前后两句在逻辑上是转折关系。
10. B后而的"…to make sure every table was clean and ready for the next customers."表示目的，故此处指"我” 怎样(how) 做才能达到此目的。
11. A根据后面的"1 took their plates back to the kitchen."可知她们已经吃完(finish) 了。
12. B她们在临走前，跟"我"聊了一会儿，问"我"有关学校的情况、在学校学得怎么样、在哪个年级及将来的打箅。
13. C此处as表示"当……时候"。
14. A她们要走时，其中一位老太太用一种自信且温和的声音对"我"说……。同时confident也能说明对方确实认为作者会成功，而不是虚情假意。
15. C
16. B
17. B三位老太太鼓舞r"我"，并使"我"的心情不再沮丧。
put down记下，镇压;pick up拾起，捡起;take over接管;point out指明(出) 。
18. B 三位老太太给了"我"要继续努力的理由(reason) 。在她们的鼓舞下，"我"决心继续努力。
19. A 根据a studentproduced television可知答案。
20. C作者现在是联合主持人(co-anchor) ，所以肯定是电视节目(show) 的联合主持人。
